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My doe had a tumor (I did not know when I bred her - it broke through the skin 5 days after the kits were born). It just caused her demise. Her kits are 3 weeks old today. Should I feed goats milk 2x a day for a week or two, or...? They've had access to hay every day since birth, so I'm hoping...

Hi, my doe kindled last week. She had a smaller cyst on her tummy that I noticed while she was pregnant, but was under the impression I could not give Pen-G while she was pregnant. I figured if she didn't kindle, I would then treat. Well she kindled 2/17. Today, there was a bit of blood in the...

We use a pellet gun on our meat rabbits. Ours is .20 cal and we've never had an issue. We put the rabbit in a cage with a little hay in the corner. We wait for him to sit still, stick the pellet gun (ours is a rifle) through the cage point blank up against the back of the neck right between the...

I noticed this on my doe's neck today, right behind her ears on the back of the neck (there doesn't appear to be anything on her chin/front of the neck: There was also this on her haunch along the spine, a couple inches up from the base of her tail: There is also more shedding than...

Impatient me, I've answered my own questions but in case anyone else is a first-timer, here's what I've found I've tanned my first 6 rabbit hides with an acid/salt mix. I fleshed, returned to the solution for 2 weeks, rinsed in detergent/water, rinsed again in just water, squeezed water out...

Doe's first litter, born 2/11 around 6:00pm. They seemed to all be nourished this morning. Debating what to do: A) Keep a close eye on them and cull runts B) Split into 2 boxes, one feeding in the morning, one at night - (I need more specific information on exactly what to do) C) Trying to find...

The baking soda didn't work quite as well as the cornstarch, but I'm not sure if the powder is acting more like a makeup on the fur so is more obscuring the yellowish color than removing it. It definitely didn't remove all of the yellow but it does seem lighter. She is such a good bunny, just...

He actually is on the end cage with a divider between them which is framed 1/4 hardware cloth. What should I make a new divider out of or maybe just the bottom half of it? Also do I use the cornstarch the way OneAcreFarm suggested like the baking soda?

My buck keeps spray peeing into the next door cage onto my doe. She has turned yellow! How do I wash her? I know that rabbits are like cats in that they hate water, who has suggestions?

For anyone wondering, last night I lanced it and got a TON of pus out, mostly liquidy and soft. A few times the hole would get clogged with a hard piece I used plastic tweezers to try to get it out. It was the consistency of chewed gum or silly putty. Then more pus would pour out. When I got out...

I thought it was a caked udder, but couldn't get any milk out. Took her to the vet and he prescribed Pen G. A week later the lump is still the same size, but I can milk it. Saturday I finally got a lot of pus out but only out of one hole on the nipple. All other holes on the same nipple, the...

After about a half an hour of heat and massaging today, I was able to get a drop out every 2 minutes. After about another half hour no more would come out. What did come out was like normal milk, not chunky. Is this normal? Also, the lump is still hard, doesn't feel like it's softening, and is...

Actually I've never milked a cow either. But basically try to work the milk to the surface to come out the teat? It felt like I couldn't really get it to break up or move up. I'll keep trying though.

I weaned my doe's 8 kits over the course of 4 days, two at a time starting the day they turned 6 weeks. Today when I went to move her to her own cage and picked her up, I felt a hard lump at one teat. After some research, I arrived at the conclusion that it's a caked udder. It is hard, right...