Recent content by Preitler

Thanks, I'll give it a shot, but earliest delivery is Wednesday. A second one is struggling, cleaned it up (flies are a real danger this year), and I'm giving water regularily, now and then with simethicon and a tiny bit of salt.

Lets see if I got it :) If I want oranges and agoutis in the future with this buck I would need to keep an orange doe, with some luck it could carry black and I could get some torts and even blacks thrown in too. If I keep a tort, I would get blacks, agoutis, oranges and torts in about the...

Well, 10 left, one died today after detoriating for about 24h, first sign was that it took 1/3 less milk then the others, didn't want any at the next, got bloated and had a little diarrhia. They are 20 days old now, and I'm not increasing their milk ration any more, I'm at about 8-9ml now, or...

Although they seem to need litle air, I would expect that it gets pretty stuffy in there pretty quick between two layers of skin. As lower lining, ok, but I wouldn't enclose them with it. Towels are easier to clean though.

Or you can take out the two fattest kits for one feeding, 2 others the next day. Missing a feeding wont hurt them but reduced competition gives the little one a better chance. Keep the kits warm in a well insulated nest, like a bucket lined with folded towels, or so. And somewhere where they...

What nestbox design do you use? Mine are side entrance, closed ones that are permanently in the hutches, the kits can get easy in and out once mobile. If you use one with top entrance you can just turn it on its side and make a nest with hay. They'll return there for nursing and sleeping in a...

My Ruth, 5yo, that is due any moment dug about 1m of tunnel in the garden, and started several others during the last weeks that I had to fill up because of bad location. Normal behaviour, they build nest tunnels when pregnant. Depending on how their instincts are still there they can dig...

Ok, thanks for that info, so it is safe to give them more. Now they try to swallow the syringe whole when it's empty. Will increase the amount gradually til they explode :D. It's incredible how fast they grow and develope, when I started they had just opened their eyes, teetering around on...

Kits are doing great :). By now I feed 3ml 3 times a day, I think that's a good amount. They would gobble down more, but since this is enough for them to thrive I'm not risking filling them up to the brim. They really got the hang of it by now, and feeding all of them takes appr. half an hour...

My approach to heat is to give them access to the ground, and underground if they want. I planted Topinambur around the hutches, it grows huge and it produces a very nice, cool shadow and micro climate. Usually they dig shallow pits in the shade under brushes for their bellies, they don't...

Well, it's not like my rabbits were prone to stasis, but it can happen when buns get older, mostly during molting season. Currently my oldest is 10, her mother died last year at 11 (very first rabbit I got). My breeders remain active for 5-7 years, then get retired and live out their lifes as...

That's a first for me in 12 years of breeding rabbits, I had several stasis episodes in my herd and am well familiar with the first signs and symptoms, this was different. My youngest doe Lotte, just a year old and nursing a 10 day old litter of 11, didn't show any signs I'm aware of. But when...

Something to read: https://rabbittalk.com/threads/updated-hand-feeding-formula.27372/ https://rabbittalk.com/threads/formula-feeding-baby-bunnies-pics-vids.3691/ I tried it once, with no success. I have still some cans of condensed goat milk, brought over from the US, just in case I might...

Can you move the nest box on this exact spot?

Well, I didn't see or catch any rat, but there sure was at least one - the plastic lining under the poop bins was utterly destroyed, and there were bite marks on the underside of the wooden slat floor. Now I have another litter, second one from my youngest doe Lotte, and I'm hopeful that a rat...