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BY the by... the doe just started sneezing the other day-- I thought it was from cleaning around the cages/ I sprinked DE on the ground underneath (she's about 1.5 feet off the ground)... but then I saw whitish snot. I'm pretty much at my wits end. I feel like I've had the worst newbie...

My Cali doe (that I just traded back to the original owner for another-- long story) fluctuated a decent amount too. She's on the thinner end when I gave her back to the other owner, and she is just probably going to cull her. It's interesting though that she would be so well weighted when...

Oh shucks, I wish I saw your post MamaSheepdog. Well I switched her out with the cross NZ/Cal, she's a cute thing, and 3.5 months, so we're waiting anyway to breed... the breeder did say though that she is raising the pure Cals for the Fair in the summer and will have some culls she might be ok...

So I've got adorable kits on my hands :) My first litter seems to be doing very well! 16 days old and hopping in and out of the nest box, and nibbling on hay along with momma. But I've noticed that since their eyes have opened, the rims around them look red. Before it didn't seem so pronounced...

Sorry SatinsRule, I realized that what I wrote was confusing. She was NOT already bred, just that she was proven and had babies previously who went on to be champion. She wasn't bred when I got her. I tried to breed her a few weeks after bringing her home. MamaSheepdog, the kit just doesn't...

That is really interesting siddsaysgimmie-- I think I noticed a bit of that today while I was weighing/sexing. They've all got open eyes now!! :D

So... don't know how many of you know of my newbie plight, but today the worst has happened to my Cali doe, Carrol (the bun in my avatar). I got her from the Jr. Grand National Rodeo rabbit show last October, and hoped and prayed and crossed my fingers hard for a litter. Well a month went by...

That's crazy, but so cool. Thank you so much for this post. I am definitely a visual person and needed to see the anatomical arrangement :) Now maybe I'll have better luck palpating! I've only felt the grapes for sure twice..

yayy! warm, cuddly kits in a nest box are so cute to watch :)

I don't think those are Julz' kits... are they? I've noticed my Cali doe with darker coloring on her dewlap and also near her rear end: and I'm in the Bay Area of California where it was high 20s, low 30s every night about two weeks ago... I think it's very cool that these buns are like...

Love the sheen! But I see what you mean about their size... mine are 5 days old right now and they all look like the "monster" in your photo. (of course I don't know the scale tho) I'd love to get a satin in the future...

My first time doe kindled last Saturday, when before, I had lost 2 whole litters from the other doe I have.. It's depressing, and I've been trying since October, like you Huntress! My momma is VERY protective of her babies, and I was only able to touch her once: right after she had the first kit...

So helpful-- I am still trying different methods... Did broomstick on a 1.5y buck and boy was that hard!! 5'2" girl over here and a 10lb guy-- totally underestimated his strength :(

:clap: definitely what I'm gonna teach my kids to play! Thanks so much for the help!! I keep looking at em everyday, and writing notes on what I think it is, so at some point I should know :P Can you explain this a bit more? What's the feeling difference between a buck/doe? Edited to do my...

So I've weighed my popples today! (Day 2 of their existence) And average weight gain is about 18.7%. WOW. I'm a science-data junkie, so my notes and calculations are ridiculously over the top. You should see my reproductive management excel... ;) BUT what I'm working on now, is learning to...

Mom is American Chinchilla, Dad(s) are American Chinchilla and a broken castor Standard Rex... I'm sure I'm being unorthodox by having the doe bred by two different dads, but I wasn't sure of the amchin buck's fertility (as he is still young, and never used before). I put the doe in with the...

Thanks!! I didn't know it, but I guess flipping her to have the single kit nurse was a good thing :) She had 8 more rather large kits this afternoon that look extremely well fed... almost too big! She's been a fantastic mother so far, and it looks like she's plucked all the fur from her body...

Hi there :) I'm a newbie to rabbits, and my Am Chin doe is a first timer herself. This morning I walked out to find one lonely kit on the wire, in front of her. She was nudging it and I took it out of the cage to warm it up. The thing was squeaking within the hour and so I brought it out to...