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I do the same. I would like some opinions though. I've been offered a new / young doe, and while I do need new blood, I don't need another breeding doe. So that means that I would need to cull one of my breeding does. I have one who has bad hocks, but she's a real sweetie in nature. And she's...

I feel your pain @eco2pia, I've had atrocious rat problems these last few months too. Saw them running inside my cages, vertically from one floor to the next story up. I'm beat how they got through the floors, as there is a layer of solid plywood between them and they're reasonably well rat...

The original patch that had the first outbreak in ringworm is starting to regrow fur and doesn't have any of these crusty / dead skin patches, but is new skin and healthy. Sort of indicates that we probably won the battle with the original ringworm, and what we are battling now is not ringworm -...

More to this bun, she's my rabbit also. We have dosed her with Ivermectin a week ago, and that's done seemingly nothing. Obviously she's in isolation, but she's bright and happy, there's no change in mood - except that's she become more affectionate and docile, which makes it easier to treat...

I have had a lot of experience with sore hocks as I have Rex and this is a relatively normal / known thing for Rex. For the treatment of sore hocks in rabbits in general, I have found that having them on grass is a wonderful healer, as it doesnt have hard boundaries around how they put their...

I've just had a buck that I thought was paralyzed at first, found out later he was just in shock, but he was definitely more dead than alive. I sort of thought it was hypothermia and treated it as such. Took him to the vet yesterday as he's my only unrelated buck I have, turns out it was nerve...

Hello All, just thought I would add a bit more to this thread, as I have just had a Rex buck that knocked on deaths door and he pulled through. If I had left him in his cage he would surely have died during the night, and I was sure he died in my arms twice during the night, but thankfully he...

Hydrogen peroxide breaks down in the presence of sunlight & water. I use bleach to soak barley and wheat seeds before I sprout them to prevent mould, by the time they've sprouted 5-7 days it's fully broken down and safe to feed out. However I still get little bugs that breed in my current seed...

I've had this before, this guy will heal if you treat it now, before it gets worse. Isolate him, and treat it with saline wash, dose him with colloidal silver and a teabag (start with chamomile and if you don't see any improvement, switch to normal). If you can grow echincea to boost his...

I have a feisty buck, was sweet and lovely and about 4 months changed homes and has just been psycho ever since - he's 8 months now. Attacked me and attacked everyone else in my family. It's only because I need his genetics that I'm keeping him, and I know he came from good stock. Ive found...

I've had this before. Semi still have it now but it's mostly healed. You can fix it. In my case it wasn't contagious, but I think it's more a weakness in my rabbitry, and it came through in her kits like a genetic weakness. Isolate your doe and do some little tests on her. If you can, grow...

How do you filter the hay fall through from the manure so as to sell it as slow release fertilizer? I'd love to establish some self filtering thing or drawer that catches hay on the top layer (discard or reuse for compost), berries on the second layer, and the wee goes right through. Then would...

Rats can't walk upside down. Build your cages on legs that are set inside the cage floor frame, so that the floor frame hangs over the tops of the legs. Then rats climb up the legs of your cages and are stuck, so they run down again. Real old fashioned idea that works time and time again - it's...

Hello all - restarting this thread again. Does anyone know what the youngest age a rabbit has to be before you can successfully tan the hide, and it is sturdy and good quality? About 8 months ago a lady told me they had to be 5 months old to have their adult coat and for the skin to be tough...

I've had a fair bit of experience with gunky eyes, I wrote quite a reply on this other post - Baby's eye won't open all the way Also dose him with 1-2 ml Colloidal silver once daily to help him fight any infection. Colloidal silver and saline are 2 very underrated old remedies that work so well...

She's got a bowl. Wet weather here too, they never drink as much in the wet. Could it be kidney stones or gall stones? They're usually calcium build up, what could I feed her to get her to dissolve a calcium build up? Or is it more likely to be some sort of cancer? She's wormed and flead so...

Bunny help!!not drinking water and bleeding I've just changed the cage setup or some of my Rex girls and this morning one of them had a big splat of blood on her floor and she hasn't drunk water since new cages 36 hours ago. I'm leaving the country in 2 days and leaving my rabbits to the care of...

Yes, I imagine it would swell shut between doses with just water, once you start using saline and doing it twice a day you may see some results....saline is so fantastic. No it wouldn't matter if it's blind when it gets to culling age, so long as it can see it food out it's other eye!

To introduce myself - I'm @shellz sister and the rabbits are my responsibility, @shellz is my researcher and alerted me to this post 😊 I've had the exact same thing with 2 of my rabbits, so I may be able to help. Well done, good job on opening the eye, that is the hardest part! I started with...

If you're struggling to get building materials, some businesses have pallets that they will be glad to have gone from their rubbish pile...if you're handy with tools and a saw, you may have free unlimited wood to use, and build your own cages. Maybe your husband would like a hobby of his own and...