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7th ed Rabbit Production hardcover and Storey's Guide to Raising Rabbits softcover for sale. Please contact me via direct email [email protected]. Both in very good condition. I can send pics. Cheers, Renee S CA

Greetings, I finally have made a commitment to get a surgery for my hip, soooo that said, I'm getting rid of all my rabbits. I have NZ, all white, no pedigrees. 4 SR does, 7 JR does, 2 with week old litters, 3 with 3 wk old litters. One SR NZ buck and one SR FW buck. And two FW does with 3 wk...

Thanks Geri, I'm just hoping I can learn so that I don't have this happen again. I feel bad that it is most likely my fault. Sigh, gotta keep working on those husbandry skills! Renee

I appreciate the feedback. The hay always gets fully eaten, however it did rain last week, so wondering if it just got too wet between the hay tarp and the run to the barn. She also had a nest box, so guess anything could happen with that if she was eating that hay too. Maggie, I just want...

Grains are about 1/2 cup per rabbit, hay is as much as they can eat overnight, I usually stick a pile about the size of the body of the rabbit. In hindsight I probably should have opened the stomach to see, but I didn't. BTW, do you think it's ok to crockpot and feed to the dogs? I...

Saturday I had a doe in distress, couldn't keep on it's feet. After bringing her in and watching for an hour I decided she was in too much distress and decided to put her down. She died before I could get my gun. She had distended gut with a an awful smell. I realized I have been smelling this...

You might try this. http://www.fntpost.com/Products/Dog+Pro ... +Coon+Trap Don't know that I would leave food out, invites all sorts of bad influences into your yard. Just my thought. Good luck! Renee S CA

You may have already done this, but get her a board to sit on. Or tile, that is what I use 'cause then they don't eat them. And/or get the floor mats for the bottom of her cage. Last doe I had with this took about a month to heal with the mats. Use a sterile solution for cleaning a couple...

"Be this a Deerhound?! I wanted one, showed pictures to my husband and heard "Ew, why?" "Off topic, in the event that I was lucky and stumbled upon one and brought the pooch home, would he chew up the chickens?" Depends :) I have some that ignore the buns and chicken completely except to eat...

"first off...I want your dog that's in your avatar. Now that that's settled..." And I bet you might even know what breed she is since the Westminister :) She was/is my first. I got a little crazy and got some more since then. The buns are getting good alfalfa, free feeding. I tried the...

I have been mixing 4 parts oats to 1 part each barley, wheat, BOSS. I have some rabbits eating everything and some not eating at all except to pick out the BOSS. I was thinking of adding molasses, but the idea of mixing and the mess, ugh! I was thinking of adding a tablespoon or so to a pint...

Ok, this was driving me crazy, so looked it up. Kcal is smaller than a calorie. From Wikipedia: The small calorie or gram calorie (symbol: cal)[2] approximates the energy needed to increase the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 °C. This is about 4.2 joules. The large calorie, kilogram calorie...

I was trying to find something that would break down the nutrional requirements for rabbits so I could assess my mix. The only thing I could find was from 1977. Does anyone know of a source for this? I found out what was to be in there (minerals and so forth), but no quantities. Renee S CA

Maggie "when my rabbits were in cages". Pray tell, where are they now? Just curious! Renee S CA

Unless you spend a lot, you won't be able to do big bone like legs and back very well. But for a few hundred you can get a good one that will do small bone and meat. Size of the motor will dictate the power to grind. http://tinyurl.com/4vy9o2y this is what I got and it's ok. I'm able to put...