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Months later, the lab just sent me a report that said they think Clostridium is the cause of death in my 4 day old kits.

Also, can you show me some literature or studies that show what pesticides rabbits are sensitive to? I see so many rabbits living in/near Ag fields (and they don’t seem to have a lot of reproductive issues!). Seems like wild rabbit problems would easily be contained if pesticides affected their...

RHDV would kill adults, not kits, so I think the lab ruled it out. I wasn’t too pleased with the necropsy and bacterialogy results on my dead kits, so I don’t have a lot of confidence in submitting my doe who shows no signs of disease. But this is probably a viral or bacterial issue, though...

Thanks for your response. I assume my issue is a disease. But what disease would show up like this? My does are healthy but having massive losses in kits at north or within days?

No change in pellets. I use Payback, have gone through many bags over the course of the last three months. Don’t use pesticides in the garden. We don’t have rats.

I have kept meat rabbits for five years with no problems. Earlier this summer, a 2 year old doe who has delivered many healthy litters (usually 9 babies) had 8 perfect looking babies that were a bit lethargic when I first checked them in the morning (probably a couple hours old), but were all...