The new kids explore the great outdoors

The new kids are getting to spend some time outdoors now. Hoppy's kids are curious about the newbies, as they are probably eager for more playmates. Lily hasn't been so keen on it, though. Being a protective mom, she keeps pushing them away from her little ones. Hoppy's boys have grown so fast!


Both does have developed mastitis, which is an infection of the udder. One side of Lily's udder is swollen, and the teat on that side is inflamed and swollen. Hoppy has a milder form of it, in which only the udder is swollen on one side. We've given each of them some antibiotics, but that hasn't seemed to clear up the problem yet. So far, we haven't seen any blood in the milk. Thank goodness. We're trying to get in touch with the vet to see what to do next. We've got our fingers crossed that we can clear this stuff up before the infection causes much damage to the udders!

-Annie