Samssimonsays: Blazing Acres journal

So sorry for you. do you have any thing to keep them cool in the heat? How hot is it there?

We have fans going and the last 2 years we have run an AC unit non stop, this year it has not gotten hot in there due to the lean too off the side exposed to the sun. It was 76* with 66% humidity. They were fine, active even, and then over the night they bloated up like balloons and that was it. Wasn't heat stroke but I think since it was still dropping down to 30 at night this heat shocked their systems. French lops are notoriously sensitive. UGH. This is why I sold them.

Sorry Sam... That really sucks. So how many are you left with after all this? Will you keep the ones left or completely sell out? I know you'd said you intended to only keep a couple of special buns...

Ummm I'm retired so I'm on and off here over any daily 18 hour period... Not to be nosy (OK, maybe a little) but curious... You said you had to run to work, but that was followed by more posts, & you're showing as still on now... Do you telecommute or work from home? I assumed you were a stay at home wife...

@Latestarter Yes. I am on lunch!

Sorry about your bunnies

So sorry

I'm so sorry about your rabbits

Sorry to hear what happened with your rabbits. Since deciding to be done with them you are probably both relieved and also feeling some regret. I probably would be.
We don't use AC, but have fans running and been placing frozen 2L bottles of water. It has gotten down in the upper 30's and 40's at night and up in the upper 70's and 80's in the day. Of course I don't have angoras or wooly rabbits. Mine seem to like the cool off at night. I guess you will still have plenty to do with the goats, dogs, and other critters.

So sorry,

I have honestly never seen anything like it.... And unbelievably, I only ended up losing 2 of the 10! I came home and one had passed, the one on deaths door had fully recovered as did all but one of the 4 with it yesterday morning and there are no signs they were ever ill.... All remaining rabbits are now in the goat pen and doing great. I am absolutely at a loss and have never seen this happen before. EVER. It was not normal bloat. I haven't had Cocci caused bloat in my herd for YEARS now. Last year I had a few 6-8 week olds come down with something similar but it took days to build up the pressure. It was resistant to anything I treated with and then one by one they started to deflate. These were all adult rabbits. And it was sudden, under 9 hours from no signs to dead, and quick. If it hadn't been so warm and we had freezer space I would have sent one in for a necropsy but I didn't want to put a bag with them in it with our food... If it happens again I will be sending it in but since I am done raising them, why?