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So I have a Holland Lop kit that would not eat yesterday and I could tell was in extreme pain. He was visably puffed up in the belly and tossing and turning in pain. I gave him some gas drops via eye dropper and then we went to a rabbit show for a good chunk of the day. Came home to find him...

I have a doe that is acting funny. She can eat and drink and move around some, but shes holding her back funny. She seems to be having trouble with one side and she looks almost a little twisted. She can make the step up and down into her nest box. I thought about culling but shes pedigreed...

Hi RT friends! Just a quick update, we had to evacuate from our home near Corpus Christi last Thursday, unexpectedly. We were prepared to stay as it was not supposed to be too bad, but it kept gaining strength and put us under a mandatory evacuation. So we left with our 2 children, dog, cat...

So I have had some new to me issues in my rabbitry recently, and long story short it appears we have ended up with vent disease. There are lots of articles and conflicting info on this, and infected Doe has 4-4 week old kits now. So far I have treated Doe and Buck that had flaking skin, with...

Trying to find the cause of death, in 2 years this is the first time we have lost a whole litter. They are about 3 days old, and had yellow runny poo. Not sure if that's an after effect or cause of death because they weren't like that yesterday. Everything looked fine with all 7 of them...

We have mostly shown meat breeds and Sr adult Hollands, but I weighed our Jrs last week and they were both 1 lb 12 oz on Thurs. I know the meat breeds can easily put on a few ounces per week, so I decided we would take them to the show this weekend and went ahead and registered them. Trying to...

I have 3 Californian rabbits and all their ears are turning light! I was told it can happen when the sun is out more and days are longer, although they are not in direct sunlight. There ears have some fuzz but are getting really light patches. Anyone else ever seen this? Can they be shown...

We just competed in our second ARBA show, in Seguin, TX last weekend. Although there isn't as much competetion, our giant chins both earned Best of Breed and a leg for themselves. It was exciting! Any others on RT raising them?

I have a Doe who gave birth about a week ago. She was a few days late and her kits came out with a little fur coming in already. She's a first timer, and they have always had ripples on them, but things have seemed ok and I counted them every other day or so. I went to replace the bedding...

Just an update; things are very busy in the backyard these days! Within the last week we have had 6 new litters, 4 from Californians (ranging from 6-9 kits) and 2 from our Hollands, each had 4. One of them was Crazy Carmel, the first timer-kinda of hyper with attitude, that I mentioned in an...

I have a couple of rabbits who have started routinely dumping out their food bowls. I have handled this a couple of ways, first by feeding twice a day, then by only feeding once to see if they would realize the consequences to their actions. I don't enjoy seeing the feed wasted and they do get...

We have a Holland Lop Doe that kindled 6. She's always been a good producer, and this time she had her first stillborn. Then one went missing, I think it slipped out the cage or died and she ate it (although I have never seen her eating babies and she didn't eat her still born). Now at almost...

We have determined that after a couple of years raising pet rabbits, and venturing into meat buns for 4-h and now beyond:), that we would like to try cooking and eating our extras. Problem is we live in town, and even if I could look past a neighbor watching and the gut bucket smell, I just...

I have a person who has posted in a group on fb, that has a rabbit on Day 36. Obviously there is a danger to both mom and babies, the longer she stays pregnant. I feel like I remember seeing something that was safe and effective for this, but it has never happend to me so can't remember...

We had a litter on July 4th 2016, 5 Holland Lop babies. We still have one. She was always the most active, even when just little. As she got older, she turned spastic! So I figured it was time to breed her. Did that 35 days ago, no kits. I put her back in with the Buck today, and she first...

Just curious, which parent has a bigger part in litter size? My guess is the buck, because on of ours produced litters of 7, 8, and 4 last year. Same does with a new Buck are at 2, 5, and 5. I feel age could possibly be a factor, our Buck is older and the gals aren't getting younger either...

We have a local contact who is selling a Holland Lop for $250, and has claimed he has several wins at shows all over the state and beyond. I believe its true, but also know this person is a salesman. He has been known to haggle something to a low price then turn around and sell it for a profit...

Looking to expand and wanting to look at this option. Anyone else have any info on PVC cages and how you made them?

So this past week my daughter took her Calis to their first show ever, at our local county fair. Her meat pen didn't make it, our back up scratched his eye then one of the three ripped out a toenail, leaving us with only 2. They did allow her to show a single fryer, so we picked the largest of...

One of our meat pen buns had a swollen eyelid a couple of days ago, and it has gotten worse. Today it was more swollen and had gunk oozing. I went to our local tractor supply and bought some Pen G and put two drops into the eye, like you would eyedrops. I have used this in the past and it has...