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Do anything you can to get him eating. Sometimes offering safe greens or plain dry old fashioned oatmeal can get them eating if the bun is refusing pellets. What part of the bunny is the discharge coming from?

That's good, because I never accused you of keeping them as pets. Having them in your possession at all is illegal (in most areas, know your local laws,) and that does include rehabbing them yourself for the purpose of returning them. It wasn't intended to offend, it's just so you are aware...

We do know that density is caused by modifiers. Out-crosses from angora or rex rabbits run a strong risk of losing density, even as the recessive wool or rex gene is retained and passed down, the modifiers are invisible and much harder to keep. Although rex-mixed kits, even with standard...

From your description, it sounds like these are baby cottontails. Green poo at that age is often a symptom of mucoid enteritis. Mucoid enteritis can quickly kill baby rabbits, sometimes even without symptoms. If this is what is going on here, I have my fingers crossed for you. I'd say the...

Astrex isn't on there, but I'm afraid it's a complex gene(or combination of genes) that isn't completely understood at this time. When I had curly coated velveteen kits, I was in a few astrex groups. It was very hard to pin down which curl genes one was trying to work with!!! Is it astrex? Is...

I was going to say the same! Though random people don't usually bother me asking about rabbits before christmas like they do before easter. (I very very rarely advertise at any point of the year.) I suppose whether it's an issue or not just depends on the culture of your area. This area...

I think, the point of mutation is very likely to be exactly where "genetic harm" is occurring. What you are describing would not be a project for anyone at all faint of heart. You would have to be ready to cull everything "off" and possibly the lines that produced it too. Otherwise, you could...

In a lot of those traditional breeding projects, extensive line breeding and often strait up inbreeding for many generations was common. Perhaps that's your missing factor? While rabbit breeders do lightly or occasionally inbreed or linebreed, it's almost never to the extent that was...

Mane is becoming fairly common in meat mutt herds. As it's fairly easy to spot even with only one single copy of the gene present, it's very easy to completely breed it out where it isn't desired. (Simply do not continue breeding any animal with a mane, bam...no more manes.) Since no breed...

The recessives at the color locus are actually the one that can override any other. (cc Ruby eye white covers everything, including any extension gene. ) Other C locus genes would also effect the coat, even of an Ed_, the same way they still effect steel rabbits. There isn't a lot known...

Completely honestly? When a doe gives me that "I wanna breed" look, I just pop her in with whatever buck I had previously picked out for her. Usually the "plan" is just in my thoughts, I can't remember the last time I had a breeding plan on paper. If she accepts the buck, I write it on my...

I don't believe they can survive and reproduce on human blood alone, and they cannot jump. Just keeping washing up with soap and water after handling the rabbits. Is there any way to get pictures of these different creatures?

Tea tree oil has been implicated in poisonings in dogs and cats, I wouldn't use it on rabbits. Here is the pet MD article on it: https://www.petmd.com/blogs/thedailyvet ... pets-31282 -- Sun Aug 30, 2020 1:54 pm -- Any plain vegetable oil will work. Olive, coconut, corn, soy, canola...

For ear mites, I've never tried DE, but I do have to say my results with DE for fur mites and fleas have been more positive. A few treatments were all it took in the past to get rid of both. I haven't had very many breakouts of either over the years though. Ear mites have been a bigger issue...

I'm brutally honest. Most rabbits do not enjoy being held, and a frightened rabbit can do a LOT of damage to a child. I usually manage to discourage such types from wanting a rabbit as a living toy for their children. ;)

I think the weight of your rabbits will matter quite a bit. What size are we looking at?

https://spokengarden.com/crocosmia-plan ... ers-guide/ I haven't found the exact chemicals yet that are considered to be problematic, but at least one site says it's a member of the iris family which commonly causes problems. Looking at other sites, the general consensus is that it can...

Ok, I don't have any "one size fits all" answers, because all dogs are different, but I'll do my best. I like telling stories, so I'll tell you about my own doggies. I'm actually working on the same thing with my chow chow (Leonidis) right now. Leo was kept exclusively in a small...

Absolutely, "look at me" and "Leave it" are commands all dogs should know, between the two, you should be able to direct his focus better. What does he usually consider to be threatening? We should probably just make a new thread. :oops:

That is an interesting cross! Most Pyrs hover around 100 lbs, he sounds adorable. :D Stubborn sounds about right, they are supposed to be able to make their own decisions, and have a way of wondering who we are to tell them what to do all the time. :lol: The combination of lgd...