Recent content by Sendhendrix

Thanks, Zee-man. I’ve only ever fed prairie hay and pellets. The lone buck seems to have developed a preference for sedge, which is exploding in my yard this year, so I’m not in any danger of running out. I just rip up a few handfuls and toss it in his cage. He’s still munching on pellets too...

I lost my favorite doe to a 105° (ambient!) day back in June. We’ve had another spell of hot weather with heat index exceeding 105° so I’ve been monitoring my remaining rabbit very closely. We take frozen ice jugs out to his cage, provide crushed ice, swap out marble tiles from the freezer...

Thank you everyone for your responses. I'll monitor for a couple weeks and see what happens.

I am new to rabbits. Her litter was weaned 9 weeks ago, I'm still uncertain if mastitis is something that occurs as a complication of rearing kits? If mastitis, I'm getting the impression that without expensive veterinary intervention the outlook is poor to worse. In any event, she can't be...

I'll have to take another look. I guess I didn't realize there were teats there. That would make sense given it's kinda off to one side. Edit: I wish I could get a picture, but that would take more hands than I have at the moment. Definitely not a teat, it's too close to the center, and...

My one and only mama rabbit has a growth about the size of a small marble protruding from her "chest" more or less between her front legs. It feels like a tiny water balloon, not hard like I've read most rabbit abscesses described. I just discovered it yesterday. I hate to lose her, she just...

Here's a link to a YouTube vid I uploaded. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bJ4k5SGYgi4 I'm interested in any criticism anyone may offer about this setup. I'm beginning to get hooked on this whole rabbit thing. I don't do any talking in the video, but there is a couple of paragraphs in the...

Sweltering here the last few days with heat index into the 100s. We pamper the bunnies with a rotation of marble tiles from the freezer, frozen 2 liter bottles of water, and during the hottest part of the day a ceramic bowl of chipped ice garnished with a couple of carrots and celery leaves...

Thank you for your reply. I have a 2-hole setup outdoors in a 3-sided shelter, hanging wire cages. The waste goes right onto the ground underneath from where I rake it up to throw on the flowerbeds every 3-6 weeks. A lot of hay ends up down there too. I sprinkle Sweet PDZ on the urine spots...

There is a question in this post, I promise! This is my first experience with a new litter. I have been checking on the kits once on the morning and then once in late evening. Yesterday evening (five full days old) as I leaned into the cage and pushed aside the fur for a head count, I decided...

Thank you for the replies ... I keep trying to ask another question but it just adds an edit to this post instead of creating a reply. I might just start a new thread because it's a fairly unrelated question.

Hello, I'm new to the forum and to raising rabbits. Thursday afternoon (3-4 days ago) our 7 month old Cali doe kindled her first litter. There are 9 living kits. I had made a nest box out of the last piece of some leftover floor wire, it's 9 inches tall on the sides and 4.5 inches on the...