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The breed standard does read similarly to the USA one (I understand the USA standards were based on the UK ones originally) but they aren't silver tipped. This is a typical Steel Dutch. If you look closely you can see a small amount of yellow pigment in the colour.

They're gold-tipped Steel, the gene to make silver tipped would be the Chin gene and that's not in the gene pool in the UK.

Chin is not a recognised colour in UK, the United Kingdom Dutch Rabbit Club would not allow it. The last colour of dutch to be added to the UK breed standard was the Chocolate Dutch about 100 years ago.

Dutch in the UK can be supersteels, it's not unusual for the selfs to be masking steel. They are usually A_ EsEs but aa EsEs and aaEsE are also self black in appearance, so is aaEse, carrying non-extension, but that is less likely in a line of colour-bred Black/Blue Dutch. Steel Dutch in the...

You've got three strains of it circulating in Aus and New Zealand, and it's been endemic there for well over a decade. First seen there in 1995 when it was deliberately introduced. Maybe you know it as Calici? The rabbit owners I know over there call it that, rather than RHDV or VHD...

I think that's a black tort. Choc torts start off lighter and have a brighter colour fawn than blacks, and their choc shading takes some weeks to start coming in.

I don't know if it does, or not - I was looking at some Nutritional Yeast in the supermarket today, which is also S. cerevisiae, but labelled as 'inactive.' That kind of implies there's an 'active' form as well. Protexin make a range of very good rabbit probiotic products but looking at their...

Depending on where you are in the world, there are several. Choose one containing Saccharomyces cerevisiae as that has been shown to have an effect in rabbits. https://www.vettimes.co.uk/app/uploads/wp-post-to-pdf-enhanced-cache/1/beneficial-bacteria-in-pet-rabbits.pdf

Stainless steel bowls. They will withstand being knocked out, and are impervious to chewers.

Rabbits have an unusual means of processing calcium (compared to other species). They excrete excess calcium through their urine. But that means that they can build up calcium sludge or stones in the bladder, and/or blockages in the urethra. High calcium feed is to be avoided in adult rabbits -...

Usually when one gets stuck, the ones behind it in the line are born dead. It sounds like the stuck one was born last. It's not unusual for a stuck dead one to be born outside the nest, as the doe can be trying to expel it for some hours.

Very true. Their instinct is to have babies in secret, with nobody watching, in a place nobody knows about, to prevent predators. Our instinct is to keep checking, looking, staring, worrying. Seeing us more often than normal must worry a doe. If something is upsetting them they can hang onto...

Yes, false, faked or otherwise incorrect.

It's common for young Sables to look 'blue' when young. The colour is somewhat temperature sensitive (like Himalayan) so the colder parts of the body develop darker pigment. When the fur starts to grow, the babies are in the warmth of the nest so the ends of the hairs are lighter, giving them a...

You can put her on her back, or sit down with a blanket or towel over your lap and have her upright, with the baby under her in the fold of fabric between your legs. Bring up the edges of the towel to stop the baby rolling out. This is much less stressful for her.

When I've successfully warmed up cold kits, I always put them on the doe to nurse before putting them back in the nest. They will have lost a lot of energy from being cold, and will need the milk in their stomachs to help stay warm.

I feel, regardless of the Clostridia species, the symptoms are pretty much the same. This article may be helpful - Enterotoxemia (Clostridiosis) | rabbits | Vetlexicon Lapis from Vetlexicon | Definitive Veterinary Intelligence Tyzzer's Disease is one form of Clostridiosis, caused by Clostridia...

Very interesting - do you have a link to the study?

Digestion is dependent on bacteria - the gut flora. When rabbits have their diet changed suddenly, or are given a food they've never had before, they may not have the right bacteria - or enough of the right bacteria - to digest the new food. So instead of being digested, it ferments, producing...

Nutrition depends on the kind of straw. Oat straw is said to be the most nutritious. But yes they will eat it - oat and barley are best, the latter is also best for bedding, if you can get it. It's softer than oat and wheat straw.