Recent content by Bonkers

Not weak, moving around happily. I think it's worked it out, it seems even better today, full tummy the times I've checked it. It's still a lot smaller than the others but I'm hoping it will catch up now it's doing better.

Yes, thanks for asking. I got it to have at least one feed yesterday and again today. It seems to latch guzzle for a bit then unlatch. It does this constantly so I'm hoping it's just slow at working it out. It's still scrawny but has improved weight wise.

I've had three first time mums this year, all NZ X Cali. They all did perfectly for their first litters, gave birth in their nesting box, litter sizes 11, 4, 8. On the second round for one of them she gave birth to 15 outside the nest box, all were alive and well but ended up losing 1 that night...

This little one won't need a choke chain. It's tiny. Still deciding which method I'll use for butchering. Thanks for the response.

OK, that's fine. I just have been wanting to give it the best chance I could. If it gets any worse I think I will have to cull. I'm guessing the best way would be to just pull it's head nice and firmly with my hands?

Thanks for the suggestion, I'll give that a go shortly. They are New Zealand x California. I intend to continue to breed these two together as I am able to successfully foster from the large litters to the smaller. I doon't want to cull the doe that gives smaller litters as her temperament is...

Hey everyone, Just found this forum, thanks for having me. My family and I got our first rabbits (1 buck and 3 does) in October last year. Two were able to be successfully bred in Feb but the third wasn't interested. We had 2 litters of 4 and 11 kits at the start of April which are to be...