Recent content by KatieOH

He sounds so sweet. We're still a couple years off from meat rabbits. We'll need to get different breeds because I'm sure these will only ever be seen as pets, they are just too cute. When we have acreage and room for infrastructure (more cages) we'll have to find the white rabbits with red...

All snuggling together again! 😍😍 Literally on top of the lonely runt. Haha. one of them tried munching on hay yesterday but I haven't seen them going for the pellets.

*The other doe, not other down. Autocorrect. She was living in the shed so closing off the ramp gave me 2 separate hutches. Mom and babies up top, other doe on the bottom. When we breed that one, she should be able to raise her babies in her current spot, too. We're slowly getting this thing...

Okay, I closed off the access to the bottom and turned it into another space for our other down. Now I've freed up a space for Roo who is staying with us because we just love him (or her) so much. 😁😁

No, but I'm putting it back today, or moving the whole nest box to the bottom now that they're in and out.

Now they're all snuggling without him. 😭😭 He needs to live inside with me, right? Obviously that's the only answer😜

Okay so the rest are hopping in and out of the nest box, but our runt is left behind and looks lonely. He's about half the size of the others and I'm starting to wonder if he's not getting enough milk. He's always so calm but I'm edging into concern that he's lethargic rather than just used to...

Haha, yes. At first I put him in with the others while I went and fed the other animals. Checked on him 10 minutes later and he was still so cold, but moving a little more. I decided I wanted to have formula on hand just in case and the farm store is only a few minutes away and has to run before...

We're home from camping and all is well. Everyone's eyes opened save the runt's, so I just brought him in to clean the tiny bit of crust out of his eyes. He fell asleep in my hand while I was doing so! This is the one I thought was dead on the bottom of the hutch when I found them the morning...

Perfect. Thank you so much. My husband covered up the hole and I loaded the hutch with food and water soon think we're good to go! I'll keep your system in mind if we reach those temps again! It sounds like a great plan. Here in Oregon we're only hitting upper 70s and still getting rain. 🥴

Thank you so much! Should I flip the box or leave it as is so they can get back to it if they climb out?

Yes. There's room. I have the nesting box pulled forward just to check on all of them, them it goes back to the back.

We'll be home on Sunday which I think would be day 12.

Yes, it's up top in the enclosed (with an opening for mom to get in and out), wooden den. The bottom is more of a wire enclosed run, more exposed. The bottom is hardware cloth.

Oh okay. My concern was going to be them exploring out of the den and possibly falling down to the bottom, not able to get back up. Maybe I'll have my husband as a little lip to the bottom of the den entrance instead and tip the box before we leave? My daughter is panicking and doesn't even want...