Ha, you're right yuck.... I believe, as has been said, that it's a bot fly larvae. You should be able to get it out with tweezers or hemostats. Be sure to use a steady even pressure to avoid breaking the worm off in the rabbits as this could lead to other issues. They are acquired by the...
NW NC / USA
Feeding:
Manna Pro Pro 16% - 4oz per rabbit daily (adjust as necessary if finishing or not)
Mixed grass (Timothy / Orchard) - Free choice - refill hay feeders as emptied.
Supplementing:
1/2 tsp per rabbit - rolled oat / flax seed / boss (top dressed on pellets daily as...
I have successfully raised single kits several times. Is the mother taking care (i.e. feeding ) the kit? To me that would be the important thing. I'm a little North of you in NC, but the same principles would apply. I don't think the kit will be able to maintain body heat outside. What I've...
Truer words have never been spoken!. :)
I normally check mine twice a day. Once in the morning before I go to work. This is mainly a water / hay check to top off or replendish as necessary. The evenings is when I do feeding, watering.
Once a week trays are emptied, scrapped clean and new...
If concerned that they will not make it in the cold, you can bring the nestbox inside for the night and return it to the doe in the morning. Rabbits do not nurse the young but once or twice and day, normally in the mornings and then again in the evening. What I have done in the past when it's...
I see a lot of folks using the NZW/Californian cross for their meat herd. It seem to be a pretty popular cross and I would think has its merits for so many people to be doing it. As for litter sizes, sorry, I don't have the experience with the mentioned breeds to know that. I don't believe 3...
I breed rabbits primarily for show and not ones known to be meat breeds. My rabbits lean towards small litter sizes, and on more than one occasion a small litter equals 1 kit. That is when having another mom comes in handy as the singleton can be fostered to the other and the original doe be...
Sounds like a plan except for the part of housing the doe's together. You may run into some issues doing that. I would house buck and does in their own separate cages. The does cage could be big enough for a nest box when needed eliminating the need for a separate nesting cage. The 4th cage...
You should do okay with. It's what I feed my rabbits along with a handful of hay each day and they have been doing okay. You just need to observe your rabbits to see how they're doing with the feed and adjust accordingly. This is the 16% protein. I'd say with two rabbits at less than a cup...
I don't think you're going to have a thing to worry about. I've got a doe that persists in hanging onto her young for days after she's expected. Twice now, I've rebred her after 36 days once and 38 days the next only to have her give birth the next day after the rebreeding. My palpitating...
The Taxi.net link to Amy's tanning instructions are top notch. In addition, she is an excellent Taxidermist having won national acclaim in competition. A lot of the instructions I've seen on here are pickles and not true tans. What Amy's instructions will provide is a tanned hide. The...
I agree in that two months in the care of others should absolve you of any responsibility for their well being. How do you know what there management practices were during this time. Several weeks, I can see possibly feeling an obligation, but not two months.
Your ear #'s are pretty much whatever you want them to be. In my case I started out using the first initial of sire and dam's name plus a number for the litter and a number for each kit. As an example: Buck = Cedar, Doe = Maye, first breeding of these 2, kit number = CM11, CM12, etc. Second...
If you put a bowl / crock in with most of my rabbits, they think they've got another frisbee to sling around. I've only got 3 rabbits that will leave food in a bowl/crock without slinging it around