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Aloha Fuzzy Bunny Folks! I've only got experience with the English angora and some tiny smatterings of meeting up with fiber from some Satins and once with Germans. For those of you who have experience with the other breeds of angora rabbits, can you tell us some of the differences pro and con...

Anyone noticing meds being hard to get in your area? Someone texted me from another island today asking if there was any penicillin available at the feed stores. Apparently, there's none available on her island and she's on the one with all the population. I'd not needed any for awhile so...

I just stumbled across some upcoming legislature here in Hawaii. Some sort of bill to ban fur farming. Of which there isn't any in our state so why they feel the need to ban in via laws, I haven't a clue! It would keep the ranchers and shepherds from being able to sell hides and pelts, though...

The bunnies here are all angoras and almost all of them are English angora. I've basically been breeding the same stock for the past ten years with just a few additions to the herd over the years. This is the first time this particular color has shown up. What color is it? This is the...

I think they're still too young to vote and they'd probably only be interested in a 'carrot tops for everyone' party, anyway. The bunnies actually aren't all that political, my Rabbit Wrangler was helping me a do a Bunny Census since there's ten in the litter and it's hard to count them without...

We don't really have any nearby veterinaries who will treat rabbits so it's not been much of a direct issue with the herd here. However, there's been a huge demand for rabbits this year and we are sending more of them out to new homes. They all fly since there's no other way to get them to...

He's a year and a half old, has had one successful litter before, but he's the most reluctant buck I've ever seen. The doe has to almost be aggressively ready to breed before he can manage to get the job done. Is there any way to encourage a buck to be more interested in breeding? Yesterday...

The pictures are from when the hutches were first made, they're now about five years old. How long does your hutch last? I was cleaning the hutches today and noticed one floor plate had significantly more wear and rust on it than the others. Not quite sure why, but I'm guessing rabbit pee...

For the past several years we've noticed decreased litter sizes. Also, now a lot of the litters - even when we watched and know the breeding took place - aren't even showing up at all. Anyone else have this sort of thing going on? Any ideas as to why? We keep a herd of angora bunnies, about...

Aloha Rabbit folks! We're experiencing significantly decreased litter sizes and litters not showing up at all. This has been for the last several years and we're not sure why. At the moment, I'm suspecting it may be feed related since I was just chatting with another local rabbit breeder and...

Aloha Rabbit folks! I'm confused about the Agouti gene. It seems to be a dominant, so one would expect it to be shown on the animal's coat if it is in the genes at all. So, the dominant "A" of Agouti can't hide behind the "a" gene. If one breeds a Blue Tortoiseshell "aa" to a Black - another...

How do folks figure out a proper sort of breeding program? At the moment, we have very limited genetics, but some new rabbits are going to be imported so there will soon be more options. Guess it's easier to figure out a breeding program before than waiting until the last minute. At the...

Aloha Rabbit Talk folks! We have very, very few English Angora rabbits on our island and we are looking to import some good quality English angoras to set up a foundation herd. Does anyone have any good quality kits, breeding pairs or trios available? To ship to Hawaii, they need a veterinary...

Aloha Rabbit Talk folks, This is our first litter and they are going on nine or ten weeks old now. Two of the kits now have a "lazy" ear, an ear which doesn't stand up like their other ear. Is this something which can be fixed? I'm pretty sure the English Angora standard says both of the...

Aloha Rabbit Folks! I've been putting pedigree information into the database and noticed there is a line called "wool weight" which is on the pedigree and has a place on the pedigree software which mentions the same thing, but what is it? How does one determine the wool weight? Is it an...

Aloha! There is a new rabbit club forming on our island and they are hoping to have a sanctioned rabbit show sometime next January. If someone is showing English Angoras, is there anything special to do to prepare the rabbits for a show? The particular rabbits I have shed their fur down to...