ButtonsPalace
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I always wanna make separate posts but don't want to make 90 posts. So here goes...
1.As you most know I processed my first two rabbits last year in around August I wanna say, and I pretty quickly realized I hate cervical dislocation, broomsticking looks so easy, so does holding them behind their ears and doing the pull and twist method I've seen on YouTube, rabbits are really wiggly, and are obviously not going to be still for this. So I've decided I want to use a gun, or something else that's fast and easy, I didn't originally want to use a gun because I don't want to get blood all over the place, but honestly I'd prefer a cap to the skull over hearing a doe scream when I don't pull fast enough any day. (Not sure if anyone noticed but I haven't processed any since the 2nd doe)
2.Next question is about showing rabbits, I want to show Silver Fox and Holland Lops, possibly some Angoras/ Lion heads. I know absolutely nothing about showing, well I do know a few of the acronyms like BIS, and BOB. Any advice, links, etc. Would be great, also I live in Burnsville,NC does anyone else show that lives within about an hour? Because I'd love to talk about showing and where some good local shows are if there are any.
3. I 've decided I wanna get into Holland lops, I want either a trio or quad. Since they will be shown, should I buy from a breeder who shows and does well or should I get some show quality from someone who doesn't breed so I'm not competing with the person I bought from at shows?
4. After seeing how the two does did last time with an accidental litter I decided to breed them together and let them live together, they are about 2 weeks and the only personality change is they are more lovely towards me and don't want their back or belly touched, they also aren't mounting/chasing each other around anymore. I don't know if I've said anything before now but I have a job that interview on Tuesday and I'm the only person she's contacted (Its a local business and I had posted looking for work on an email sald list, that a guy runs for the loc area, and she responded) so it shouldn't be long before I have my new cages setup, once I do I want to push their cage right up against the other cage (currently housing two bucks, separated by a wood divider) and make a hole they can go through to go from one cage to the other, as well as I want to cut that divider in half so they have something to jump over. It would increase their 4w×4d space with a long 4w×2d cage so the length of both cages would be well over 8' and the width would be 2'-4'. I wanted to do a ground colony but there are coyotes nearby and I don't feel comfortable doing so with how close they are.
5. Speaking of coyotes, what can we do to back them off, the river is about 100-200ft from our fence and along the path to the river we've found two dear carcasses. As well as late last year we found a Fox skeleton in perfect condition picked clean. They have moved closer and I know the river being close isn't going to make this battle any easier, but we have small dogs and both the goats look pregnant so I want to do what I can to get them to back up.
6. This is just something random but I thought you guys might enjoy, I was in the feed room doing my normal business but when I opened the bag of rabbit feed and took my first scoop out I was quite shocked to find a mummified frog! I took the little dude out and asked all the older adults if they thought it was still safe to feed, they all said it was so I scooped the top bit that it was on out and went on about my day..
7. I'll be posting pictures of the puppies tonight, be warned there's a lot of cute because I had baby bunnies born the night before them. I haven't took side by side pics yet, trying to wait till both babies have eyes open and are a bit more active.
1.As you most know I processed my first two rabbits last year in around August I wanna say, and I pretty quickly realized I hate cervical dislocation, broomsticking looks so easy, so does holding them behind their ears and doing the pull and twist method I've seen on YouTube, rabbits are really wiggly, and are obviously not going to be still for this. So I've decided I want to use a gun, or something else that's fast and easy, I didn't originally want to use a gun because I don't want to get blood all over the place, but honestly I'd prefer a cap to the skull over hearing a doe scream when I don't pull fast enough any day. (Not sure if anyone noticed but I haven't processed any since the 2nd doe)
2.Next question is about showing rabbits, I want to show Silver Fox and Holland Lops, possibly some Angoras/ Lion heads. I know absolutely nothing about showing, well I do know a few of the acronyms like BIS, and BOB. Any advice, links, etc. Would be great, also I live in Burnsville,NC does anyone else show that lives within about an hour? Because I'd love to talk about showing and where some good local shows are if there are any.
3. I 've decided I wanna get into Holland lops, I want either a trio or quad. Since they will be shown, should I buy from a breeder who shows and does well or should I get some show quality from someone who doesn't breed so I'm not competing with the person I bought from at shows?
4. After seeing how the two does did last time with an accidental litter I decided to breed them together and let them live together, they are about 2 weeks and the only personality change is they are more lovely towards me and don't want their back or belly touched, they also aren't mounting/chasing each other around anymore. I don't know if I've said anything before now but I have a job that interview on Tuesday and I'm the only person she's contacted (Its a local business and I had posted looking for work on an email sald list, that a guy runs for the loc area, and she responded) so it shouldn't be long before I have my new cages setup, once I do I want to push their cage right up against the other cage (currently housing two bucks, separated by a wood divider) and make a hole they can go through to go from one cage to the other, as well as I want to cut that divider in half so they have something to jump over. It would increase their 4w×4d space with a long 4w×2d cage so the length of both cages would be well over 8' and the width would be 2'-4'. I wanted to do a ground colony but there are coyotes nearby and I don't feel comfortable doing so with how close they are.
5. Speaking of coyotes, what can we do to back them off, the river is about 100-200ft from our fence and along the path to the river we've found two dear carcasses. As well as late last year we found a Fox skeleton in perfect condition picked clean. They have moved closer and I know the river being close isn't going to make this battle any easier, but we have small dogs and both the goats look pregnant so I want to do what I can to get them to back up.
6. This is just something random but I thought you guys might enjoy, I was in the feed room doing my normal business but when I opened the bag of rabbit feed and took my first scoop out I was quite shocked to find a mummified frog! I took the little dude out and asked all the older adults if they thought it was still safe to feed, they all said it was so I scooped the top bit that it was on out and went on about my day..
7. I'll be posting pictures of the puppies tonight, be warned there's a lot of cute because I had baby bunnies born the night before them. I haven't took side by side pics yet, trying to wait till both babies have eyes open and are a bit more active.