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Ivermectin 1% injectable isoften givenorally, usually at higher dosage due to a degree of inactivation of thedrug by digestive juices. By injection, for mites, therecommended dosage is 400 mcg/kg, this 0.018 cc/lb of the 1% solutionsold for cattle and swine (10# rabbit would get 0.18cc) given by...

You'll note that rabbit ain't beingrid:DI have it on good authority that nobody's been able tostay in the saddle in all the attempts:cool:

pamnock wrote: In rabbits inmgestion of cecotropes is common and normal behavior, inhorses (which don't produce cecotropes) it is "In adult horses,coprophagy is interpreted as a sign of nutritional deficiency or severedeprivation of more appropriate forage." Well aware of both as food source...

Let's go from the other direction- -rabbits are born with eye closed, helplessand hairless,horses come out wide eyed and hairy, capable of running soon afterbirth. -rabbits have two sets of incisors on top, horses have one. -rabbits practice eat their cecal products, don't know...do horses...

I have used broccoli as an appetite stimulant,my rabbits eat it readily,gas hasn't been a problem. OurBullmastiff pup, Baxter, now HE has a problem!

RaspberrySwirl wrote: I don't see oats as causing soft stool problems, i've fed rabbits on an almost exclusively rolled oats w/o any sign of softened or excessive stools. RABBIT PRODUCTION attributes the squishy stools to a primarily excessive protein problem, rolled oats have a protein content...

It may be "of course" to you now, it wasn'tthen, or even 10 years later. The wide spread ignorance among vetsconcerning rabbits and their medical needs prompted my 26 year quest tomake sure my rabbits receive better care. Even while studying for myBSN I was studying everything I could glean on...

Several years ago an ARBA judge/rabbitbreeder/vet, in Maryland, Wendy Feaga observed that a majority of theWry Neck cases she was seeing were due to the cerebral edema caused bymigration of E cuniculi to the rabbit's brain.This wascontrary to the long held belief that Wry Neck was due to a...

The one truism of rabbit showing is that your rabbits will go into a molt on show day, especially if it's a big show, like ARBA convention or breed national show. RABBIT PRODUCTION, pg 105, speaks on molting. There is a juvenile molt beginning at about 2-4 or 5 months. Heavy feeding tends to...

Remember that "wild" rabbits in Australia areferal European Rabbits, physiologically identical to our domesticatedrabbits and the wild rabbits of Europe. Our wild rabbits (Cottontail)and hares (jack and snowshoe) differ in genetics and physiology.

Before the pelleted rabbit feed was widespread,breeders typically fed their rabbits alfalfa hay, grain mixtures andgreens. This was very time consuming but the rabbits tended to do well.Then a "balanced diet" pellet was marketed, it contained all thenutritional requirements of rabbits. This was...

Specific Gravity is a measure of the relative concentration of the urine. Normal range of SG of rabbit urine is1.003-1.038 (human urine is 1.002-1.028). Some diseases, such as Diabetes Insipitus (not more common Diabetes Mellitus) cause kidneys not to reabsorb water so urine is less concenmtrated.

Usually timothy based pellets will be a bitlower in protein, major difference is usually the lower calcium contentof timothy vs alfalfa. Non producing adult rabbits don't require asmuch calcium. Low calcium can present problems in pregnant doe, itprevents normal action of oxytocin in stimulating...

Carolyn wrote: The longest lived rabbit I had was a Netherland DwarfHimi buck, he was over 12 (and would lived longer if rabbit sitter had been more careful), a friend had a Flemish live to 17. It's more their relative health, diet, and environment than breed or pedigree that deirmines longevity.

Also called evaporative cooler, cools byevaporation rather than refrigeration so uses lot less electricity.It's a big box with fabric pad on 3 sides with water running over them.Big fan inside the box draws air through the wet pad and blows it intothe building. Evaporatio of the fine mist drops...