horsegirl0215
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I have a kit (six weeks old) thats eye didn't develope. how can i help it or can i do anything?
Totally agree plus its just not your own reputation to worry about its also whats best for the rabbits as a whole.DevonW":1av2mcnl said:Genetics are a bit like gambling. You can breed the rabbit, knowing that it has bad genetics, but not have those bad traits show up, right away because the rabbits it is being bred too, do not carry the gene for a bad eye. Although the probability of every baby that rabbit produces will carry bad genetics is very high. And somewhere down the line the bad eye pops up again. Chances are the siblings of this rabbit all carry the genetics for bad eyes, and it's most definite that both the parents do. So the cross this rabbit came out of wouldn't be wise to do again, nor would be breeding the rabbit.
If you do go ahead and breed the rabbit, then sell the offspring, what are you going to do when someone who bought offspring happens to get bad eyes in their litters and tell people "don't buy rabbits from so and so, they have bad eyes" ? Breeding rabbits with obvious genetic issues can ruin a reputation in an instant. It's not that hard to trace back where a rabbit came from.
I bought a rabbit, turned out he had a split penis I didn't catch when I bought him, and I didn't catch it until after I bred him to my best doe. (his split is really low down on the shaft and you wouldn't see it unless it was all out). Now this buck has several redeeming qualities about him gorgeous fur, small, typey, and super friendly, but it is a genetic thing, his siblings don't have it, his father doesn't have it but they all can carry it. So every single baby born will be sold as a pet on a spay neuter contract, as well as this buck will be sold on a spay neuter contract. Because I don't want someone buying a rabbit from me, have them produce split penises, and say "Oh don't buy from her her rabbits have genetic issues". So I'm choosing to fold my cards instead of gambling with them, just to be safe.
horsegirl0215":r3j6rhhu said:i am keeping it as a pet so thank a bunch
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