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Moved some buns around again.
Culled 2.
Jessi n kits got a bigger cage.
Sugar kits, hot but growing.
Survivors.
Got a mini thermometer & humidity reader for the barn.
Lost a RM14 kit. Other 2 are big n full. Though, the lost one was very full, so, idk why it died.
Culled 2.
Jessi n kits got a bigger cage.
Sugar kits, hot but growing.
Survivors.
Got a mini thermometer & humidity reader for the barn.
Lost a RM14 kit. Other 2 are big n full. Though, the lost one was very full, so, idk why it died.
kusanar314
Well-known member
Looking at your thermometer, I would certainly take that... I've been dealing with high 80's with 70-90% humidity. A few degrees warmer in exchange for not feeling like i'm swimming in my bedroom would be just fine with me.
Evening got less humid, when meter arrived. Either way, I don't handle heat n humidity well. Rather peel my skin off than be out there a second longer.
RM14's survivors. Got out of nest this morning. Hot all week and next, foster mom letting them snuggle, so removed nest.
Her actual kits are doing well with Widy.
Moved 10 to cull cages this morning and decided on a 3wk castor for future culling. He's friendly and calm, so didn't want to cull just yet.
In the middle of finding culls.
Rest of culls. Split into 3 holes after pic. Listed, but will start culling soon.
Her actual kits are doing well with Widy.
Moved 10 to cull cages this morning and decided on a 3wk castor for future culling. He's friendly and calm, so didn't want to cull just yet.
In the middle of finding culls.
Rest of culls. Split into 3 holes after pic. Listed, but will start culling soon.
Outside 3 litters, some of their weights. Random order. Some of the cull weights not included, as I started to remove them immediately instead of taking a pic of their weight. No posed pics of them.
1.62, 1.34, 1.43, 1.50, 1.09, 1.39 3.15, 1.39 1.58, 2.93, 2.93, 3.23
2.61, 3.19, 3.75, 3.33, 3.27, 3.31
3.42, 3.27
More weights
0.60
0.84
0.79
0.99
0.80
0.96
1.06
0.84
Funny how posing changes their shape. I honestly don't know what to think any more...
1.62, 1.34, 1.43, 1.50, 1.09, 1.39 3.15, 1.39 1.58, 2.93, 2.93, 3.23
2.61, 3.19, 3.75, 3.33, 3.27, 3.31
3.42, 3.27
More weights
0.60
0.84
0.79
0.99
0.80
0.96
1.06
0.84
Funny how posing changes their shape. I honestly don't know what to think any more...
*sigh*
I was right that Cinder doe was obese. So much internal fat. Poor girl was due a nest on the 26th. Died today during 98F+ temps...
Quincy & Licorice are due a nest on the 27th. Broken Freckles' doe on the 29th, Cinder doe was her neighbor...She had a wet nose/mouth, but survived. Sure hope this weather breaks.
Ordered more of those cheap mats.
Idk how lone adults die, but these morons are perfectly fine...5ft cage and they crowd together.
In a 2 level cage, lays on kid and another crowds mom.
The smarts of rocks.
Long ago, hah, when I first started, I had them in the shed next to the house. It got a new window last year or before. New siding. I wonder if I should move them in there...
It's tiny, but I can heat it in winter and cool it in summer.
A window unit would limit space further. I'd have to make 4-5 hole high caging. Doing 2×4ft cages would limit buns a ton.
Maybe it's best to cull off adults and move them all into that little shed...
I was right that Cinder doe was obese. So much internal fat. Poor girl was due a nest on the 26th. Died today during 98F+ temps...
Quincy & Licorice are due a nest on the 27th. Broken Freckles' doe on the 29th, Cinder doe was her neighbor...She had a wet nose/mouth, but survived. Sure hope this weather breaks.
Ordered more of those cheap mats.
Idk how lone adults die, but these morons are perfectly fine...5ft cage and they crowd together.
In a 2 level cage, lays on kid and another crowds mom.
The smarts of rocks.
Long ago, hah, when I first started, I had them in the shed next to the house. It got a new window last year or before. New siding. I wonder if I should move them in there...
It's tiny, but I can heat it in winter and cool it in summer.
A window unit would limit space further. I'd have to make 4-5 hole high caging. Doing 2×4ft cages would limit buns a ton.
Maybe it's best to cull off adults and move them all into that little shed...
RabbitsOfTheCreek
Netherland Dwarf Breeder & Well-known Member
Poor babies (and Doe)
Hope you don't lose anymore rabbits to the heat
Sugar kits still had a nest, just cardboard bottom, though.
Yesterday, before finding the Cinder doe, I noticed one kit screamed when I blew air on them.
So, I moved them all into the cage. But then dunked them all in cool water.
This morning, all are alive and acting more normally. But it'll be another boiling day...Hoping being out in the cage will help some.
The two RM14 kits with Ella, are doing well.
Yesterday, before finding the Cinder doe, I noticed one kit screamed when I blew air on them.
So, I moved them all into the cage. But then dunked them all in cool water.
This morning, all are alive and acting more normally. But it'll be another boiling day...Hoping being out in the cage will help some.
The two RM14 kits with Ella, are doing well.
A lot of us are echoing your concerns about the heat. We are hovering around a hundred, and with the AC in my little rabbitry going full blast I can't get it down past 85 or 90.
I'm sorry you lost a good mama!
I'm sorry you lost a good mama!
Sagebrush
Well-known member
I have misters in my rabbitry and I often go out there and hang with them during the heat of the day because it is soo much cooler then our house with a swamp cooler going. I also have those false marble tiles from home depot (can also get at any home improvement store) that I keep in the freezer and I rotates those out with the pregnant mommas. I have one that is due now, that was purposely bred and one that bred herself as I didn't believe the young buck I had was quite mature enough who is due on the 13th of July.
A lot of us are echoing your concerns about the heat. We are hovering around a hundred, and with the AC in my little rabbitry going full blast I can't get it down past 85 or 90.
I'm sorry you lost a good mama!
She was going to be a first time mom.
No losses yesterday, stayed below 95F.
Too humid here for misters. I'd probably like a dry heat, at least when I sweat an olympic pool amount, it would evaporate and not make me feel like I'm drowning, but also baking!
I've tried tiles, in general. But half of them are disgusting and
pee all over them, then lay in it! Unbelievable. But also, I wasn't here on the hottest day, so it wouldn't of done any good then. =/
Wasn't expecting a heat wave and a drought.
Sagebrush
Well-known member
Have you considered using frozen gallon jugs? I reuse the jugs from our milk once we have finished it. Wash them out, refill about 3/4 of the way full then put them in the freezer. I then place them in the cage and the rabbits lean up against them. The gallon jugs seem to last most of the day at least. Another thing that works well, at least for me, is using a box fan to simply move the air around. I don't use the fan or the misters at the same time though.
We've moved house. Barn used to be under 280ft away, to now being just over 900 feet, going down and up hills. So, too much labor, as they're way too heavy. =/
New Rex is digging out food, so moved her to a different cage. That meant Yynx and kits got her larger cage.
Growout pen. That tort is very friendly.
Ordered QuikStrike, didn't have a sprayer or brush, but that was good, because they get stuck....Dead flies stuck to beams and walls to clean off later or a bucket. Easy choice.
Growout pen. That tort is very friendly.
Ordered QuikStrike, didn't have a sprayer or brush, but that was good, because they get stuck....Dead flies stuck to beams and walls to clean off later or a bucket. Easy choice.
Sagebrush
Well-known member
If you have a sunny location maybe you can use a solar setup to run some computer fans to each cage so there is airflow to help keep them cooler. Here is a link to a youtube video that shows how one homesteader did it.
