So my rabbit Lady is for sure pregnant, still can feel them moving around in her tum. She has her nest box in the cage, she wont build her nest and we are now at day 34 in her pregnancy. We have had many litters with our other rabbits but, this is Lady's first and never had a rabbit go PAST 31 days! :shock: She is eating and drinking just fine, still active. Yet she does lay on her side more then usual. My question is, how far along is cause for concern? Thanks for any suggestions and... Read more ..read more

I am just starting my rabbitry. I will be raising for mainly meat and fur. I was wondering why more fur breeders don't cross the giant breed with the soft coat of a rex? Correct me if I'm wrong but in three generations you can get large rabbits with rex fur right? 1st gen a Flemish giant x rex Rex being buck to two Flemish giant does 2nd gen half siblings to each other and the third will be 50% rex coat in the litters correct? Has anyone done this? Please let me know ..read more

I know velveteen lops are English Lops and rexes, but is there a small version? Would it be bad for my does ( like with dogs they often aren't considered purebred once they breed with a different.......breed. lol ..read more

I have 5 large and multiple small pecan (Carya illinoinensis) trees. I've been longing to use them as forage for my rabbits but thought I'd read that they were toxic to rabbits. But then... I found this: Pecan shell is a pure natural material made of cellulose and lignin. In fact it is the identical composition of a common material found in pears. If you have eaten a pear and noticed the gritty texture, those are clusters of the same type of cells as pecan shell. What is good about the... Click to expand... Read more ..read more

I had a rabbit kindle yesterday and I found them in the morning. She hadn't been looking comfortable for days but the timing was right on. This is her second litter. She had 5 fat healthy kits in the nest bowl covered with her fur but she also had 2 dead kits at the other end of the nest box on top of the hay with the placentas still attached. One looked perfectly normal and one looked like it had an air pocket in it's tummy. I really wish I had gotten pics but my mind went straight to... Read more ..read more

I need another opinion on what this bucks coloring is. I was told he is chocolate. (Sorry, they aren't the best pics ..read more

My Cinnamon/rex mix had 6-7 babies two nights ago. (all are alive) Mom seems rather thin and was wondering what I could give her to add just a little weight Don't want to give her mastitis When I check the babies I have been giving her a two inch piece of carrot ..read more

I know that with all animals when they start to get older they often loose condition and it shows, no matter how much they eat or lounge around. I just find myself wondering when is the right time with our older buns to let them cross naturally or if we should help them. I ask and wonder this as my favorite bun Tiny, who turned 7 yesterday, has slowed down over this last winter and as I went to move him over to the new rabbitry area I felt that he has lost most of his condition. He has still... Read more ..read more

My buck is new to me. He is young. And in a,new environment. The last two mornings when I go out to feed & clean he has his feed bowl filled with pee. He moved the bowl to different corners. So today I gave him a different bowl. This is a temporary set up. So no J feeder. Any Ideas on the reason for this ..read more

I post this just because we learn from each others experiences, and in this case, the lesson learned here is there is always hope. This morning I had a 4 week old kit jump out of the cage onto a concrete floor. As I was trying to catch it, it ended up landing on its back, then immediately started squealing with its back legs were layed straight out. As I picked it up, all of its legs started spasming and the poor bunny just squealed and squealed. It could not bring its legs under... Read more ..read more