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I have a quandary. Based on others' opinions of a doe I got with unknown provenance, other than she was about 5-6 months old when I bought her, I bought Aramis, a purebred French Angora buck. I had been breeding strictly for meat, and had NO interest in the pet market, and nominal interest in...

I had 2 smallish white does (about 6 pounds) who were named Ivory and Crystal, who I traded today for a larger agouti doe. I am going to breed her to my Champagne buck once she is out of quarantine, so right now, just trying to name her. The folks I got her from called her Thumper, and had...

I have the pictured below doe, who is approximately 9 months old, never bred, and weighs just 5 pounds (though she looks bigger). The bucks I have available are: a 10 pound NZW (whose breeder said his lines sometimes throw colors, due to an outcrossing to FG 5 or 6 generations back), an 8 pound...

So, some of you know I quit breeding during the summer, due to several months of having rats attack newborn or newly hopped out of nest kits. I finally resolved to use 2 large indoor cages as "nursery" units for my smaller does, since there appeared to be very little I could do to completely...

This doe is 8 months old, currently weighs only 5 pounds, but she appears to have a larger frame than my other 5 pound doe, so I am thinking she might gain a little weight with better feed than she may have been getting. Her fur is thick, but not as fluffy as an angora, I think. Any guesses as...

So yeah, I was buying rabbit food the other day, and the clerk asks if I know anyone who wants some rabbits, she had an oops litter. I remembered she'd shown me a photo of a rabbit she'd trapped when someone dumped a bunch of domestics in her neighborhood, so I asked how much, and she said FREE...

I found an incredible "almost too good to be true" ad on CL yesterday. Someone GIVING AWAY a 7 month old "Lab/Cocker Spaniel" mix, already neutered, utd on shots, microchipped even. A few emails and texts later, find that she's not given away yet, oh we raise rabbits too (gotta warn you they're...

So I got an awesome deal on a cage today ($10 for a 40"x18") that had previously been inhabited by a guinea pig. When we got there, the woman said "here, you can have all this stuff left over, too". Timothy hay, cedar chip bedding, a few "rabbit,gerbil,gp" treats, toys - and a 2, maybe 3 quart...

So I traded a minirex buck and a MR/lionhead mix doe for a breeding pair of NZW's the other day, and the fellow had not yet named them (they are about 4 months old), and the rabbits haven't "told" me what names they like yet. I started by toying with female names that mean White, and suitable...

I had the strangest chat today at a livestock swap. A lady asked if I dispatched my rabbits myself, and at what age; I confessed that so far, I have only dispatched 2, due to infected injuries that didn't heal, but that most people did it at 12-16 weeks if they weren't potential breeders. She...

I uploaded these 4 pix onto FB yesterday, and got everyone telling me "dandelion" on the one I thought was Curly Dock. But I think maybe they thought all 4 pix were the same plant, and they aren't. I have 2 pix of the one, and 2 pix of the other. So here goes:

Both of these litters were born on January 4th, Spot's 8 in the morning and Belle's 6 in the afternoon.

A friend shared this one on Facebook.

A friend posted this to my Facebook page.

The bottom is good 14 guage GAW from Klubertanz, 30" x 42". I wrapped it with 1" chickenwire that is 24" high, and realized it was easier to get in through the top than to make doors. The corners and middle of the long sides have coat hanger wire woven through to stiffen the sides, and attached...

A friend is slaughtering a silkie rooster, and wants to know if I want the feathers for lining rabbit nests. Is this ok, or would there be a problem, like allergies or the kits chewing them and choking?

I have one doe with 3 babies who are 5 weeks old, and eating her food, so I am about to wean them next week. Another doe's babies are only 2 days younger, but of her 4, 2 are as big as the 3, and 2 are smaller, with 1 of them being the 3 legged survivor of the rat attack on its litter. I want to...

It's been 2 months since my doe got that abscess on her cheek, and it has burst twice. The first time I mashed out as much "paste" as I could, and swathed it in neomycin and gave her benadryl. It seemed like it was healing, but then swelled up and burst again. At that time I had managed to find...

I have been feeding my rabbits this, first only to the injured one, but they all seem to love it, and recently I saw another Florida person say his rabbits love it too. The only thing I can't find is whether it's annual or perenial. I suspect annual, since it seeds so prolifically, but I can't...

:turkey: Not a bunny, but nonetheless funny! http://images.businessweek.com/ss/05/11 ... age/01.swf