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A pheromone glue trap should be perfectly safe. No toxins involved.

Pheromones? As far as I can tell although they have scent glands does themself don't smell. I think they use them to make their poop smell for rabbit noses when they mark their territory. Bucks can be smelly, or more precisely, their hutch can get a distinct, musky odour. They themself don't...

Usually, leftover cecos are a sign of a too rich diet. Nursing does eat a lot, so I wouldn't worry if it's just a few. But although they can make use of some extra calories and protein at some point it's enough - they evolved on a meager diet. I think if you enrich the feed to the point of Cecos...

Getting humped can trigger false pregnancys, since they are induced ovolators, not the other way round. When she didn't had any false pregnancys in 4 years that's pretty lucky for an intact doe. It can be that she's "mostly" female, it's not unheard of that some rabbits had a hard time deciding...

You're absolutly positive that you've got a girl there? Although does do hump other rabbits I only have seen that in an explicitly social context, like humping THAT doe for THIS reason, not to just hump for the sake of humping. But my does live together so not too sure about single does. Some...

I would see a vet ASAP. Get her moving, make her hop around, that can help getting things moving again. Give gentle belly massages, offer water to drink. Try to hold hay against her mouth, and see if she eats some when she get's annoyed enough to bite into it. Vets have more effective...

Some treats after moving them might help convince them nothing bad is happening. Other than that, staying calm yourself, avoid hectic, really might help, they tend to pick up the mood of the creatures around them.

How old are they? I never can tell with warfs :D. Do they live together, what's your setup?

Had to laugh when I read my last update :D. Although Herr Hase is no more for more than 2 years now I was going to write about the exact same issue that got to my nerves lately with his successor Pacino (now 4 years old), 3 months of continiously following Dotty around oinking every wake moment...

I would block off that region for some weeks, and deep clean it. I have a permanent gate to the utility room because my girl didn't stop to use the corner behind the washing machine as toilet, that's on the opposite side of the house of where the litter box is. Another option would be to put a...

That he's eating again is ag good sign. Stasis isn't a sickness by itself though but rather a symptom that spirals out of control. Quite often if the underlaying cause is something temporary like too much ingested fur, too much sugary fruit, or such, the problem should resolve with starting...

Shouldn't be much of a problem, but if your dish is really big you can either replace it with a smaller, shallow one, or put a small plate, upside down, a coaster or something like that in it for some days, so that water depht isn't more than 2cm or so.

I would definitly stop the shot and anything oral against mites if there is the faintest possibility that those are side effects. Which colour is she? If I remember correctly some animals with white or partially white fur (was it the Vienna gene?) can be sensitive to one of the drugs used...

Although an hour later doesn't matter much if it is given once per day I would still give it earlier, just to be on the safe side. This small variation do not pose an overdose risk, Metacam is pretty safe in a wide range. Personally, when I needed to give Metacam I gave it twice per day to make...

Other than it looks somewhat like torted like some of my recent litter, no. Mine are light brown though (parents are solid agoutis), not grey, and I don't have a clue about of all the veariations of grayish colour types. It might help others to know what colours the parents are, although my...

Are those ears really as big as they look on the picture? Although those big breeds tend to grow slowly, 9lbs at 11 months isn't much. Any chance she's a cross of some sort? I had mixes with checkered giants in their heritage, had some of the features but toped out at 10-11lbs.

I'm not sure if there is a way to stop that behaviour, maybe giving him treats in his food bowl when the cat comes in the room to distract him? I trained my rabbits with treats to come running when called, they stop doing whatever they do and I can even call them up to introduce dogs to rabbits...

Make sure the kits are able to stay warm. I would make a nest out of fine hay, with an insulation underneath (folded cloth etc.),. You can use rabbit fur from brushing for better insulation, I've read about dryer lint being used but never tried that myself - I always keep a stock of rabbit fur...

How old is he? What does his housing look like? Rabbits aren't "destructive", they just use things in their environment to satisfie their urges, like chewing, digging, marking etc., that's what rabbits do. The clue to living with rabbits is to tweak this environment in a way so they don't...

I leave a radio running when my herd is out in the garden, as a deterrent for predators. Our foxes and martens are rather shy. As far as I can tell, they don't care at all. They know that something loud isn't dangerous, a crying bird is not on the hunt. They are very good at worrying about the...