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Will any mint work? We have a wild strain of black mint and store bought peppermint.

Love the blue agouti doe!

Well that's no good. Found another kit in the nest with a crushed head. Gave up on the others as well. Went ahead and rebred her, better luck next time.<br /><br />__________ Mon Oct 21, 2013 9:42 am __________<br /><br />There were several clumps of fur, but not nearly enough to make it warm...

I had a doe give birth, pulled nearly no fur, 8 kits spread out and all were ~ice~ cold and stiff. Temperatures were in the low thirties last night. Brought them inside, used hot water, then put them in a box with a heater blowing hot air on them. They are soft and warm now, but I don't think...

update put her down, didn't open her up.

How/what can be used to do that?<br /><br />__________ Thu Oct 03, 2013 5:52 pm __________<br /><br />I don't like the idea of culling her, she's a happy and calm rabbit, likes to be loved on and doesn't object or get stiff about being palpated and the such. If things seem to be going horribly...

How much oxytocin do you give a 9 pound rabbit? I found someone who is willing to give me a dose, but need to know how much.

Do you know why she died? Drug side effect, blood loss or she tore something internally while the kits were being passed?

Hello, was hoping someone could help me out with something. I have a doe with a retained litter, I can feel the bones and shape of the kits, they are not plyable. She was bred months ago, kits never showed, but she was pregnant, something just kept them in! I could feel them early on in the...