News Flash...Tickles and Billy are Girls!

Okay...so we believed what we were told...when we purchased Billy and Tickles back in June, the seller and an assistant looked at the bunnies and pronounced them both males. We actually wanted two females, but she didn't have two females, so what can you do?

When Katrina and I were doing her 4-H book, I tried determining the gender, but I still wasn't sure. The parts are little and the description in the 4-H book was not the best.

We don't get the rabbits out a lot. They actually resist the procedure of leaving their hutch. But today we got them out so we could give the hutch a good cleaning. I was petting Billy when I realized that his... her chest had several protruding teats. Uh...oh....

So I did a quick web search and found a much better description than I had previously. You see, when you examine the genitals, they protrude whether it is a girl or a boy. The key factor is whether it has a slit or just comes to a tip. Now that I knew better what I was looking for, I immediately determined that Billy was a girl. Uh...oh....what about Tickles? Cause the one thing I didn't want was a girl and a boy...

So we examined Tickles and to our delight, discovered she is a girl as well. Phew! And that was our science for today, folks! Jack has decided that he will still call Billy 'Billy'. After all, that is what he has called her all along, so why change now!