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I tattoo when I wean at about 10-12 weeks, I like to do them at 8-12 weeks, after that they grow considerably thicker, I find the younger I do it the better the tattoo stays in the ear, WARNING GRAFFIC: this sounds rather harsh but if using a clamp puncture hard enough so you have to...

Did the breeder say he was a Holland Lop? Someholland lops do have ears that do not lop, he does look like a hollandlop in the picture.

Not that this will help but there are actuallymany clinics that are owned and managed by Vet Techs. There are otheroptions to becoming a vet tech rather than going to school full time.There are some schools that offer an online course and then while doingthe online course you work at a Vet...

on the questions of fostering. I color in theirear, as mom can't usually clean in the ear to well, and I remark everyweek with a marker. I did the left ear in case the marker was still onwhen I tattooed them. With some of my does I could change kits up till4 weeks. They just didn't care. Its not...

I have used metal nestboxes with no problem but here is what I do for winter breeding. 1. layer the nest box with plenty of shavings and put hay in the nest box as well as outside the nest box for mom to make nest 2. if possible it doesn't hurt to put tarp around the sides of the cage by the...

I realized the other day I totally forgot to addthe Silver Martins to my list. We loved raising the silver martins theywere a great breed.

Actually its been a year now, my brother istechnically raising them but I can't help sticking my nose in andtelling him what to do :) He has one buck and one doe both from car'slines, and he should be getting another doe this spring Heres a link to his website, but it only has pictures of his...

(a. What do you breed?) Flemish Giants, Thriantas, English Lops (b. How long have you been breeding?) My family has been breeding for over 20 years (c. Have you bred any other breeds?) In order of when we bred them NewZealands, Californians, Satins, french lops, Dutch...

Many rescues often call mixed breed rabbits "american" and most vets had very little education on exotic care and handling much less breed characteristics, not that they don't know anything about medical care to rabbits, they may just not be as breed savvy as the breeders are. I...

If there was some sort of slight internal organdamage you may not see the effects until later on. Mom may walk onthose kits everytime she feeds them and they are still okay, Kits canbe pretty tough little guys. A while back I had a litter of mini lopsand mom accidently scratched the belly of one...

The biggest difference between a young White flemish Giant and New Zealand white is body type and generally ear, headsize, and of course weight. From the picture it is really hard to get a good idea of head or body type, do you have any other pics? Julia

I have a weston which is okay, I think mine maybe off a little, I usually do 6 letter tattoos and the 6th letter nevershows up. I would really prefer a rabbitat too, or another pen tattooer.

gentle giants wrote: They are difficult to breed because the does start to grow a lot of fataround their ovaries at a young age, This fat makes it difficult forthem to ovulate. So they must be bred at a young age or they may neverreproduce, the problem with breeding them young is they often...

Okay I just copy and pasted this from a previous post from someone who couldn't get their rabbits to breed, "1. Take her to a show. 2. wait until spring, this is the season that rabbits naturally "go into heat" for breeding 3. Put doe in with buck, than an hour later put her back in. It...

We have ceramic crocks, not metal ones, and Wedon't intentionally put hay in the dishes, but the cages are all beddeddown with hay so its hard to keep hay from falling into the dishes :)