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I lost my favorite doe to a 105° (ambient!) day back in June. We’ve had another spell of hot weather with heat index exceeding 105° so I’ve been monitoring my remaining rabbit very closely. We take frozen ice jugs out to his cage, provide crushed ice, swap out marble tiles from the freezer...

My one and only mama rabbit has a growth about the size of a small marble protruding from her "chest" more or less between her front legs. It feels like a tiny water balloon, not hard like I've read most rabbit abscesses described. I just discovered it yesterday. I hate to lose her, she just...

Here's a link to a YouTube vid I uploaded. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bJ4k5SGYgi4 I'm interested in any criticism anyone may offer about this setup. I'm beginning to get hooked on this whole rabbit thing. I don't do any talking in the video, but there is a couple of paragraphs in the...

There is a question in this post, I promise! This is my first experience with a new litter. I have been checking on the kits once on the morning and then once in late evening. Yesterday evening (five full days old) as I leaned into the cage and pushed aside the fur for a head count, I decided...

Hello, I'm new to the forum and to raising rabbits. Thursday afternoon (3-4 days ago) our 7 month old Cali doe kindled her first litter. There are 9 living kits. I had made a nest box out of the last piece of some leftover floor wire, it's 9 inches tall on the sides and 4.5 inches on the...