3mina
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I thought I'd share a summary of my recent quarantine experiences as I've had a bit of trouble getting stock OUT of quarantine. I've had four rabbits in quarantine since March, gotten at different times from different places.
One started blowing snot a couple of weeks in, he was dispatched and we looked at his lungs-they looked like he'd inhaled cottage cheese, he's in the freezer waiting for me to decide what to make from him.
One we're pretty confident is healthy and it looks like he'll make it through, which makes me very happy as he's less than half as old as my current buck and significantly bigger. The doe in quarantine is from the same place as the buck I culled and she belongs to my partner. This doe has sneezed a few times (head rocking sneezes) and my partner doesn't want to take chances on her so she's not going to make it out either, we just haven't gotten to the deed yet (bad owners). The breeder we got these two from was horrified when we told her what we found and we've made arrangements regarding that situation.
The last of the four is a kijiji find that was supposed to be a pet for my hubby. He had a maloccusion but we'd made the decision to deal with that, thank goodness we hadn't told hubby about this buck because I picked him up to move him Sunday afternoon and I could both feel and hear him breathing *gah* We immediately dispatched him and looked at his lungs. He had several lesions with cottage cheese centres and he was horribly skinny, confirming in my mind that malocclusions are going to be culled immediately as well since while they can eat they can't eat enough to maintain good health. This cull point is going to be for both genetic and injury malocclusions as I can't justify keeping a rabbit on what amounts to starvation rations even if they've got food in front of them 24/7.
Of the four of these rabbits, I drove six hours and spent a large amount to get two of them, one was transported from another province and one was a local 'rescue' off the street and only one is going to see the fall.
One started blowing snot a couple of weeks in, he was dispatched and we looked at his lungs-they looked like he'd inhaled cottage cheese, he's in the freezer waiting for me to decide what to make from him.
One we're pretty confident is healthy and it looks like he'll make it through, which makes me very happy as he's less than half as old as my current buck and significantly bigger. The doe in quarantine is from the same place as the buck I culled and she belongs to my partner. This doe has sneezed a few times (head rocking sneezes) and my partner doesn't want to take chances on her so she's not going to make it out either, we just haven't gotten to the deed yet (bad owners). The breeder we got these two from was horrified when we told her what we found and we've made arrangements regarding that situation.
The last of the four is a kijiji find that was supposed to be a pet for my hubby. He had a maloccusion but we'd made the decision to deal with that, thank goodness we hadn't told hubby about this buck because I picked him up to move him Sunday afternoon and I could both feel and hear him breathing *gah* We immediately dispatched him and looked at his lungs. He had several lesions with cottage cheese centres and he was horribly skinny, confirming in my mind that malocclusions are going to be culled immediately as well since while they can eat they can't eat enough to maintain good health. This cull point is going to be for both genetic and injury malocclusions as I can't justify keeping a rabbit on what amounts to starvation rations even if they've got food in front of them 24/7.
Of the four of these rabbits, I drove six hours and spent a large amount to get two of them, one was transported from another province and one was a local 'rescue' off the street and only one is going to see the fall.
