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We do have rolled oats. They are organic if that makes it any better;) I'm not sure how much to feed them of rolled oats. We also have oat straw, if that would be even better.

I ran out of rabbit food today and I won't be able to pick more up until tomorrow. I would feed my rabbits hay but we only have haylage, is it ok to feed them haylage for one day?

I'm sorry for not replying earlier but the internet here is so slow I couldn't even get on this site. The test is accurate for cows and goats so far on our farm. I haven't used it on my rabbits much yet so I'm not sure how accurate it is for rabbits. I'm not sure about the accuracy for false...

Ok I will try to explain the nail test. My sister has been using the nail test for the cows and goats for quite a few years now. What you do is you tie a ribbon or string to a nail, you then hold it above the hips of the animal. If the nail swings from hip to hip the animal is pregnant, if it...

I'm not sure where I should post this, so if this is not the place to post something like this please let me know! In October of last year I bred one of my females that had never been bred before and she ended up not getting pregnant. So last month I decided to try breeding her again my buck...

That is a good idea Ramjet! But how will I know when she is supposed to feed them? I read somewhere that they only feed them twice a day, I'm not sure if that is true or not, but I want them to be fed the right amount. Also I think the biggest problem is when she has the babies. Since she will...

My rabbits live under our back porch not really sheltered from the cold or the wind. Sometimes we also get snow under the porch right beside the rabbits. I was going to put plywood up to shelter them from the wind but I don't know if I will be able to get it done in time also plywood is quite...

I live in British Columbia Canada where the winter gets pretty cold. I don't remember breeding this late in the year, but wouldn't mind having more rabbits for the freezer. Does anyone live in Canada or somewhere where it gets cold early in the year? Do you guys breed after September? I wasn't...

On June 6th one of best does got paralyzed, I think it was because my younger brother pulled her out of the nesting box when he thought she was eating the babies and not feeding them. We put her down a couple days later because she was in a lot of pain and couldn't clean herself. It was so hard...

Thank You sagebrush! Yes at least she isn't suffering any longer!! I know she had a good life.

Sorry it took me so long to reply to you guys! I had bronchitis and was staying in bed for the majority of the time, I am also on a new computer and it keeps telling me to update Java so I have been having trouble getting on here. I got my brothers to put her down last night, for the first few...

Thanks for all your help!!! I was remembering back to when I tried hand raising rabbits before and since I have never been successful I wondered if the most humane thing to do was to just put them down. I talked to my parents and they agreed that it would be better to put them out of their...

I don't have corn syrup, or evaporated goats milk. Can I use real goats milk and honey? Or should I just use goats milk and egg yolk?

Ok everything just got a lot worse! I tried to let the babies nurse off of her, but she isn't giving any milk. I know a lot of you have had success with hand raising your babies but I haven't had a rabbit live with me feeding it. I am going to try to do everything I can to keep these rabbits...

How do I bring the babies to her? Do hold them while the nurse or do I put them in something? I will put her in a carrying cage right away. <br /><br /> -- Sat May 31, 2014 12:08 pm -- <br /><br /> So my brother tells me that Thursday night she was in the nesting box and he thought she was...