Samssimonsays: Blazing Acres journal

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I love goats and French Lop Rabbits

LOL there certainly are plenty of them here

 

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Last night I took some photos of the little pet quality Frenchie who hadn't found a home yet and a few of the goats too Ollie in the wheelbarrow video is on Youtube as well.... He is such a goofball ... He failed at the wheelbarrow dance just as he failed at the chair dance

 

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The newest piece I have done for my website. Working towards a better educated rabbit community in the pet side of things has always been a passion of mine. With each person who visits my site I am hopeful that they are learning a little more about them. I wanted to share this with you for that reason.

 

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Our beautiful girl held down the fort for us while we were gone (an entire 26 hours with NO ANIMALS) That is unheard of for us by the way She was super glad we were home but soooo tired from having to do nothing I have a feeling this is what her holding down the fort looked like ... holding down the chair just in case it tried to float away

 

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Well, I came home from work Friday and found my broken orange doe, days away from her due date, dead... I then lost 2, I am thinking all three will have met their end by tonight, of the litter from my broken cream buck. Same dad to the litter of 5 that all just started dropping dead. The necropsy I had done determined it was not Cocci so what the heck is it?!

I am starting to think maybe I am not cut out for this breed.

 

[Poka_Doodle]

So sorry for what is going on.

 

[promiseacres]

So sorry! Hugs

Well, I came home from work Friday and found my broken orange doe, days away from her due date, dead... I then lost 2, I am thinking all three will have met their end by tonight, of the litter from my broken cream buck. Same dad to the litter of 5 that all just started dropping dead. The necropsy I had done determined it was not Cocci so what the heck is it?!

I am starting to think maybe I am not cut out for this breed.

 

[samssimonsays]

Thank y'all.

I lost the REW sister, Ophelia, this morning. That is every baby from Theodore my broken cream buck up and dying at 9 weeks old. Some for no apparent reason while others are bloating like balloons and not responding to treatment and not cocci as established by the necropsies done.... I don't know what to think right now.

 

[Hens and Roos]

so sorry, I take it they aren't finding anything out of the normal? Could there possible be a genetic defect that is occurring???

 

[samssimonsays]

so sorry, I take it they aren't finding anything out of the normal? Could there possible be a genetic defect that is occurring???

That is what I am wondering... the does were mildly related to each other (the moms) and the father was the same. Both litters had same symptoms. There was a litter in between them as well. 2 weeks older than this youngest one and about 3 weeks younger than the last. They are all fine? No problems. I have had cocci before years ago and it is a nasty thing. But since then, I have been free of it and little to no digestive upsets. This year I had a bad bale of hay I caught right away, after one feeding of it when they all reacted with minor casualties. Last year was a bad bag of feed with only minor casualties as well. The only issues I have had with this were the 2 litters, the only two I should add, that my buck has ever fathered. Not to mention, TWO babies of the first litter were necropsied... 1st baby was found to have died of natural causes (at 9 weeks old ) Second had in fact bloated but no cause was established (at 10 weeks old )

Some days I honestly feel defeated and like I am doing something wrong....