Corinth is the larger of Red Currant ‘s two male offspring. He was born on 7th August 2018 and is a New Zealand White buck. Red Currant arrived at the Sanctuary pregnant having been rescued from a meat breeder. It was obviously her first litter as she appeared not to have a clue what was going on when they were born. However the whole litter survived, even the tiny runt Sprinkle, even when we lost all but two of the other New Zealand Whites to RHD despite only being separated from the others by wire mesh.
Corinth lived with his brother Xante in a hutch in an enclosure outside where they had some fantastic diggings going on and seemed to be very happy. But alas, the very night that they turned a year old they had a huge birthday bust up and had to be separated. Lads becoming teenagers perhaps?? Anyway Corinth was the clear winner. There wasn’t a visible mark on him. He is the larger and more confident of the two and was probably the instigator. For a while he was in a hutch and run next to where his mother and sisters were during the day. It would be nice to have put them all together but there might have been a risk of him causing trouble so instead he has been bonded with Lavender who needed a new partner after Olly died.
Corinth and Lavender got on on very well. They are in an enclosure and are busy digging tunnels. We can tell they are deep because they look orange so they have gone deep enough to reach the clay.
Sadly Lavender developed tumours and went downhill very quickly and died leaving Corinth alone again. He had a short stormy relationship with Nightshade that ended in a huge fur flying bustup when his sisters did a bit too much flirting through the fence and then several months alone. Then Paprika had to be separated from her mother after injuring her in a fight. I was rather nervous about trying them together but finally proceeded very very carefully. It appeared to go well but I kept them away from other rabbits for several months and then put barriers up to prevent the sisters from inciting violence again. For the moment they seem to be doing ok…
Despite those initial difficulties Corinth and Paprika remain together although they still have fewer neighbours than most because Paprika still gets bossy on occasion if another doe makes eyes at her big beautiful buck so they are in a more isolated run. But they have lots of space with the largest space consisting of three former runs and the back path. They are very active and are both fit and healthy although Paprika has a very thick coat that needs regular trimming around her face so she can see and her bottom so it doesn’t get filthy and all over in the summer so she doesn’t overheat.
