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My English lop buck has an abscess under his chin / on his neck. it finally scabbed enough that I could pull the scab away and open it up. The pus is the consistency of a kombucha scoby. Literally. It's so tough that I can't even pull it out. I flushed it with saline. But nothing comes out. I...

I have an 2 year old english lop doe that suddenly developed a drooping lower eyelid, her third eyelids are bit relaxed as well. Is it a serious symptom? Is there something that can be done for this? I snapped some pics today, but it was worse yesterday. I have heard of Horner's Syndrome, but...

Anyone bought or read these Ebooks? Are they worth it? $34? The advertising is kinda annoying, but it looks like it could be good information. I'm interested in the natural feeding book http://www.raisingrabbitsebook.com/ I saw the link for it on this page http://www.raisingrabbitsformeat.com/

I have often heard that the meat tastes better from a naturally fed rabbit. Why is this? Is it because of the processing of the pellets, or because there is so much alfalfa in the diet? What is the difference in taste? :popcorn:

I have a jr English lop doe that I've had for about 3 weeks. Just now she was hopping around the yard, and my daughter came running in saying she had a bloody nose. Sure enough, she's got blood coming out of her right nostril. Not heavily, but still bleeding. Is that a sign of disease? Maybe...

So I got four new rabbits- English Lop a few weeks ago. I bought them and didn't pick them up for two weeks because of vacation. Anyway, when I did pick them up, it was dark and I didn't inspect all of them closely. The next morning, surprise surprise, white snot and sneezing in my favorite Jr...

Is coccidia almost a guarantee when you have rabbits in a colony? I haven't studied it a lot, but it seem that everyone who keeps meat rabbits in a colony find white spots on the livers. Is there a way to prevent this other than keeping them on wire?

What are the best herbs to feed rabbits to strengthen their immune systems? I have some dried comfrey, but it is in little crumbles, hard for them to eat. I was thinking of making a cookie type treat with dried comfrey and honey or molasses and other things.

Has anyone here heard of Michael Sherwood of Pinewoods Lops, Olde Meadow Menagerie. He's based in Wisconsin. I'm wondering if he is a respectable breeder? A good place to get breeding stock from?

I'm getting a six hole stack of cages with my new rabbits ( :mbounce: :mbounce: :mbounce: :mbounce: :mbounce: :mbounce: ) this week and I'm wondering the best bedding to use in the trays. They'll be outside. I've heard good things about Dry Den, but I don't think we can get that in Iowa...