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  1. michaels4gardens

    Is this fur mites?!?!

    no just treat the buns, wait 2 weeks and recheck, if still infected retreat them. Although sanitizing cages is good protocol, it won't change the infection curve for fur mites or ear mites. Yes, the ivermectin treatments are designed to be "systemic".. you don't need to brush them, unless you're...
  2. michaels4gardens

    How would you respond?

    I would suggest a puppy [maybe even a stuffed toy one]
  3. michaels4gardens

    Is this fur mites?!?!

    I didn't use the horse medicine yet because of meat contamination. This should be 1 of my 2 buck studs but I still plan on eating him after he "can't" anymore. Won't this be in his meat forever? I was excited to hear it works so well but I didn't know how the body stores this type of treatment...
  4. michaels4gardens

    tattoos always fail, why?

    I have only used the "clamp" kind of tattoo , [I am sure it hurts, like any other piercing, but one second and it's done] I look at the blood veins in the ear, and make sure the tattoo is not going to peirce any of the ones I can see easily. [if I pierce a big vein, the bleeding can push the...
  5. michaels4gardens

    bladder sludge

    I see no problem with your approach and ,- JMHO , cloudy or off colour urine, is not the same as "sludge" if the urine is thick,[or like cream in consistency] - it is sludgy..
  6. michaels4gardens

    tattoos always fail, why?

    I worked for a rabbitry that tried the "notch" thing, it didn't work out well, [for human or rabbit] and, a lot of the rabbits had a vein that ran too close to the outer edge of the ear, those bled a lot.. The owner had us go back to tattooing after about 3 months..
  7. michaels4gardens

    pandemic

    we are doing fine here, The virus is still doing fine also, and our local infection numbers are high.. The mask wearing has become mandatory for public buildings , and grocery stores. The hospitalization numbers have began to creep back down again, but it is still dangerously high. Tha...
  8. michaels4gardens

    tattoos always fail, why?

    do you push firmly with your thumb, while you rub the ink in to the holes ??
  9. michaels4gardens

    Born to death timeline?

    I think, ** kits don't need to be "sexed" and separated until butcher date [8 to 10 weeks] then you can just worry about those you are going to keep for breeders. ** with a 5 week rebreed I often got 4 + years out of a doe. [it depends a lot on your stock] ** i choose to breed does at about 6...
  10. michaels4gardens

    2 part PVC cement adhesive?

    pvc pipe with PVC cement was/is used for water systems all over the country.. just flush your system good before you use it.. I personally don't use PVC anymore, it breaks when it freezes, and if rabbits can reach it ,they sometimes chew through it. I use PEX and make sure the rabbits can't...
  11. michaels4gardens

    LGD with rabbits

    My opinion, When I lived in the mountains of Southern Utah on 120 acres, I raised milk goats, a couple milk cows, chickens, and rabbits, and had greenhouses . I used Pyrenees, Akbash , and Saint Bernard for livestock /guard dogs. The pyrenees did bark a lot, and were best kept in areas...
  12. michaels4gardens

    LGD with rabbits

    I have tried a lot of different ways to remedy this problem, the only one that worked great, was a predator proof enclosure. The guard dog thing "worked OK" as long as everything was inside of a good fence...
  13. michaels4gardens

    I'm new here!

    I reduce the size using "paint" program, and "resize", in my desktop..
  14. michaels4gardens

    feeding 'trap' area & hutch colony

    If you are using leghold traps, they must be securely staked . most traps don't come with a chain long enough to do the job. I find the round metal 18 inch "construction , "form" stakes, to be perfect . -usually available at construction materials supply places for $3 to $5 .... when you fasten...
  15. michaels4gardens

    Strange question any advice please?

    normal behavior males often ejaculate on a does back or tail if she is not willing enough to lift.. it can happen when males are humping each other also..
  16. michaels4gardens

    rest in peace pumkpin

    sorry to see this, wish you the best ..
  17. michaels4gardens

    silage and haylage

    Having fed rabbits on a "natural" no grain diet for years, I would suggest you adopt a plan to check individual breed stock rabbits weekly, for over or underweight.. then adjust your "individual"feed program accordingly. Individual rabbits, have vastly different appetites,and feed efficiency ...
  18. michaels4gardens

    Premature 1st birth?

    that's what usually happens, now you will worry less next time..
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