Did I really do something so stupid?

[dayna]

I have 5 does that "took" all within 3 days of each other.

I wrote down the date I bred them.

I lost that paper.

I *think* I bred them around the first of the month....

Should I toss in nestboxes now? I can't believe I didn't find some way to make it more rememberable.

 

[paradox]

Is there somewhere you could hang a calendar and a pen in your rabbitry? I would keep mine out by the rabbits where I could write it down while it was on my mind, but I don't have a place that it wouldn't get nasty outside. I keep all mine in the house but sometimes I do forget to write it down for a day or two.

 

[LilacGal]

Was it the first or earlier or the first or later? If it was the first or earlier I'd put them in. If it was the first or later maybe Friday?

 

[dayna]

I know my husband was home, so it had to have been the weekend. I'm guessing the 1st or 2nd. Hopefully not the weekend before!

I'm only 34 but already have serious memory issues. I should know better. I write EVERYTHING down.

 

[annie]

Oh no! I write all that stuff down in my planner, as long as I don't lose it I am good. Yeah a calendar hanging up would be even better. I guess put the nest box in right away, just in case.

 

[Kyle@theWintertime]

I'm 32 and have the memory of a particularly disadvantaged goldfish. What works well for me is to keep dates like when does are bred and stuff in a computer file...I lose papers so easily and occasionally my day-planner disappears for a while, but I rarely lose my laptop.

Best of luck with the does!!!<br /><br />__________ Tue Jun 25, 2013 3:50 pm __________<br /><br />I'm 32 and have the memory of a particularly disadvantaged goldfish. What works well for me is to keep dates like when does are bred and stuff in a computer file...I lose papers so easily and occasionally my day-planner disappears for a while, but I rarely lose my laptop.

Best of luck with the does!!!

 

[LauraNJ]

It won't hurt to have the nestbox in a couple days early as long as they don't use it as a potty place.

I put my nestboxes in about a week prior and most of our does get right to work building their nest. I haven't had an issue with any of them using it and pottying in it.

Whenever we breed a rabbit I immediately write it down on the main calender, then find the date they are due and write a note on that date.

Later I enter it into the kintraks program. I am bad with dates so this way I have it on the calender to refer to if I forget to enter it in the program. I used to be the post it note expert and then having no clue as to what a date referred to or what the note meant.

It drove my husband bats when he'd find a post it and asked what it was for and I'd say, I don't know but it must be important because I wrote it down.

 

[caroline]

I used to keep everything in the rabbit breeder program but I am no longer depending on that
I now write the date due and the buck used on a piece of masking tape and stick it on the outside of the feeder when I return the doe to her cage. I ALSO write EVERYTHING in my big barn diary. Thank goodness for that diary now that I ma trying to reconstruct the whole history of my herd since I "lost" my computer file and all the back ups [both on-line and on my blown up hard drive] have 0 records in them
Oh well, How do I know that I don't need that data file?
CUZ I DON'T HAVE IT
I'm learning to love the "old ways" of hand writing pedigrees for every bunny, etc. Kind of like learning the times tables
Over and over and over and over. I can now tell you how much each of my herd sires weighed for the last 2 years.
I never would have memorized that if I could just print out the pedigree but writeng it OVER AND OVER has really cemented it in there.

 

[Sinnfox]

Don't feel bad about the memory thing...I'm (has to look it up) 27 and having the memory of the "disadvantaged goldfish" would be a plus. I have a nice phone that lets me set alarms for just about everything weeks and months in advance so its how I keep most stuff straight...that and big white boards with the info written on them in a few places..and the calender...and the day planner.. I still forget stuff. ...I have an awesome excuse though so

 

[CarsLops]

The best thing that I ever did was invest in a white board calender to put in the rabbitry. I forget EVERYTHING (I also lose everything). As soon as I breed a doe, I write that date on the calendar, then right then and there put down the day for palpation, the day for the nest box, and when they're due. I also use the Global Pedigree Program online software. I don't leave anything to memory.

If you don't have somewhere to put a whiteboard, maybe cage cards would work?

 

[MamaSheepdog]

You can put the nests in to be safe, as mentioned. Or watch for hay mustaches- it is unlikely that all three will decide to wait until the last minute to nest.

Or you could ask the buck- I bet he remembers the day! :mrgreen:

Think back... was it before or after the butchering day with Annie and your other friend? Had one of the does just come off a litter? If so, how old were the kits?

I also have a white board in my rabbitry. I always take a photograph of it before erasing it and starting a new month, and I keep the pics in a file in my computer.

I have cage cards on each cage and write down breeding info on both the doe's and buck's cards. There are plastic covers over them, and I will write the date that the nest needs to go in in the upper right hand corner, so I know at a glance when one is due. If you don't have cage cards, you can use a dry erase marker on the J-feeder.

Good luck with all of the litters! :clover:

 

[Miss M]

I have a terrible memory too... white board in the laundry room for the rabbits, white board on the fridge, calendar, post-it notes and note pads everywhere...

With all of us having similar troubles, I wonder if Rabbitosis affects the memory. :thinking:

If you can't pin it down any better, then yeah, I'd put nest boxes in, and just watch for soiling or humid hay. I've been there before. :roll:

I have a month white board that I use for the rabbits, but I don't use it for one month. I use it for five. Each line is one month, and I split each day square into two parts (without drawing lines). I'll write the dates that something happened or should happen, but skip dates that don't have anything to do with rabbit breeding. If something ends up happening in between the two dates, I can squeeze it in between. I've started leaving extra space, though, to avoid cramming like that.

When I get to the bottom, I can erase the top line and use it for the next month.

That was probably confusing. I should just take a picture.

 

[Cottie]

Hopefully something will spark your memory!

I too have forgetfulness problems. That's why I've decided to only breed my does on the first of the month. That way, I should always be able to remember...right?

 

[trinityoaks]

I remember a lot of stuff, but dates (other than birthdays, anniversary, etc.) or even relative events (which event happened before or after another event) aren't among them. I remember old phone numbers, mathematical formulas, crazy stuff like that, but if I don't write down a breeding date, an appointment, a date I started a tincture or a batch of ginger ale, I won't remember it, even if I'm sure at the time that I couldn't possibly forget. And it has to be somewhere that it won't get lost or buried (a LOT of stuff gets buried around here in practically no time at all--sometimes I feel as though I'm drowning in paper, no matter how much I get rid of).

Which reminds me--I need to call my hair stylist and ask her when my next appointment is. I put it in my phone, but then had to replace my phone a couple of weeks ago because it quit charging. (Thankfully it was still under warranty so it didn't cost me anything except some lost information.)

 

[Miss M]

I remember old phone numbers, mathematical formulas, crazy stuff like that...

Me too! :lol: I remember some math formulas, and old phone numbers... but NOT old addresses. :?

 

[dayna]

It's kinda different for me. I lose whole blocks of time. Like I changed the Netflix address a few days ago and don't remember doing it.

I have to be very careful with medication, etc. I have found myself feeding animals that have already been fed. It sucks, but I manage by writing stuff down.

If I had a planner I would lose it. I lose my keys, wallet, phone, and laptop on a regular basis.

Plus I might have bred the rabbits and not really remembered doing it. Though that's unlikely, I try to do stuff like that when my husband is home so he remembers.

 

[DitchDoc]

Perhaps a log book with attached pen where your rabbits are..? Just as soon as you put your buck back in his pen write down the mating. My memory is also horrid..has been for years. Since I'm....um...older....paper and pen is easier for me to remember to write in than a white board, though it sounds like that'd be a great idea if you have a place for it. You wouldn't be taking Effexor, by chance, would you? It's been attributed to patients losing blocks of time like you mention.

 

[skysthelimit]

I lose everything, all the time, forget things, excpt randow Jeopardy facts, lol. I seems I have very little short term memory. I used to have near asthma/panic attacks over things, but now I realized that's just me, I do too much, so that is the result.


I have tags on the cages-bred, nest, due,born, and for litters, color coded.
I have a whiteboard in the barn. Does, buks dates bred/due/ kindle/how many.
I have a chart on a clipboard, same, plus saved at 8 weeks/cull/keep.
A calendar in the ped book.
Kintraks, though my lap top is still down, so livstock manager app on the tablet.
Google calender on the phone

And still I forgot when I bred Erin, I bred her on 5/6, but checked on thee 16th and she did not take. I know I bred her after the others (14th), so it had to be a date after the 20th. 10 days ago I put the nest box in and she made the nest the sam day. I palpated and I could Feel kits Moving, so I knew I was within 10 days of kindle, that was my best estimate. I had been staring at her for 10 days, thinking I had imagined (but she made a nest) and this morning shee kindled 7 live kits.
All this to say, try palpating, if you can feel individual kits (I can count mine) put the nest in.

 

[AmysMacdog]

I know how you feel Dayna. I recently had surgery to have a brain tumor (benign) removed. The memory loss is no fun. I write stuff down and because I've lost my notebooks before I now tear out the page and tape it to the wall. So far that has worked.

 

[dayna]

Perhaps a log book with attached pen where your rabbits are..? Just as soon as you put your buck back in his pen write down the mating. My memory is also horrid..has been for years. Since I'm....um...older....paper and pen is easier for me to remember to write in than a white board, though it sounds like that'd be a great idea if you have a place for it. You wouldn't be taking Effexor, by chance, would you? It's been attributed to patients losing blocks of time like you mention.

How did you know?! I recently went off it and onto a different med because of massive weight loss and sleepwalking.

The memory issues did get worse while on Effexor but I've had them before I went on the drug and after I'm off it.<br /><br />__________ Wed Jun 26, 2013 8:05 am __________<br /><br />

I know how you feel Dayna. I recently had surgery to have a brain tumor (benign) removed. The memory loss is no fun. I write stuff down and because I've lost my notebooks before I now tear out the page and tape it to the wall. So far that has worked.

I'm so glad it was benign! My Mother died just over a year ago from brain cancer. I know how scary it can be.

Tape the paper to the wall, now that's a solution I could probably do! lol