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Well it happened again. A whole litter of 8 this time. Alive the night before the storm, Dead the next morning. And they died at different times. Some were stiff, some were flexible and one was even warm. They were a month and a half old. Not a mark on them. Rabbits are outside, under a...

I have noticed occasional kit loss after a thunderstorm. Kits are young- still in the nestbox, but eyes open and moving around. I am guessing it is likely the doe has injured them in fear, perhaps jumping on them. Never an exterior injury, just perfectly intact and dead. What may disprove...

Oooh, aren't they sly looking! I have a secret desire to keep jellyfish and octopi. Probably not together.

Fur mites! I hadn't thought of that! I am planning a dose of Ivomec...but that would get the fur and eat mites, I am guessing.

I thought I would mention this to see if anyone else has noticed it. Please forgive me if it is a well known and obvious fact as I have never had ear mites before. I have had an outbreak and it seems that every rabbit to have mites also has rubbed the fur from their faces until they are bald...

With great pride I showed my brother pictures the chickens I raised and had processed. They were professionally packaged and in my eyes something I was extremely proud of. His reaction was so upsetting. Disgust, annoyance and no understanding of why I was so proud. It cut me to the quick...

I lost most of a recent litter to cold. Not sure what happened. The dead kits all had a swollen reddened genital area, as did the ones that survived. Five days later the survivors are thriving but still have reddened swollen genitals. It this an issue or is it just something I have never...

Well, it shows up on reds. Interesting.

I washed one. It was disgustingly filthy. I dried with a blow drier after and made sure it was warm throughout the process.

Well, they are all red and gold tipped steel. Lovely!

Would you be able to intensify your fawn/orange by breeding to a red?

I am noticing an interesting pattern in some rabbits. I am working on Sallander and i see they have what I like to call a 'racing stripe' that curves over their hind leg. It is visible in tortoiseshells too. You can see it here... http://www.gbfarm.org/rabbit/images/sallander2.jpg Now that...

And may I piggyback on this...How does red come into play here?

I find they tend to use the corners as their bathroom, usually away from the food. You may have to pick out an odd bunny berry. Give it a try, it works very well for me!

Aha! And a false self would look black. Would they have any markings belying their true nature? Is there any way this breeding could produce true blacks? I have more info for the color genotype. The mom of the GT was a REW and the dad has a pedigree with ONLY red in it. Every animal on his...

Are they on a wire floor? Install a bin beneath to catch the scratch outs and dump them back in the j feeder.

I have discovered a bad infestation of mites in the ear of a nursing doe. I would like to give her a shot of ivomec. I have never had ear mites before, and thus, a few questions... Is it safe to give ivomec to a nursing doe? What is the dosage?

What does that mean?

Thank you...I will watch and see! I do not know what is in the background of the doe, color-wise, but it may account for your surprise.

I have a red buck and a black gold tipped steel doe. The breeder guaranteed red kits and sure enough, out of a litter of 9 kindled yesterday, 6 are dark and 3 are pink. When the sun came up I lifted the pink kits to the light and sure enough, they have a red sheen to the tops of their head...