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I have a two week old litter of 8 that is having trouble. One died today, a second one is almost dead, and all but three seem sick. They are all covered in tiny bumps, some of the bumps have a slight scab on top but most seem to be something under the skin. Except for the almost dead one...

So I was culling a couple of my rabbits this afternoon and had just cut the head off the dead rabbit and set it in a stainless steel bowl. I then carefully set the borrowed fillet knife I was using across the top of the bowl so it wouldn't get dirty and turned around to rinse the carcass off...

So one of my does had a litter of 7 Sunday afternoon, but she still doesn't have much milk for them. They're all getting really wrinkly from not having enough food. This is her second time around...first litter (5 kits) she had tons of milk so not sure what the problem is this time. I gave her...

Two of my family members juice every day as part of their raw diet. Right now they are just throwing away all the juice pulp each day. Can I use the pulp for rabbit feed? One of the varieties they do is apple/beet/carrot/ginger with lime...I'm guessing that one would be too high in sugar? The...

Just picked up two litters of dwarf rescues yesterday (accidental breedings)...trying to find them all nice pet homes, but figured the future owners will want to know what breed/mix they are. Any ideas?

My 9 week old rabbit just got her foot caught in her cage...actually it was more her hock. She tore the skin pretty badly and now her bone and Achilles tendon are exposed. Any ideas on what to do would be helpful! I have comfrey salve so could put that on with maybe some vet wrap? Would I need...

I have 15 rabbits that I will be processing (for dog food) over the next two weeks and I was wondering what's the best way to package the meat for the freezer? I've been using Ziplock bags, but that gets expensive quick so I'm considering reusable left-over containers. I know there are several...

I just got my first rabbits the end of September and since then I've only been able to get four litters out of ten breeding age does. Two of the four litters were from the same doe, and the other two litters were force bred. I switched to Southern States 18% feed at the beginning of November...

I've been having trouble finding organic (or at least non-gmo) feed in my area so I've been looking at some alternative feeds. I found alfalfa pellets for a reasonable price if I order in bulk...would alfalfa pellets and a salt/mineral block be enough to replace commercial pellets? I give them...

I have a doe that was due to have her first litter Saturday...she has a built-in nest box that I filled with hay but sometime Sat. night she took the hay out of the nest box and made a tiny nest on the wire with the little bit of hay that didn't fall through the bottom of the cage while she was...

So I did my first batch of rabbits this morning and it went pretty well but not quite as smooth as I would like. The three I did were all somewhere between 5 and 10 months old (just recently bought them from someone else so not sure about exact age) and weighed around 7 lbs live. I used a home...

So I had a litter of four born Tuesday and yesterday morning when I checked on them one didn't seem to be growing with the others. It also looked like it hadn't been eating...I took the other three out for a while so that the little one would have a chance to eat but it still wasn't getting fed...

I know this is probably a really dumb question, but I'm totally new to rabbits! I have a 13'X16' rabbit barn with hanging cages but would really like to colony raise a few of the rabbits. Is it okay to colony raise in the same building as the caged rabbits, or would all the extra rabbit waste...

Anybody in northeast FL/southeast GA know of anywhere I can find non gmo feed? Does anyone have a non gmo or organic feed co-op or bulk order? I thought I had found two feed stores just over an hour from me that sell Hiland Naturals but when I drove out there to buy it, one store doesn't exist...