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Minutes...seriously, just a few minutes is all it takes. I do not use tractors, but running after a rabbit is a sure way not to catch it unless it really likes you. There are various ways, I suppose others will respond. We use a quilt to corner them in an area. I have only ever had two get...

Facebook not only has a policy against selling any animal, they have aggressively been closing down people's accounts and groups for doing it. You can ask a "networking" question as in are there any breeders around my area, or anyone in my area looking for a mentor, and then the conversation...

Colony style looks so appealing until there is one sick rabbit, which usually means more than one. It is hard enough to utilize quarantine protocols with a sick rabbit in a rabbitry of cages off the ground with success, but colony style is nearly impossible to stop the spread of any illness. I...

I think it depends mostly on your goals as to what is okay with a tractor set up: reduce your feed use, seems a healthier or more natural choice for the rabbits, less mowing...? When bunnies are on the ground, it may not matter if they have a cover to get out of the rain if the covered area is...

What do I know? I do weekly checks of my rabbits. I went back and forth on one, finally was sure it was a doe. Three days before a show at 12 weeks old—I really don't know how he hid it so well all that time. Never had one do that before in 8 years! But I agree it does not look normal and...

A nesting box and baby saving wire or something to line the cage 4 to 6 inches up. A kit can not only get out of the nest, which is why nesting boxes are preferred, but once out of the nest, it can get out of the cage, especially a dog kennel cage and, yes, even blind kits can climb. It is...

Lots of commercial breed does go to 34 to 36 days. All mine have been 32 days consistently this breeding season. You should be able to easily feel the babies at this point to confirm if she is pregnant or not. I will warn you that at this stage of pregnancy, they do tend to resist anyone feeling...

Have a good look at Silver Foxes! It still a meat/fur rabbit, but rather challenging to get the type and that unique longer, stand up, silvering fur to SOP. Besides that they have a sweet temperament, often referred as the teddy bear of rabbit breeds. I know there are a few breeders in and...

So true @Bunnylady. I had one and only one buck in eight years that got ear mites twice and he seem to just have bad immune system genetics, as he aged. My cat would go under his cage and I even later placed another rabbit in his cage without sterilizing it...I simply forgot. No problems with...

I personally would go the oil treatment for a nursing doe.

It depends on condition and if the kits are born healthy and how often you bred her. Usually, around four years for most of mine, but some only three years and some close to five.

This is not going to be encouraging advice but I personally would not even try to bond bucks. For one, even if they do not fight which is highly not likely to happen, there is the spraying. My bucks are separated by solid dividers or in solitary cages so the only time they may spray is when they...

Vay, that would be a good reason!

Once eyes are open at 10 to 11 days, I stop shelving, if I had to do shelving at all, which is rare for me. I always use the nesting materials to shelve. I always give them access to the mother twice a day and she is happy to nurse them both times. Since I stop shelving at the eyes open stage...

I breed Silver Foxes. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE them! I also have a soft spot for the blues! I started with New Zealand Whites, one of the more common meat rabbits, so with that breed as a comparison... Silver Foxes have smaller kindles, but more easily managed. I have never had to shelve half to save...