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I had the strangest thing happen tonight! I was fostering my rejected kits (only two remain :( had to put the runt down yesterday, too weak) off their dam today. I stimulated the bigger one with a Q-tip and cleaned up some excess (pee's like a horse). I set the Q-tip aside when the doe sniffs...

My doe (large, healthy, experienced mother) kindled five kits yesterday. I was happy to find them fat with colostrum and content in their fur nest. This morning I found the nest scattered and the two largest (a black and tort) injured beyond help and where put to sleep on the spot to keep them...

I have two youngsters, roughly 3.5-4 mouths now. The sire is my Vienna (98% +/- blue eyes) out of my Self Black Satin Doe. Now, this is were the weird part comes in... Both kits have soft, plush coats. It's light and fluffy, moderate thickness, like an undercoat almost. The guard hairs...

I had several does due to kindle end of November. It's now mid-December and I have ONE showing nesting behavior! I was feeding and watering the other day and observed my rather fat doe burrowing into her hay (I have all the cages packed with extra hay because of the weather) and jumping...

Has anyone had their rabbit (pregnant or otherwise) ultrasounded? Do you shave the area before hand, or not? I was pondering my future farm, and realized how awesome it would be to have an ultrasound machine. On E-bay you can find them from $250-$1,000+ (used generally runs $800-$1,000). I...

I have a little broken Chinchilla buck with the strangest eyes. He doesn't have regular Dutchy-type Vienna markings (he's out of my Vienna), but his eyes are whats the strangest. They're brown, but not solid brown. Almost like a 'speckled brown' (heavy on the brown) over a blue base. Or brown...

How late can you safely palpate a doe? I have three that are 'should be due sometime this week'. I'd like to palpate them to see if they're pregnant, and I need to set up nestboxes. Or if not, so I can schedule their next breeding after a sufficient resting period. I hate not knowing when a...

If you take a New Zealand buck and put him on say, a black doe, would you get 100% REW kits? Had someone ask me, I honestly don't know the answer. I try to avoid REW's at all costs :biggrin:

Got a package deal of six bunnies today from a private breeder-ALL black, they want more 'colorful' buns instead. Three bucks and three does! QUESTION... How do you put a rabbit on a diet? :D The three bucks I bought are so fat I honestly thought they where does at first. One is SO bad...

I somehow ended up browsing 'Artificial Insemination in Rabbits' the other day and I'm looking more into it again. The possibilities of AI in rabbits could be endless. Genetics from California, could, theoretically, be shipped all the way to New York. No need to bring your doe to the stud-the...

Toe Socks here is an incorrect (brown eyes) Blue Broken doe. I was trying to get my bunnies set up (failed miserably on most :D) and after reviewing the pics, realized how much I like her! I'm seriously considering putting her into my BEW program for a few litters, but, wanted opinions first...

My 6 1/2 month old Blue Dutch buck (whom I raised since 8 weeks!) WON'T BREED! I put him in with Two Buttons, my lovely black brood doe, and absolutely no interest. I thought she was bred to Airship Captain, also a Blue Dutch, for September kits but she never kindled (was pretty hot, so I...

Correct or incorrect? I'm a bit of a nerd for genetics, like to have them in my files :) 1. Two Buttons - Black Dutch Doe - aaB_C_D_E_Dudu 2. Blue Spook - Blue Dutch Buck - aaB_C_ddE_Dudu 3. Airship Captain - Blue Dutch Buck *sold* - aaB_C_ddE_Dudu 3. Southern Belle - Black Dutch Doe...

I finally finished up my pedigree's. Anything missing or wrong on them? Breeders copy: Owners Copy: I have yet to make the back images. They're be a space for an actual photo of the rabbit and places where the previous owner can sign their name and the date of sale, if they...

I have a nice black doe bred to a good blue buck. If I'm correct, then the kits will all be born black, but carry the blue gene? Neither parent is perfect, but they don't have the same faults. His blaze is too narrow at the base (not freaky narrow, but not wide) with a good length, while's...

One of my sweet little Dutches managed to get out of the hutch, three days later I finally managed to catch her in the garage. I snagged hold of the bunny by the scruff and she kicked like mad. I tranced her out as quickly as possible (she was extremely skiddish) and brought her back to the...

I went out to check on my bunnies today and noticed one had a puffy eye that was gunked shut. I removed it and placed it in a different cage, watered and fed, then looked at the bunny. The upper eyelid is very red and swollen, I'm suspecting pink eye. I checked for any objects or (lord forbid, I...

I've been seriously looking into tattoos as means of permanent identification. I was wondering what kind of system you use for identifying individual rabbits? At the moment, my system is such: BF01 Buck - Foundation - 01 (or, 02, 03, 04, etc.) Same for does, just with a D instead of a...

Alrighty, so: Opal x Opal = 100% Opal? Or is there a chance for blue/chocolate/lilac/other dilutes? If a regular kit (say, Agouti or Black) is born from two dilute parents (in this case, Opal), it would technically be a dilute carrier, correct? Opal x Black Steel = Opal and Blue Steels...

Alright, I'm really not sure what my Agouti's are. I'm pretty sure my others are Blue Torts, just in lighter and darker shades. A lot of them are pretty darned filthy, you can see were the fur looks kinda stiff and clumped. The crusty ears have already been treated. And yes, that rabbit...