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I am the queen of reuse-repurpose-"don't throw that away" LOL ... I can usually find a cheap shanty 'green' way to do anything. I save just about everything and usually find a purpose for it. I'm glad it was helpful. I haven't spent much at all on my rabbits, but again, I have a huge stash of...

@Zee-Man except, I hope, for the eating part

@Albert I just remembered you're in France. Well, they make knockoffs of those light traps in China so you should still be able to find one, if you're interested LOL. There is one that has a fan & light and sticky trap. I just haven't found that flies are really attracted to light. At night...

You can catch a LOT of flies in a homemade trap. Just cut a 1 liter (or maybe in your case a 2 liter) plastic bottle in half about 1/3 down from the top. Invert the top and stick it down into the lower part. Put meat (shrimp shells work great) in some water and put it inside. Set it outside and...

This is the setup I have for poop/urine, made from old roofing. It collects in the gutter. Once a day, I push it into a bucket with a scraper I made out of wood. It works GREAT! It can hold a LOT of poop and cleaning takes only a few minutes. Because I offer unlimited hay, I sometimes have to...

I just noticed the date was a week or so ago. Have you found out anything else about your problem?

Hi and welcome. I don't think the mothers are the problem. It's probably a snake or rat or other predator. I just 'snake-proofed' my maternity cage because we have a huge corn snake that has developed a taste for eggs, and I'm afraid he will decide he likes baby rabbits too. It seems to me that...

That is priceless. I've seen chihuahuas that do that when they carry heavy objects, but this is much better. I want one LOL

I have no idea to the answers of your questions, but I'm interested in your situation. Heat is an issue with rabbits, and here in Texas it's getting to be 100+ every day lately. I set up a water misting hose. I'm wondering with the daily rainfall, do you also get a breeze? is it dry enough to...

I have heard people here say they save the fur from old nests? How in heck do you separate it from the hay? I just spent a pretty much fruitless hour trying to remove at least SOME fur from a nest made of hay. I managed to get a couple handfuls in total - I still have a large bag of hay with...

yes, I thought so too. I think the problem was the horrible hay I put in there. They were all scattered around a very large (cat litter box) nest box. I think some of them couldn't make it to mom in time for the buffet. I am pretty sure she will remedy this tonight, she is a wonderful mother...

I have some organic hay that is really just random grass/weeds. The rabbits love it and I'm happy with it. However, I used it for a nestbox filler and it caused a horrible problem. When I went out to check the babies, one seemed to be stuck. His foreleg seemed to be broken and bent weird. Upon...

I have a new litter of 9 kits. All healthy & alive. One looks really odd though. Either he has wavy hair, or no hair in stripes... Or maybe he's just not fed, he could possibly be malnourished as there were problems with the nest that I hopefully remedied today. I fully expect that his...

Well, I breed for meat, and sometimes sell some to other breeders or for pets, so I don't really care about the colors, but pretty ones are more interesting :) I did get a premium price when I sold him, so more would be good LOL Thanks for all the info, it is really fascinating!

That is fascinating. Would you think that his coloration will turn out to be rare? The same parents are due to kindle this week, maybe I'll get another one :D

I agree completely about the GMO feed. Unfortunately I'm not able to get organic feed. I'm sure if I could get it I wouldn't be willing to pay for it LOL. What I did last time was put the rabbits in tractors on 100% organic grass in our yard for 2 weeks before butchering. I figure if it takes...

I use J feeders. I am thinking I can make a shield. Right now in the one that gets the dampest I have removed the feeder and just put a bowl in..

No, 😆 we live in a 19-ft travel trailer. There's hardly room for us and the dog.

I have a doe ready to Kindle any moment. I lost track of time. I am trying to snake proof a cage because we have a 5 ft long corn snake in the yard. I am covering the cage with half inch hardware cloth. Has anyone got any better ideas? The cage is a wire dog kennel. I'm not sure how I'm going to...

The food in the bowl. :)