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Vegetable oil in rabbit's ears will promote microbial growth and is a bad idea. Mineral oil is a much better choice. Mineral oil mixed with pyrethrins is what is sold commercially for dogs and cats with ear mites. I have used three drops of mineral oil and one drop of the commercial stuff in...

Sorry for your loss. This is an example of a situation where I suspect previous medication could be a factor. Medications alter intestinal flora and fauna. Timid appeared healthy but actually may have been compromised. I have been thinking that running rabbits on chemical free ground might...

We sure are indoctrinated by the chemical companies. "Better living through chemistry" was their motto. We have Sugar Ants here. They kill Fire Ants and are still pests but seem to be far less destructive. I can't recommend introducing yet another invasive species to your area but maybe the...

Well said.

If you want four good rabbits you buy twenty rabbits and keep the best four or so for breeding.

Fear, superstition, ignorance and pharmaceuticals are a bad mix.

You don't know which rabbits needed treatment, if any. In following you don't know which rabbits responded to treatment, if any. This hasn't been a rational discussion from the beginning. The use of drugs as prescribed in this thread is not based on proven means. Probably all rabbits and...

That is more than just a little bit hyperbolic and I am supposed to respect your judgement more now? If your ego and emotions are the subject here then another professional should be consulted for those issues. Please leave that aside. Drug all of the rabbits because one has a spot on the...

I am experimenting with Florida White and Dutch crosses. They are pretty little bunnies. Haven't had one make it to the table yet so can't say about meat. So far, demand is outstripping supply. Feed costs are reduced significantly, about half. Ending association with my Californian does...

A veterinarian would NEVER make a diagnosis based on those pictures ... but someone on the internet did. Was that abrasive?

Speculation based on anecdotes is not factual information. People buying sick bunnies shouldn't surprise me anymore. Drug resistance is epidemic. Now there is a fact for you. Don't play guessing games with drugs.

Dance under a full moon and celebrate more new cages with wood under the floor to trap the droppings. Please discuss your "factual evidence" with trained professionals before you post it as accepted fact. I really should have waited a couple more posts before I said anything. Someone probably...

Really? You are going to poison all of your rabbits based on this? Absolutely sure that there is no other possible cause of those liver spots? Wow. Poison the rabbits, condemn and kill the chickens, and dance under a full moon.

50% increase in prices in a year, it's a good thing there is no inflation.

You are begging for fish stories.

http://www.raising-rabbits.com/images/P ... et-Up1.jpg First link shows a picture of a PVC frame with the cages hung on EMT conduit. http://www.moon-acre.com/cages/3_Cage_r ... es__1_.JPG The second link shows cages hung on fence poles. If you combine these two approaches you get an idea of...

I go in with scissors beside the anus and to the abdominal cavity. Then clip the meat, bones, everything. Break back the pelvis and it all falls out. If you still have adhesions you can clip the other side the same way and work things apart. After a little practice it gets easy but you do...

I want to hang some cages and don't like wood for fear of harboring disease. My cages are outside under tents sold as carports. If I hang cages from metal supports would I risk having my rabbits electrocuted in a lightning storm? I have seen pictures of some PVC pipe frames but PVC seems...

Why not go with rats instead of 3 week old rabbits?

You could mate your doe to someone else's buck until yours grows up. Ask at the feed store or check craigslist. Someone who has rabbits for sale might help you. The rabbits at the meat market may not be intended for breeding. I choose my genetic lines for replacement breeders. When I breed...