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Large, ripped up kit from a holland lop..... I'd bet on it having gotten stuck. Not an uncommon problem when I had very small breeds with small litters. Less offspring results in bigger ones on rabbits that already have increased problems giving birth. Unless it happens repeatedly I didn't...

I framed mine in pvc pipe but it does break down over time unlike metal poles. I think the last ones took 6 years to become brittle with sunlight exposure. Otherwise it's cents a foot and for connectors that can be cut to size.

Barley never went over well. It's not that appealing to most things by itself. Oats and wheat are usually enjoyed and plain oats are commonly suggested as a bland food when they have digestive problems.

If you have them running in and out of a cage area I would think you'd have to protect the whole area anyway. Even if moving them by hand from a pen to a nighttime cage it makes sense to put that cage in a building or something. I never left small animals out of a building at night if I wanted...

I've done various caging wire, premade more bar floors, and various solid floors. I like the metal conduit bar floor idea. I was trying to figure out something similar for guinea pigs that in other countries are kept on curved bamboo floor slats but I can't get equivalent wood products in the...

He's still bouncing around the house slobbering things, dumping the water bucket, knocking over the folded up dog crates that aren't in use, and barking at chinchillas. I think his brain exploded when he realized there are fuzzy things dashing about in those cages. He's going home with a new...

I'm short and have small hands for catching a rabbit. I usually stick to 24" to the back but 3-4' long for larger breeds so I can easily remove them without dragging toes on the wire. I probably wouldn't rely on all 24x24" for that size rabbit. Maybe for a few extra buck cages, single...

I didn't find a few protein percentages important. Most of the time I could only get 16% rabbit pellets anyway and feed brand made a bigger difference. I know a few people have found higher protein useful for certain breeds or individual groups of rabbits but not only during winter. My...

Temporary because I don't need 5. My husband found this thing panicking about the yard this morning and luckily was only taking the little shiba out. No hotdogs on hand but leftover turkey worked. Having gotten hold of him it's obvious why it worked. Even his spine is visible from how...

That is a fair amount of water. I think 32oz lasted sometimes 4-5 days even on the larger rabbits in winter with hay, pellets, sometimes grains, and no fresh food. We usually only needed to fill heated 32oz lixits every other day without any ever running empty. Yours might just be so eager...

Definitely doesn't work to mix feed in them. When I fed oatmeal or oats I would alternate pellet and plain oat days for that reason. If they are digging out just a single pellet or grain I know some people have made the curve of the J feeder shallower by putting a piece of hardware cloth just...

Easy, relatively cheap, and might provide benefits so aside from being too busy to measure out enough water bottles or it doing damage to metal poultry waters I often add it. The filtered really inexpensive stuff in gallon jugs in the grocery store are not nearly as good and may be pointless to...

It really depends. Space and obstacles to break up their line of sight makes a big difference beyond the individual personality of the rabbits and if they've been living together peacefully already. Typical square, plain wire cages or cheaper, small hutches are often only designed to hold one...

Weaning and selling are 2 different things. Some of mine bred back to back part of the year and were weaning at 4 weeks. I have frequently separated kits out at 6weeks when necessary. When selling I never send anything to a home right after separating from the mother. I wait 1-2weeks for...

Small and short term amounts of otherwise "toxic" things is not always enough to cause symptoms or even health issues. Some plants can be toxic at a certain quantity while doing nothing harmful with plenty of warning signs before you get close to deadly levels. Sometimes though damage is...

Some people do manage very complex tanks while being rather "old school" in the method and no knowledge of cycling so you never know. Neons also tend to be avoided by experienced aquarists these days. They are almost always rather sickly things and quite often die no matter what you do. It's...

Did you cycle properly? Especially with the neons that are far too sensitive as the first fish in a tank. Bettas will survive a lack of a cycle far better than tetras and are often kept in such small tanks they can't maintain a nitrate cycle. Instead you just do water changes to cut the...

Rats always tried to burrow under my colony and they can climb just about anything while fitting through surprisingly small openings. After years of attempts at various methods I ended up having to put out bait stations and just poison them. Not the first time. I tried every other method when...

Mine nearly always pulled fur several days ahead of time. Occasionally they'd start a week early and end up pulling themselves practically bald or building multiple nests if they had a floor instead of wire. A few wouldn't until the day they were giving birth and they often pulled more when...

You definitely don't need to feed it and it may be harmful to do so. There is not a great substitute for rabbit milk so best to rely on actual rabbit milk when possible. If it's not excessively cold you should also just be able to put the kit in the box and let her finish if she doesn't mind...