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My 1 year old rabbit started drooling on and off about 3 weeks ago. First week it happened it stopped after a couple days so I thought it was the smell of house paint- I had just painted the room he’s in the same day the drooling started. Then he started drooling again and completely stopped...

I just had my first major loss in my rabbitry last night. My NZ/checkered giant doe Lady Grey kindled while I was away at work and I came home to find her in the nest box with 8 dead babies. They all looked well formed and appeared to have been trampled and some bitten. This doe has...

I’m so curious! My neighbors really like to shoot off fireworks on New Years and Fourth of July. My other animals hide and don’t really eat because of the stress, but I think the rabbits are eating way more on nights like these, or if anything else happens that stresses them out. Construction...

I got another unexpected kit color in a litter! I thought he might be black when he was first born but he looked slightly different next to his black siblings. Now he’s 2 weeks old and definitely not black… The parents (Buttercup and Banbury) are both rabbits I’ve asked about here on...

My doe is due to kindle today and when I went out to check on her this morning I saw 4 of these small sticky pinkish blobs under her cage! This is her second litter, the first one went really easily with no problems. This pregnancy has been smooth except that last week she developed an eye...

Turned the nest box over today and the kits were very ready to get out and explore. I had no idea rabbits were so comical till I got them! 😂 Never a dull moment.

I’ve been trying to learn more about color genetics, and I’m wondering why I’ve never had any chestnut kits pop up in my rabbits. When I use the color calculators online, and based on some videos and articles I’ve seen about rabbit colors it seems like the colors I have should be making at...

When I went to feed the rabbits this morning it took me a while to notice that this kit was out of the nest. I gave everyone food and then emptied water out of a pretty large water bowl, went away to get water to refill it, and when I came back the baby was curled up inside the bowl. I have no...

I’ve been wondering if light grey is the same genetically as chinchilla light or squirrel, which carries the dilute gene. I have a mixed breed doe who looks like this, but I have no idea if she’s squirrel/chinchilla light or light grey, or if there’s even a visible or genetic difference. Is it...

I’ve been going back and forth with this kit- I thought female at first and then at around 2 weeks it looked like male. Now the kit is almost 8 weeks old and I’m pretty sure it’s a doe, but wondering if someone can help. This is my first time breeding rabbits and still trying to figure out how...

So here’s a funny story, I was setting up some of those little light up holiday houses last night and accidentally dropped a teeny miniature toy soldier. My sister’s angora bun was curled up at my feet. I didn’t hear the toy hit the ground but also couldn’t find it anywhere, and then realized it...

So I’ve been slowly switching all my rabbits other than weaning kits to Purina 18% pellets. They were eating pet rabbit food that was 14 percent. My feed store was out when I first got them last summer. Now the bucks are eating less than they were before the switch. Do they typically need less...

I have a 4 week old kit from a litter of 5. The past couple of days I thought his eyes look slightly off somehow. The rim looks a bit off, not really red but definitely dark. Is this normal? This morning I thought I noticed a very slight yellow green color around the kit’s nose, so I...

So my rabbit just had her first litter on October 31st! It’s my first time with a rabbit pregnancy too, so I hope this isn’t a dumb question to ask. I’ve been letting my doe out of her cage and into an exercise run for a few hours each day. At around day 15-16 of her pregnancy she dug a burrow...

My two does each have their own cage that are in one structure but separated by 3 layers of wire- cage wire and then mesh on either side. These buns have always hated each other, ever since I brought them home last July. I was initially hoping to bond them so they could share a yard, but I’ve...

In my area I’ve noticed that there are a lot of people advertising New Zealand rabbits that are light orange and chestnut. The orange color definitely seems much lighter than the New Zealand red. One of my does is this color- she was sold to me as a New Zealand- no pedigree- and because I’m...

Hi, I’ve been looking through the coat color posts and doing some research online but I’m having trouble getting an idea of what coat color/pattern my 4 month old buck is. I wondered if anyone here can help. I bought him as one of my first breeder rabbits. He’s a backyard meat mutt, so I’m...

Hi everyone! I’m new to raising rabbits and recently got my first breeders- 2 does and 2 bucks. I’m happy to find this online community and learn more about rabbits. I live in the higher elevations of the Big Island of Hawaii, in Volcano village. The climate is very humid and rainy, but not as...