wirelessdreamer
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I've had a doe and buck for about half a year, tried to mate them twice with no success so far. My parents had a pet rabbit when I grew up, have kids of my own now, and we like to eat small game, so decided to start trying to raise rabbits, i'm still very green with the rabbit thing. I checked on them last night when I gave them water and both were fine. This morning my daughter let me know that our doe was dead. I was already outside shoveling the driveway, checked her, and she was still warm. I had my knife on me so unthinking I took her out back and dressed her to find out why she died. once I got inside I saw pea sized white dots on her internal skin, and multiple organs, including lungs (not shown in pic). I threw the pelt, organs, and carcass the deep freezer till I can hopefully get confirmation from people more knowledgeable then I. the hutches were set up top and bottom, she was on the bottom, I notices some feces that came down from the top (where the buck lived) into the bottom area (where she lived)
Between the dots, and feces, and google my guess is she died from hepatic coccidia. can anyone here confirm from the pics? The good news from what I read is that my overlooking gloves on the autopsy today shouldn't matter, as people can't catch it, which would not of been the case if it was tularemia.
is she still safe to cook and eat like normal? I'd have to have to use our first rabbit for coyote bait.
I've had a doe and buck for about half a year, tried to mate them twice with no success so far. My parents had a pet rabbit when I grew up, have kids of my own now, and we like to eat small game, so decided to start trying to raise rabbits, i'm still very green with the rabbit thing. I checked on them last night when I gave them water and both were fine. This morning my daughter let me know that our doe was dead. I was already outside shoveling the driveway, checked her, and she was still warm. I had my knife on me so unthinking I took her out back and dressed her to find out why she died. once I got inside I saw pea sized white dots on her internal skin, and multiple organs, including lungs (not shown in pic). I threw the pelt, organs, and carcass the deep freezer till I can hopefully get confirmation from people more knowledgeable then I. the hutches were set up top and bottom, she was on the bottom, I notices some feces that came down from the top (where the buck lived) into the bottom area (where she lived)
Between the dots, and feces, and google my guess is she died from hepatic coccidia. can anyone here confirm from the pics? The good news from what I read is that my overlooking gloves on the autopsy today shouldn't matter, as people can't catch it, which would not of been the case if it was tularemia.
is she still safe to cook and eat like normal? I'd have to have to use our first rabbit for coyote bait.