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I suspect the doe is being exrta territorial to protect her babies. Give the young doe a hide if there is room mama doe too and put some kind of visual divider between the cages.

That is very very interesting and a big interest of mine! Would you mind sharing more of the details about what and how? I was just saying to someone last night rabbits have been raised for eons and nobody was able to buy pretty bags of purina pellet (that is all we can get around here, I wish...

white like calcification? I honestly have no idea, but I have seen stuff like that in other critters... in one case it was a genetic metabolic disease a bit like cystic fibrosis in people and in the other it was heart disease. In the first case we culled the line in the second as it was an...

Yes happy to!

I am so so happy I joined this forum! I am happy others had a similar experiences, and I am learning a lot from here! It is so strange, no matter how long you have had them, you can always learn more! It is so comforting to get answers and nobody thinks im crazy for being worried about my...

I am super lucky in my small little town, the young vet who recently took over my local vet shop, where I have taken my dogs and cats to for years is actually specialized in rabbits! She was so fascinated when I told her I have silver fox, she said she has never ever seen them in our area. I...

OK great! I am happy to know spotting can be normal in first time large does like these ladies! The one girl that had 2 breedings with 3 fall offs each 8 hours apart is positively HUGE! The other girl is significantly smaller, but still a big tummy which maybe fat as I have been giving them...

Thank you so much! That is helpful to know! It maybe that, but also my breeder said that it could be that I gave all my rabbits prunings from my apple trees yesterday! She said that when she gives her rabbits tree cuttings their urine tends to darken and can look like blood with certain...

I have a situation I have never seen before. I have 2 does, full sisters. One is day 26 and the other is day 24. They appear to be pregnant, I do not palpate. But they are big in the middle, increased appetite, dew laps getting huge etc. This morning BOTH does had small blood spots on their...

ty! looks awesome and dead easy! Now I need to go out and get my some screens! When you say hardware cloth, you mean 1/4"? Like top is 1/2" to catch hay and let dropping and urine go through, and second layer is 1/4" and droppings sit on top of it so you can bag it? ty!

VERY cool system! TY!

Here is the secret to growing garlic! it likes loose very rich soil! Voila mix in a whackload of rabbit poop... ya should have loads of that! Get busy mixing and fluff it all up. Plant your bulbs, water regular until you see them coming up then walk away until harvest time. VOILA

Sounds like a perfect system! May I ask for pictures? I am trying to make mine a bit easier and faster, as I have limited time. It is a very good point that you need a plan for the poop. They really do poop a LOT! However, it is easy to use up! I can tell you my garden has never been more...

I personally think it is a good lesson for would be breeders... because there is absolutely no money in breeding any kind of critter from horses,to dogs to rabbits! Growing organic garlic however.. there is the easy button to good cash with little input!

OK have a pressure canner, working up the nerve!

I understand how nerve wracking heat can be! But you are doing your best, that is all you can do! Also, kits generally don't suffer in the heat as much as the adults. I find cold affects kits much worse then heat but the adults do just fine in the cold. A few slate or clay tiles may help as...

Agreed about pets, I only allow the breeders and other keepers to have names for that reason. And I have promised the children who the breeders are very much pets to, as personality is just as important to me as type that they will never ever go to freezer camp but live out as retired buns due...

No I don’t think so I was commenting on how preditor can steal kits

yup, correct... that is why my cages are like fort knox! top and 4 sides are all 1/4 hardware cloth (keeps mice out of the feed too) and i use dog crates not cages, take the trays out and line floor with 14G 1/2x1 but I put resting pads (the plastic mesh ones so poop drops through and I can...