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One of my kits has the start of a gunky eye and looks "hunched up" like he's not feeling comfortable. He's one of a litter of 10, the others all look good. He's still nibbling hay and shows interest in oatmeal but the eye and the hunch have me concerned. What should I do?

Will anyone from RT be at the California State R&CBA show in Turlock on March 5th? I'm hoping to take the family and meet some RT members in person!

My second litter arrived yesterday, 10 little popples in a beautiful nest tucked behind a wall of hay. All 10 alive and popping but one missing a front paw and one missing an ear :cry: . Is this what's known as overcleaning? They're not deformed, there are scabs where the parts should be...

The first batch of buns is out of the oven!!! :mbounce: First time mom, at least six wigglers, all alive and wiggling :D :D :D I haven't done a complete nest invasion yet but felt around gently and didn't find any sign of dead kits. Very happy with how she did for her first litter, got...

After getting home yesterday I walked into the rabbit-room and saw my first haystache!!!! :P :P :P She's not due until the 5th but seeing the stache got me hoping maybe she's a super early kindler so I got a box ready and put it in. Came out to this morning and found that she'd spent a...

I need to get a scale for weighing my buns! If possible I'd like one that could weigh big buns, popple buns and daily feed rations. As always RT advice is desired before spending money! What scale do you use? Like it? Hate it? Have a dream model in mind?

Being new to rabbits I have no idea what normal breeding behavior is. Doe one: was ready to breed, lifted immediately, one fall off. A couple minutes later she lets him know more would be acceptable by mounting him, he's clearly confused at this and it takes a few minutes for things to get...

I've been seeing comments here and there by the more experienced RT folks relating how they have been able to improve kit survival dramatically with time and practice. In the hopes of getting a head start on the learning curve I'm curious what the more common causes of kit loss are? I've seen...

A mildly amusing tale about my new rabbits; four NZWs which apparently came from a research herd and were used a source of material for synthesis of amino acids. The day I arrived at the rabbitry I found all the NZWs to be docile and friendly, eager to come over and say hello. I was pretty...

I finally have meat rabbits!! Excitedness!!! :P :P After ladysown kindly took the time to point me to her post in the 'for sale' forum I did some tracking down and some phone-call/text tag with the lady in Galt who was selling her herd. The result is six, oldish but still good, 30x30x18...

This question may not really belong here but there's no breeding of rabbits if there are no rabbits to begin with! My dilemma: all the breeders of Cals or NZWs I've contacted are: out of business, taking a break from rabbits, turn out to be people I'm not willing to work with or just don't...

Good morning good people of RT; Christmas lights, a comfy sofa, coyotes signing in the distance and good cup of coffee while browsing RT...a morning doesn't get much better than this :D But back on point! I'd like to know what your grow out times are, how you feed, what weight you grow out...

Hi all, New member of RT here; the nicest forum I've ever seen btw! I'm slowly and cautiously inching towards taking the plunge on meat rabbits but first I'd love to have a bit more wisdom from everyone on RT. I'm curious what a new rabbit buyer should ask a breeder? What would you ask if...