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I put down a doe today that had been dropping weight fast. She's been super fusy over her feed lately and barely nibbling any hay. I thought it could have been a tooth problem like her mother, bad molars, but then I saw this when I opened her. So Stasis? I had a few others not happy with that...

I lost both of my original herd does earlier this year do to molar malalignment. They were 5yrs old. My entire herd is based on them. I have had to cull more then a few since do to this molar issue. Wether @ 6 months or the latest didnt show it till 2 yrs. Is there anyway to tell before hand...

I usually use 1 qt fortex rubber bowls for winter here. As it gets cold enough to freeze that solid in a few hours, and those survive knocking the ice out of them. They do not however, survive chewers. I find myself 3 short this year and No One has them in stock. I have been looking over a month...

I took back in a pair of retired breeders that had been rehomed as pets. Bonded 8 and 5yr old does. No other rabbits on the property. Prev home had a medical emergency. They had been looked after by family members before someone contacted me. They were a little on the thin side so I have been...

Standard satins. I've been breeding towards Black tort with this line for awhile. Have had too much blue in the line to hit it regularly. Finally got a halfway decent black tort buck, bred back to 2 chestnut half sisters and get these in the resulting litters. Original stock did not carry rew or...

I have a 5 yr old doe who has been loosing weight. Lost her full sister earlier this year to weight loss, no cause found. Thought it was a feed issue, didnt notice any adnormalities. Today I found an abscess under her bottom jaw. Brought her in opened and cleaned it. Found what feels like a...

I have a doe that has been on my cull list for months. An injury saw me with no use of my right arm so she has had a pass. But I'm healed up to a mostly useable state and this doe has Another jaw abscess. Same spot as her last 2 months ago. I had cleaned and drained as best I could one handed...

My meat mutt doe stopped drinking and eating visibly 3 days ago. Yesterday I cleaned her bowls, gave her fresh well water, new hay. Tried calf manna,oats no luck. I had stopped to picked up some apples and fresh willow after work today. Too late. I added some bentonite clay to the rain barrel I...

One of my better young meat bucks turned up paralysied in his hind end tonight, Possibly since yesterday. Seems to be blind on top of that, will confirm tomorrow in the daylight. I am thinking stroke. Its been HOT and humid and WET for the better part of 3 months now with little break. Are...

I've been having a bad run with litters so far this year. Had a bad batch of hay last fall, got that taken care of, forgot to keep records of a few breedings due to the holidays and stress. Lost a litter on the wire and can't remember the parentage of a doe I'd planned on keeping :cry: Tie that...

This is the 1st time I've had 3 failed breedings since I started with rabbits. Proven bucks and the same 2 does. I'm starting to wonder if its the hay? Not the best quality, got it from a coworker for cheap. Native grasses from a horse pasture. It's 2nd cutting and I'm finding alot of Queen...

I'm looking for recomendations for a metal nesting box standard size. I have been using homemade wooden or permanent attached boxes, but this one doe will NOT stop chewing/destroying them. So she needs a metal one at least till I replace her. Any preferences?

This is the first litter I have had that plays with the nonextension gene and it threw me a curveball. The doe has never thrown a white kit before. She is a black tort (aa B- C- Dd ee). Previous bucks have carried himi and rew. This breeding the buck carried blue, non ext and rew and I get a...

I first thought it was a chocolate agouti but the fur is too light for that right? Mom is a lynx AA bb Cc dd E- and the sire was a chin grandson Aa B- chd/c Dd E-

One of my breeding bucks has taken a downhill turn as soon as the hot &humid weather hit. Its his first summer with me. He has gone off feed for 4 days and has stopped drinking. He would "nibble" at fresh greens but not much else. Yesterday I pulled him to force some pedialyte in him and check...

I have the opportunity to get a bunch of cages for free. The catch is that the herd that was housed in them had vent disease and a few other unknowns roll through from time to time. They have been washed with bleach when emptied and most were left to dry in the sun, but its not something I want...

I have a 6 month old Rew doe from a worked meat line crossed with my standard satin buck. If anyone in the CNY region is looking for one Im trying to avoid putting her in the freezer. Highly likey to carry agouti ,self, blue. May carry chocolate. She reached 6 lbs at 10 weeks I didnt get an 8wk...

I'm not really sure what is going on here. One of my purebred satin does has given me just 2 kits now for the 2nd time. 1st time was last october and I thought it was a buck issue, I had used one of my growouts before he went to the freezer. This time was with a proven buck. This is her 4th...

I'm kind of lost here. Haven't run into any illness yet with my herd till now. Keller my herd sire has been a house bunny for a good 6 months now. I noticed this morning he hadnt touched his feed, very unusual. And last night/day before he didnt want to come out of his cage. Just now I found...

I found 2 kits with poopy bottoms when doing a weigh in last night. They must have had it for a few days because these 2 were the largest kits when weighed on the 15th. The rest of the litter is growing good. Half of them are fostered with a doe whose litter froze. Checked on them at lunch...