Wow! I have never had a doe react that way toward a buck unless she was already pregnant. All I have ever had them do, is run around like crazy inside the bucks cage, and in that case, I don't feel like waiting around, so I table breed them. Watching the doe run around in circles while the buck...
As far as I know, snuffles is only contagious to other rabbits, and not other species of animals, so the meat should be fine to feed to your cats. I feed my dogs a raw diet, and I personally always freeze meat for 2 weeks before thawing it and feeding it.
I buy steam rolled oats, it's basically the same thing as old fashioned Quaker Oats. I pay about $18 for a 50 lb bag, but it's much cheaper than buying the Quaker Oats from the grocery store, I was going through them too fast. I feed Purina Rabbit Chow, Professional formula, it's 18%, and I also...
Yes -- Maggie J is correct about the color of the vulva gaging how receptive they will be to the breeding vs. how fertile they will be.
Believe it or not, I only breed my does once -- and the breedings have always took. I have always heard that you need to breed them 2-3 times to insure that...