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Hello everyone! I am researching fodder for my rabbitry and have a few questions. 1. What is the best fodder for a meat/show herd? 2. What are your sources for the grain? 3. Is this the main food source for your rabbits or just a part of their overall diet? 4. Where do you set up your fodder...

Hello everyone! I was wondering, where do you who make your own cages find 1"x1/2" wire with a good gauge? I have not been able to find any in middle of nowhere Iowa :x . Also, I would love anyone's favorite cage design. Translate: I am trying to come up with better and bigger cages for my...

How much did it cost to make? Good job!

Okay this is a very random post. However, how many people have awoken to the meowing sounds of a cat in their basement? Or, when descending to check it out have discovered a tabby cat that they have never seen before mewing to beat the band? Needless to say, old houses with crawl spaces are...

It has been cold here, 4 below the night that we believe they died. The thing that confuses me is that I had another litter in a cage right next to the one that they were in and the babies were fine. Also, the doe had them a day or so before outside of the nest box. My mom had a thought- perhaps...

Hi! I have a doe the had a nice litter of well fed babies yesterday. Unfortunately, today I found them all dead. Well fed, cuddled but not to close, and dead. The mother doesn't appear to have mastitis, and I want to rebreed her, but I also really want to know what I or she did wrong. :cry:

Hello Everyone! I had just gotten my alum method down to a science when I ran out of alum :x . The alum that we got was from a store 100+ miles away that we go to in the spring and fall. I realized that after I had put several hides in to solution, so in desperation I went to a garden supply...

Hi! I own and raise solely silver fox rabbits. When I began raising them, I thought that it would be really easy to sell all showable rabbits and butcher the rest, but it seems as if rather few people in Iowa want silver fox. I have a website, go to several shows per year, and am fairly nice (...

Oy vey! if it is not one thing, it is five others with these rabbits! Now I think a momma and one of her seven babies has ring worm fungus and I am not sure how to contain it, or much else about how to deal with it. I bought some antifungal spray for dogs and cats, but I am not sure what else to...

Well, I sold a 4-H girl a pair of silver fox about a month ago and hadn't heard anything back until now. The buck, Ralph the Rabbit, seems to not be eating (for enough time to have lost muscle mass) and has a red-ish tint to his coat. Does this sound like a digestive issue that can be taken care...

Thanks! I was wondering if I would need to do any deep cleaning or anything so it won't come back. After the first treatment have they ever come back for you?

Hi! Wow, I should probably post more, instead of just when I have a problem ;) . Anyway, ahem, I have a problem. I think that my rabbits have fur mites and I am not sure what to do. I've done some research and the symptoms match (two bunnies have bald spots and several have dandruff with slight...

How do you keep this affordable? I am probably missing something, but it seems more expensive, especially in the winter when there isn't anything fresh outside. What am I missing? I think it would be really cool to go all natural (or at least mostly natural) but it seems way more expensive. :-?

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Thanks! I have only given her two spoonfuls separated by a few days, so I think that won't hurt too much. We make our own yogurt, so it shouldn't have any sugar :) . I also think that she might be having trouble with her water bottle, as it is a different tip than the one she had before I'll...

I have a young doe who has been acting funny on me. First she was a little bit sniffley after I moved her into the rabbit barn from outside, so, afraid of snuffles I moved her back outside and gave her tons of green grass, a little yogurt, and some vinegar water to help boost her immune system...

I have the same trouble. I started the pelts in April and they still aren't done. I just added more salt and alum, will that help? Would adding more of one or the other help? If it doesn't work out, would it be okay if I put them in a different solution, like battery acid? Or would this happen...

Thanks! Any suggestions would help. I am just trying to find a faster way to tan (and more about alum tanning), as usually what I am making has a time frame for 4-H and I can't wait all year. :roll:

Okay, I put my pelts in a solution of salt and alum two or three months ago. I did everything that I was supposed to, adding salt and alum at the right times, but every time that I have done the boil test, the test piece of pelt curls up and hardens. How long am I supposed to wait? My...

Has anyone ever had this before? I did the salt/alum method like last time and have messed with them about as often, but this time gunky stuff is growing on the fur, which is about as submerged as I can get it. Also, has anyone ever had, when fleshing, a kind of shaft of skin of the part you...