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I had a hawk get into my pigeon loft once, through an open door. My little son knew something was wrong, so he shut the door! Lots of disruption in that loft, as you can imagine, and the hawk had a nice meal. The next morning, the hawk was standing near the door, waiting for the cafe to...

I made a hay rack with coated wire. It was just a hay rack in one corner of the pen, but within a few days the rabbits were chewing the coating off. Coated wire isn't normally suggested for rabbits.

I've never understood WHY people take the nest box out. Is it only so there is more room in the cage? Or is it because it starts getting used as a litter box? I have pens, not cages, so room isn't the problem. I do clean the nest box once in a while, but I don't seem to find it being...

I'm on several Facebook groups, with different hobbies, and I haven't run into scammers.

The ARBA National Rabbit show will be in Louisville KY this fall (October) and also in the fall of 2024. That is a wonderful opportunity to buy very good rabbits--lots of breeders sell rabbits there. Contact the national clubs for the breeds you want, they will put you in touch with other...

I always have a problem getting past this: pellets supply vitamins / minerals based on the amount a rabbit eats when pellets is the only food supplied. As soon as extras are introduced (fodder, extra types of hay, branches, vegetables etc) then the vitamin / mineral supply is diluted...

That is good information. I hadn't considered the difference between rabbit mutts and meat-type rabbits that are selected for more meat. Thanks!

I'm curious if rabbits in a colony actually end up overweight or underweight. Most of my adult rabbits are in semi-colonies (pens with 2 or 3 rabbits) and I don't seem to have overweight rabbits. I am judging that by feeling the rabbits, as I haven't dressed out an adult rabbit in quite a...

Thanks for that math help! Or, maybe this is arithmetic, I'm not even sure of that. So, the injectable 1% solution would be 10 mg / ml. And the pour-on is 5 mg / ml. So using these materials straight from the bottle would mean that using pour-on would be 1/2 the strength of using...

That was very useful, thanks. I am still leery of the statement that the dosage using injectable (.01 ml per lb of rabbit) is the same as the dosage using pour-on. Injectable ivermectin is a 1% solution. Pour-on ivermetin is 5 mg per ml, straight from the container. I do not know enough...

Here and on other rabbit forums, people throw around the word "ivermectin" pretty loosely. There are several different formulations (oral, injectable) and intended uses (cattle, pigs, sheep etc). All these different products can't all have the same dosage for rabbits, can they? (I know we're...

This isn't quite what you're asking for--I'd like to see the information on the link from 2012 as well! But it might help: https://www.hayward-ca.gov/sites/default/files/police/Rabbit-Behavior.pdf

I'd guess you have fungus gnats--they like moist areas. You can tell by using just a hand lens and comparing them to fruit fly / fungus gnat photos online. There are nematodes that wreck havoc on fungus gnats. These are very available on the internet. The nematodes are microscopic. They...

My rabbits are in trouble if pine shavings are toxic

I sometimes have straw, but not always. My first choice is the wood shavings, mostly because it works and also it is easier to use in the garden.