DaytonHillRabbits
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Hi all, I've posted in the breeding section about all the issues I've had of late.. just terrible luck with ALL my does either losing entire litters just seeming to fail, not taking at all, or early delivery of premature kits. Just.. disheartening. Before this stint I had never experience 1 lost kit. (and I've been breeding for years).. maybe I was just lucky before and it's all caught up to me.
Ok.. so my boyfriend posed the question of what might be causing every single rabbit to be unsuccessful at mothering or taking at all and this was his theory..
Rabbits moved from my farm being raised in the barn with open doors/windows, some were outside in cages with shelter etc etc, so a lot of outside influence.. to the inside of my livingroom in a 2 bedroom apartment. Not ideal, but went through a divorce and lost the farm, and I need the rabbits for breeding for my job, so they came with when all the other farm animals sold. So right now they're in my livingroom and they do not get outside at all as this is a big apartment building and it's just not possible. There is NO direct sunlight on them, they are semi close to the sliding glass door so it's not a dingy dark room or anything but my boyfriend wondered if they might be suffering from a Vitamin D (or whatever vitamin) deficiency. They are fed commercial pellets, BOSS, smetimes rolled oats as a topper, and they have ACV treated water always.
Thoughts?
Ok.. so my boyfriend posed the question of what might be causing every single rabbit to be unsuccessful at mothering or taking at all and this was his theory..
Rabbits moved from my farm being raised in the barn with open doors/windows, some were outside in cages with shelter etc etc, so a lot of outside influence.. to the inside of my livingroom in a 2 bedroom apartment. Not ideal, but went through a divorce and lost the farm, and I need the rabbits for breeding for my job, so they came with when all the other farm animals sold. So right now they're in my livingroom and they do not get outside at all as this is a big apartment building and it's just not possible. There is NO direct sunlight on them, they are semi close to the sliding glass door so it's not a dingy dark room or anything but my boyfriend wondered if they might be suffering from a Vitamin D (or whatever vitamin) deficiency. They are fed commercial pellets, BOSS, smetimes rolled oats as a topper, and they have ACV treated water always.
Thoughts?