I'll say it now - I didn't know about snuffles or any such thing when I got these rabbits. Call me irresponsible, ignorant, whatever; mum had me buy the rabbits before I felt I was ready for them. I know more today than I did yesterday - and now I'm quite aware that I have a bunch of infected rabbits, one of which is a pet, and I can't kill a pet, it just seems wrong...so I guess that's gunna kinda complicate things... I have a rabbitless friend who may be able to take her. My parents want to be able to sell meat rabbits, but I don't think we can do it with this bunch.
So I figure that rabbits born here will die here, so would this pasteurella nasties be acceptable so long as no one gets a snotty nose? I've already raised one litter to fryer age with this, and they appear to be doing fine except for the goopy eyes - none have died on their own so far, at least. If I can at least get a few litters from these does, I'd be more willing to part with this herd. If it really proves to be a problem, though, I guess I could kill them all a bit sooner than I'd hoped. I'm really not fond of this "normal" fur anyway, and I'd like to replace them with nicer furred rabbits like rex and satin someday.
I feel like I'm pretty stupid and don't really know what I'm doing, but at least I'm learning...or trying to at least.
So I figure that rabbits born here will die here, so would this pasteurella nasties be acceptable so long as no one gets a snotty nose? I've already raised one litter to fryer age with this, and they appear to be doing fine except for the goopy eyes - none have died on their own so far, at least. If I can at least get a few litters from these does, I'd be more willing to part with this herd. If it really proves to be a problem, though, I guess I could kill them all a bit sooner than I'd hoped. I'm really not fond of this "normal" fur anyway, and I'd like to replace them with nicer furred rabbits like rex and satin someday.
I feel like I'm pretty stupid and don't really know what I'm doing, but at least I'm learning...or trying to at least.