stone soup farm
Well-known member
Sorry if this is long. I have a new rabbit (American blue doe) that has been in quarantine for 4 weeks now and she is about 4 1/2 months. She seems totally healthy and shows no signs of illness. Her coat is soft and smooth, eyes brigh and clear and nasal passage clean. She has acted a bit aggressive towards me but loves my husband. Her aggression has been to nudge me and nose bump, which seemed sweet, but then she reared her front paws and pounced at me. She is more vocal than my other rabbits and huffs and grunt/growls on occasion.
She has barked 2 times in this last week. Once when I has moving her quarantine buddy, she made 2 barks (I thought it might be a cough) but no more after that. I left her in quarantine for a few more days and then moved a group of 8 kits next to her. She was running around the cage and thumping. Then she went to the corner opposite them and barked again. Is she upset/aggressive or is she actually coughing and sick? :hmm: I am also thinking she might need to be bred and that will settle her down but if she is sick I don't want to risk my bucks. :help:
BTW I have moved her to a lower area in a kind of quarantine and always visit her last still. Her only neighbors are 4 junior that are getting butchered tomorrow. I usually wait until 5-6 months to breed and planned on using her not this next batch but the one ofter that in August.
Any thoughts?
She has barked 2 times in this last week. Once when I has moving her quarantine buddy, she made 2 barks (I thought it might be a cough) but no more after that. I left her in quarantine for a few more days and then moved a group of 8 kits next to her. She was running around the cage and thumping. Then she went to the corner opposite them and barked again. Is she upset/aggressive or is she actually coughing and sick? :hmm: I am also thinking she might need to be bred and that will settle her down but if she is sick I don't want to risk my bucks. :help:
BTW I have moved her to a lower area in a kind of quarantine and always visit her last still. Her only neighbors are 4 junior that are getting butchered tomorrow. I usually wait until 5-6 months to breed and planned on using her not this next batch but the one ofter that in August.
Any thoughts?