ladysown I have this same problem I have 2 Silver Fox and 1 American doe that are 7.5 pounds each and they were born in November. I am of the mindset to breed at 8 months or 8 pounds. but they are awfully young though.
I will have to check mom when I get home tomorrow. It came out of nowwhere both times and I have two other litters that are healthy as can be. The doe looks healthy shes eating fine and seems to be in good condition. It was weird but another thing I noticed is when they kit was on his back he...
I have a litter of 3 and a hlaf week old rabbits. About a week ago I noticed one of the kits was acting lethargic and not eating even when I placed it on top of mom. It was listless and just laid around. Well when I flipped it over I saw what looked like he had messed himself and gotten all...
Well I appreciate all the advice guys and I have been keeping them in the house till they get big enough to be out on their own. I am also going to be installing the babysaver around all my new cages that I just built.
Yes I believe they hopped out on their own accord as well it just sucks because I feel like I could have prevented this. I also know that chicken wire is no good for newborn kits I had kits all tangled in the chicken wire between cages. I had to cut 3 loose, I now know the importance of the...
I need help and advice on keeping kits in the nestbox. I have 3 litters that are 14 days old. I came out yesterday to find one kit frozen on the wire. I changed their nestbox material yesterday and put the boxes back in. This morning I came out to find 5 kits total on the wire frozen with a...
I feed a grain mix so I thougt that may be the case with the scratching. It is scratching I witnessed it multiple times. I raised the j-feeder and it seems to have remedied the problem
I have two does that are scratching their feed out of their feeders when eating. Has anyone ever experienced this? I'm losing money while feeding these does. I looked this morning and there is a ton of it on the ground. :evil:
I just built cages and I built them 24x24 for bucks and juniors. Does get 36x24, I bought a 30x30 cage on sale and let me tell you they are a pain to reach into. I went with 2 feet deep cages because I can reach comfortably to every corner without having to strain. I also went with a quonset...