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Wow, I can't remember the last time I posted on here! I have been out of the breeding and showing world for a while now, and haven't even owned a rabbit in the past 6/7 months. I had to put my Holland Lop down this past Christmas Eve after he jumped out of my arms and broke his back. It...

Too funny. Such creative rabbits!! :lol: :D

Thanks you two. :) I'll check out the threads you listed mystang. Right now he's been getting oats, what's left of the pellets I have, and some calf manna & BOSS. He's been cleaning most of that up, only leaving some BOSS left in his food dish. I'll check with my feed store and see if they...

Right now I just have one rabbit. He's currently getting a small amount of pellets (that he rarely cleans up, but that could be because they might be a bit old), unlimited orchard hay, and some fresh greens daily. I'd like to switch him over to a natural diet. Along with the greens and hay...

That seems like quite the pain-staking task. Especially if you have a lot of rabbits. Normally, I try to clean crocks/water bottles on a weekly basis. Sometimes it's monthly, just depends. I just rinse & scrub with water, and refill. I like the idea of using the vinegar as a cleaning solution...

I put socks on my rabbits' water bottles one year in an attempt to insulate them. I don't remember if it worked very well or not! LOL! I only have 3 rabbits this year, and by the time super cold temps roll around, I'll just have one, so I won't have to worry about taking time to thaw a dozen...

I'll never pay over $10 for a bale of timothy/orchard. I try to buy from local farmers as much as possible, but a lot have a minimum purchase amount, and won't sell just one bale. Emily

I have done both open & closed rabbitries. I mainly let close breeder friends into my rabbitry, and people who want a show rabbit. If you want one for a pet, I will usually meet in a public place. I don't mind bringing siblings/parents if they really want to see them, but so far no one has ever...

I got tired of sweeping out piles of hay weekly that easily amounted to two plus flakes, so I finally just started giving hay once a day. I still have a little bit of waste, but it's nothing compared to what it used to be! I can sweep out weekly and have less than 1/2 a flake of hay in the pile...

Let's see... I've had 4-H meetings at a school and park before, so bunnies have been there. Besides the fairgrounds and shows, a few have been to the barn where I used to lease a horse, been to my brothers' house, to my sisters' bosses' house. Took one to one of my 4-Hers house one day and we...

Great video! :) LOL I love how you didn't realize you have an accent!! :lol: Don't worry, I like it! Accents are awesome. I wish I had one. Well, I probably do - the Pacific Northwest accent. haha. :lol: Emily

The only thing with Oxbow is the insane prices.... That could get SO spendy when feeding a herd of breeding rabbits! I feed Country Acre, which is something related to Purina, but I forget. lol. The feed store I buy it at calls it something different and are always confused when I ask for...

I can get DECENT horse hay here for about $2 to $3 per bale... doesn't mean my rabbits like it, oh no. lol. They would much prefer the $15 bales at the feed store, but I refuse to pay that much for hay (at least when I was feeding horses!) I can get a good quality bale that my rabbits will eat...

It just baffles me that one would then be considered a CRIMINAL for selling an animal on a showroom floor! What has the world come too!? We're going to stick a rabbit breeder in JAIL, taking up a jail cell for an ACTUAL criminal (ie. MURDERER, RAPIST!?). That just BLOWS my mind. Really. How...

I'm sure the bucks get a little sexually frustrated if you happen to switch them to a cage that previously housed a doe. ;) I know my bucks do! lol. The does & litters are happy when they get bigger cages. Does seem to throw more of a fit than the bucks if you downsize their cage. :lol: Emily

Perhaps the people who bought them got confused and thought they were another breed, & sold or showed them as such, and that is why they are being told they aren't the right breed? Just a thought. ;) Emily

Aww what a good nanny! She looks like just loves those babies, and they look like they love her too! Is she old/young enough to get preggers still though!? LOL! Or is she just in with little does? Emily

I don't switch out anything during the winter. I have rabbits that have crocks, and rabbits that have water bottles. They all prefer a certain kind, so they have what they'll drink from. In the winter when things freeze, I take a tub of hot water out to the barn and unfreeze everything and then...

I had a buck once (English Lop) bust out of his hutch, and somehow managed to break into a doe's cage (not a stacker, it was one of those outdoor hutches with the lid that lifts up, and the wire floor and the wire front door...lol) and he bred her. She was a Harlequin mix with something, not as...

It is true...I saw the postings first hand. I'm actually not surprised someone reported this person; I don't think it was a bad choice, either. They needed a warning, regardless of the fact they didn't know it was illegal... They were teaching their kids that it was a good idea, and it was...