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Here and on other rabbit forums, people throw around the word "ivermectin" pretty loosely. There are several different formulations (oral, injectable) and intended uses (cattle, pigs, sheep etc). All these different products can't all have the same dosage for rabbits, can they? (I know we're...

I've been feeding pellets + grass hay to my rabbits for a long while. Last week, the feed store was out of hay and I had to take a bale of straw. I've read about breeders that feed straw, so I thought maybe it would be OK. For a few days, I fed the last of my hay + straw, to ease them into...

I have Nasturtiums (Tropaeolum majus) in my garden, running wild. The rabbits eat them with gusto. I've tried feeding Redbud (Cercis canadensis) leaves. Redbuds are a legume, but the rabbits nibble them a little bit, but don't seem interested in either the leaves or the twigs. I haven't...

I've asked this question before, without much response. It may be that there isn't any data on this topic. I've never understood this contradiction: Many people cite disease control as one reason to raise rabbits on wire. And yet, lots of rabbits are raised in a colony or on a floor with...

There is something I've never understood about using salty water (brine) to soak a rabbit before cooking. I learned in school that water moves from a less salty area into a higher salty area. So, wouldn't water move from the rabbit (less salty) into the brine solution (more salty) ? When...

I thought this might be click-bait, but it isn't. A rabbit that walks on its hands, like a circus performer. Scientists have studied the DNA of these rabbits and normal rabbits. They think they understand what is going on...

I always encourage people to use the scientific name (i.e. the given name) for plants, along with the common name (i.e. the nickname). When using plants for feeding, it is even more important because a mistake or mix-up can be a big problem for your animals. Here is an example, from the...

I've never understood what 'sanction' means, in relation to a breed at a show or the show itself. Does someone pay for this? Does a club pay for it? What happens if a particular breed is not sanctioned?

I keep reading that we shouldn't be using hot water for our rabbits, in freezing weather, because it freezes faster than cold water. I did the experiment. 16 ounces of water at 42° F, 5.5° C. (right out of our cold water tap). 16 ounces of water at 100° F, 38° C. (right out of our hot water...

There is a lot of information about feeding rabbits a measured amount of food each day, so they don't get overweight. But rabbits in a colony can't be given measured food, they just eat from the common container. Do those rabbits get overweight? Or does the exercise that results from colony...

I have a Dutch doe that has cecotropes all over her cage. She currently has kits (almost 3 weeks old) but I noticed the issue even when she wasn't bred. She either produces a lot of cecotropes, or she isn't ingesting what she produces. She looks fine, the kits look fine. She eats a lot of...

The title is pretty much my question. I'm feeding kits all the pellets and hay they want. My understanding is that these kits will grow slower that kits fed a higher protein diet. Do these kits attain the same adult size as kits fed mostly pellets? Just wondering. I don't anticipate feeding...

I've had rabbits for a few years, but haven't gotten into showing rabbits. I have a couple of questions: what are sanctions, and how do they work? And, what is a double show? Thanks

This is a question for people that have raised rabbits in wire-bottom cages and also in a colony on solid floors: do colony-raised kits have more or less disease than kits raised on wire? My thought being: kits exposed to more kinds of bacteria, in a colony, might be more resistant to disease...

Does anyone have a solution for this: from the time they come out of the nest box, and for 2-3 weeks afterward, the kits sit in the feed and mess it up. Once the kits are a little larger, it is too uncomfortable for them to be in there. Is there a way to prevent this and still give full-feed...

An interesting read from the 1920's, on how to raise rabbits. Many things have not changed, of course---they are the same animals. Feeding and disease treatment have changed the most. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc85987/?q=rabbit

I have a Silver Marten doe, about 1 year old and due in 14 days. I've owned her for about 1 month. She is eating hay to the exclusion of her pellets. The other rabbits come running for their pellets, and she passes on the pellets and dives into her handful of hay instead. I measure pellets...

As we approach the longest day of the year, I've got some questions on whether to control day length on rabbits or just let the day length proceed normally. I've read that commercial rabbit raisers keep their day length at 18 hours so they can breed 12 months of the year. That brings up two...