Frosted Rabbits
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I had to call SkysTheLimit tonight, as Au Revoir is showing some interesting behavior.
I can find no sign of injury--
She MAY be anywhere from a few days to three weeks preggers
She is heavy looking in the mid section, but does not feel 'sloppy'
She is 'scrabbling' with her front feet, in a laying position. Sometimes one foot, sometimes booth.
Her movement across the carpeted floor when I took her out of the cage, seems normal.
Droppings are normal
When eating from her food dish, she is standing sorta funny on the front end.
Sky suggested the Tums-- just in case, so when the neighbor came home from school she went out and got some for me( I was watching her kids)
So, AR has been offered the Tums-- she shows no interest-- ate her regular food, no problem. So I put the tablet in the bowl with her regular food.
I really cannot decide if I see a sort of 'wry neck' tilt to her at all.
This is going to be interesting-- I hope I can catch some of her behavior with my camera.<br /><br />__________ Thu Jan 31, 2013 1:54 pm __________<br /><br />Well, I stand corrected-- AR, when loose in my house last week, with Marsha, seems to have been 'punctured' by either Percy or Marsha's teeth or a few claws. Now, AR attacks Marsha, AR is a very territorial girl, but I had hoped that the space available would provide Marsha plenty of room to keep her distance.-- Marsha is mellow, but will fight back.. I have never seen Percy act aggressively towards his ladies, but he is an eager and willing breeder.
After a half hour of some brushing, and some hair by hair feeling with just a couple fingertips, down deep into her fur, I found scabs.The worst were where a buck would grab a doe with his teeth during breeding. There was one puncture deep in her dewlap fold, in an area I don't normally see or feel on a daily basis.
So, I stuck her with a needle full of antibiotic, She has Tums dissolved in her soaked hay cubes, and to act a little more paranoid-- I dosed her ears with oil 'just in case.'
SO- note to self-- Percy may be TOO aggressive when breeding- and don't depend on a lot of floor space to keep AR from attacking Marsha. I suppose AR is destined to live alone
I can find no sign of injury--
She MAY be anywhere from a few days to three weeks preggers
She is heavy looking in the mid section, but does not feel 'sloppy'
She is 'scrabbling' with her front feet, in a laying position. Sometimes one foot, sometimes booth.
Her movement across the carpeted floor when I took her out of the cage, seems normal.
Droppings are normal
When eating from her food dish, she is standing sorta funny on the front end.
Sky suggested the Tums-- just in case, so when the neighbor came home from school she went out and got some for me( I was watching her kids)
So, AR has been offered the Tums-- she shows no interest-- ate her regular food, no problem. So I put the tablet in the bowl with her regular food.
I really cannot decide if I see a sort of 'wry neck' tilt to her at all.
This is going to be interesting-- I hope I can catch some of her behavior with my camera.<br /><br />__________ Thu Jan 31, 2013 1:54 pm __________<br /><br />Well, I stand corrected-- AR, when loose in my house last week, with Marsha, seems to have been 'punctured' by either Percy or Marsha's teeth or a few claws. Now, AR attacks Marsha, AR is a very territorial girl, but I had hoped that the space available would provide Marsha plenty of room to keep her distance.-- Marsha is mellow, but will fight back.. I have never seen Percy act aggressively towards his ladies, but he is an eager and willing breeder.
After a half hour of some brushing, and some hair by hair feeling with just a couple fingertips, down deep into her fur, I found scabs.The worst were where a buck would grab a doe with his teeth during breeding. There was one puncture deep in her dewlap fold, in an area I don't normally see or feel on a daily basis.
So, I stuck her with a needle full of antibiotic, She has Tums dissolved in her soaked hay cubes, and to act a little more paranoid-- I dosed her ears with oil 'just in case.'
SO- note to self-- Percy may be TOO aggressive when breeding- and don't depend on a lot of floor space to keep AR from attacking Marsha. I suppose AR is destined to live alone