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I've had a rabbit that wouldn't eat dry hay. She'd build a nest with it, she'd eat fresh green grass and pellets, but was a total snob about hay. lol.

For evenly matched bucks perhaps. But with does, once one established dominance things usually settle down.

Have you put them together in the same cage/space? They could already be bonded since they've lived near each other. There might be some fur fly as they establish dominance when in contact, but it could be a non-issue.

I've had young males exhibiting "bucky" behavior in as little as 3 months old.

As an update/happy ending, I thought I would mention that we found a "Craigslist save" doe, who, while has had a hard life, and has the attitude to show it, is an excellent momma. This year she has had 4 litters of 19 kits (!) . She and Bandit the buck just keep punching them out. We've...

Thanks, there IS a lot of rearing wisdom here and elsewhere on the net, but its the difference between knowing and doing... Anyway, I don't she's going to make it thru the night. Its almost 2AM and she won't eat and keeps yawning and gasping. I think I actually resuscitated her once as she...

Practice run. Maybe next time. Did you get a "guarantee" from the breeder?

Lost the two "healthy" kits today. I'm not sure why. They were doing "ok", but went down hill fast in 12 hrs. Maybe respiratory distress? Ironically the mangy runt I thought would be the one to go is still hanging on. Maybe I focused too much feeding on trying to keep it alive? Got it on...

Could be a phantom, but look in the nest carefully. Kits are sneaky and good at hiding.

Has she built a nest?

Hi, Lurked for a while soaking up the accumulated wisdom. But now... We had a "craigslist save" runty little lionhead rex "buck" that actually was a doe named Mr. Beardsly, that became Pumpkin. We added a buck, and then lots of trauma insued, including 2 failed liters from a combination...