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You can “assist“ in the breeding process. I’ve attached pages from the book, Rabbit Production, which may help.

I would employ the same approach as you have chosen. Now that you are aware and the wound is receiving care, he has a great chance of recovery if your deduction is correct. Keep us posted so we can learn with you!

She’s finished. If she wants another, she will make one. You never have to worry about preserving a nest for a doe who is not pregnant. Bucks will even occasionally build a nest. But they, too, soon lose interest once they get that building need out of their system.

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I agree with @ladysown , the top is baking in the sun, moving the kits to the bottom or even the middle with all of that open ventilation will be better. Rabbits are less likely to die from cold (unless they are naked kits) than they are to heat. she will continue to care for them if you bring...

I’m so sorry for the loss of Missy. Please don’t think I am judging you. I’ve made so many mistakes with my rabbits along the way and people have to figure out what works best for them. When I answer questions here, I like to just be sure to share what has turned out to be the best practices for...

I have the same nest box set up as you, and you CAN turn it on its side. Initially, I had the same concerns with the floor falling upon them. The floor board will come forward and stop “falling “ once it hits the top of the nest box, so it creates a little “cove“ for them. If you’re really...

@eco2pia is right. This is normal. Think about being a rabbit. First, mom cannot pick them up, so being picked up is not a natural occurrence for any rabbit. Second, the only thing capable of picking up a rabbit is a predator in the instinctual mind of a rabbit. They have no real ability to know...

Thinking about mama-to-be rabbits, moving to a new cage just before birth is not something I would advise. Instead, moving out the weaned kits from the home mom knows best and feels safest in is always best. Carrying a precious cargo of life into a strange cage, even if she had been in it...

At about 1.5 weeks or so (basically, as soon as eyes start opening) is when I turn my nest boxes on their side, rearrange the nest partly in the sideways box and partially on the floor of the wire cage (wire floors are fine for them to be on), take out soiled straw, add fresh if necessary, etc...

Olb well, it was a bust! The electric mulched did great on my garden trimmings, but the rabbit poo just fell through untouched. Back to the drawing board!

It’s so tiny! The little ones mom is a great mom, in my book, to be able to keep such a little one past the first few days without intervention. I’d love to see more photos as it grows.

It's perhaps 18 inches long, thickness of a grown man's thumb.

This is what I am discovering, too. It was a nice idea, but not practical in execution because the only way to control the smell is thru regular thorough cleaning and I just don't have that kind of time. I cannot wait until I can dismantle it! I'm going to have to update my postings now that I...

By "pinky" do you mean small, sickly rabbits? I am a little confused as I have never heard the term before.

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She’s about as thick as a man’s thumb, I’d say. She’s not full grown. I love these snakes. Just Monday as I was working in my garden, I heard the faint cries of a small animal and discovered a toad about the size of my palm with its hind leg firmly fixed within the jaws of a snake exactly like...

Yep, that little snake would fit thru.

I'm pretty certain it's a garter snake. Harmless to me and a friend to have in my garden, but this one has decided to move in under my breeder hutch. I've got 2.5 week old kits, 4 week old kits, 8 week old kits and 4 litters due in 1.5 weeks. Should I be concerned?

Thank you for this detailed how-to explanation. Of the two genetic lines I am exploring, I am partial to the NZ REW. I like the California's too, but since they are a smaller breed, I actually have less of an interest in them but also do still value them, so I am not ready to make a terminal...