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My fodder sprouting is not progressing as hoped....! Still waiting for the first tray to get going!

Well, I'm still aiming to naturally feed. The pellets I am using up are 15% protein but are full of soy meal and other things I want to avoid. A combined concentrate/"hay" ration would be ideal for saving storage space too. I'm off to browse a feedstore tomorrow anyway :)

I was looking at basing the diet on sugar beet pulp and alfalfa hay - then found this http://www.efeed.co.uk/products/horse-f ... /alphabeet What do you think it's missing? If anything?

"It's either the arranged marriage or the transsexual brother..."

So, who knows colour genetics? I have 3 solids (black to grey) and four with white bellies/ears - of which only two have the white flecks I'd expect from a silver marten...

Shetlands did cross my mind. They come out in so many colours they have their own language for it! Well he's a lovely little mixed up thing :D

Oh I'm not even attempting to sex them! There's one runty one, I presume I needn't worry as long as it has a full belly and is as active as the others?

Awwww... what breed are they?

I had another cuddle, they're not just pink/grey - some are solid, some have pale bellies, all very interesting...

Warm months...think we had one of those a few years ago :(

So...how often am I allowed to peek at them? ;)

Yes they're my first. They should be rex x silver marten, until I discovered that the other silver marten sister was a silver marten buck (they were at that time in a colony). Would two of them being a different colour indicate a cross? I would expect pure silver martens to all be the same colour?

Seven babies in the nest today - no sign of nesting last thing last night. She's obviously a sneaky mum! We'll have to wait to see who Dad is though :roll:

UK based (currently enjoying Scandinavian winds and snow - thank you!). My lot are in cages now, but inside a brick building. It has a permanently open window, and vented roof tiles. All fine so far; their water bottles have frozen once all winter so that gives an idea of how much protection the...

Little tip - I find it easier to cut ligaments around and in the joints rather than try to break the bones for taking feet off / jointing. You get further with a small sharp knife and knowing where to twist than you do with brute force :)

Have you seen the "rabbit popping" youtube video? It's certainly faster :lol:

Thanks for all your thoughts, it has helped clear my head slightly. I've scratched together enough materials for one super-duper-clever cage, if it works I'll put up some pics ;) I think I'll move to cages for now, while I'm still learning about the individuals. I'd hate to miss a problem...

Purple? Wow... Maybe I should feed her beetroot for a couple of days to see.... :P Thanks for the reassurances ;)

The hopefully-pregnant doe I moved into a cage yesterday, this morning has an area of urine/discharge/liquid. She has been on deep litter previously so I haven't seen anything similar from her before. The liquid is a fairly thick/creamy, white tinged with red. Any ideas?? No sign of kits etc...

I'm a newbie myself so don't take this as gospel but... I don't think door position would make a lot of difference. Potentially rabbit could have a larger floor area because you don't need to worry about reaching into each corner. I prefer lifting an animal up to me, rather than "pulling" it...