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I am in serious need of assistance, my kits are getting diarrhea at about 2-3 weeks old and passing away in a matter of days. All the adults are healthy, and it hasn't affected every litter that I have had, but over the past year months, I've had about four litters pass away from the symptoms...

Yes, you should, but expect it to take time. Especially during the first couple years, your main focus should be breeding for show quality and weeding out the problems, not on smaller factors. As you breed multiple litters and become comfortable with the lines you are working with (which have a...

Just pellets, I've found a good system for hay, but I wanted to hear what other serious rabbit breeders were doing for pellets. I love your Mini in the profile picture by the way! So good to see another Mini Lop breeder. We are way to few and far between.

It can be difficult to find rabbit breeders nearby specializing in the breed that you want and sometimes it just takes time. However, if you have not tried these already, I would first recommend the ARBA member directory and the specific breed clubs' directories which are regularly updated (for...

I have been trying to streamline my rabbitry in a lot of ways, but one of them is trying to make sure I am feeding my Minis just the right amount of food. I have been doing quite a bit of research and have not found enough good resources that provide a general estimate for oz of food to feed per...

I would recommend checking out these rabbit color genetic guides. Both of them have photo dictionaries along with explanations of the how and why. Unfortunately, they are for the lop breeds which do have different fur than rex. They are great for beginners though and would be helpful for...

I have a Mini Lop doe that is 35 days into her pregnancy. She built a beautiful nest on day 27, but no kits as of yet. However she is definitely pregnant as I can see baby bunny kicks in her stomach and all her behavior points toward it (Not my first litter with this doe.) I am seriously...

Just quick update, pretty sure all are steel based. One Black GTS, one sable steel (which would explain why as a baby it didn't look dark enough to be black or light enough to be chocolate), three blue GTS, and still unsure about the lightest one. Will post pictures later.

Just had a gorgeous litter of Mini Lops from a new doe. Very happy with her and how they are turning out, but I need to know what colors the kits are--I have not experienced these color before, and am getting very confused! Dam is a Chocolate Chestnut agouti from two black chestnut agouti, but...

I believe one of my Mini Lop bucks is developing glaucoma. He can still see, but his eyelid is becoming inflamed and is beginning to get a white cast over his iris, plus his eyes have become runny. I've done some research, and I can't find any specific cures. I've also heard glaucoma is...

I do have never seen this before, and don't have anything useful to add (sorry) but I would just like to thank you for those amazing pictures and such a cleanly cut autotopsy! Definitely some useful reference pictures.

I am keeping her pretty still, she definitely has control over back legs (poor girl, she tries to push herself forward with them but they aren't strong enough). I have had to manually help her relieve her bladder, which was a new experience XD It went well though.

It's been since last night. I fed them yesterday morning, she was fine. Then last night she was laying strangely--I honestly thought she was just sleepy, but this morning told a different story. I am going to put her in a towel padded crate to restrict movement...Hopefully that does the trick...

So I have a junior doe, about 18 weeks old, who just suddenly can't seem to move her back legs any more. I checked her spine for a spinal injury, but I don't get a reaction when I feel her spine. She seems to be able to drag herself around and reacts a little bit when I feel her legs and tail...

I don't see a picture...You may need to add it again?

I have had several great customers! One, a graphic designer wanted to get her first rabbit. So she did tons of research (love those types) and asked some great, well thought out questions before buying. When she came to pickup the bunny she almost screamed with excitement. Since then, she has...

If you do some line breeding, it would definitely work to use the sallander. So let's say you breed the sallander x chin, your most likely result will be a black chin, but that black chin will carry some fun recessives! It would be AaBbc(chd)_D_Ee. So, if you kept back one buck from the...

The genotype of a Chocolate Sallander is: aabbc(chd)_D_ee and the genotype of the VM chin is A_B_c(chd)_D_E_. Only if your VM chinchilla carries chocolate, 'b', will you be able to get chocolate chinchilla. For a reference to almost any genotype, here is a great resource with pictures...

Thanks! Y'all are great. That was basically what I was thinking. But communicating via Facebook can be misinterpreted, and I want to be honest without deeply offending someone. If I hear that people are wanting it for such young kids, I usually try to discourage them, but then again, people...

Just as the title suggests, I have buyer interested in a baby Mini Lops. This is what they asked me, "How is the bunny with kids I have three little ones 5, 8and 10 years. The kids will constantly want to hold and snuggle with it." How would you respond? Bunnies and young kids are a touchy...