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Thanks for replying! You're not late at all. :) It's good to know that the nesting areas worked well for you. What sort of style are they? Mine are like the ones on the right hand side of the picture (on the first page), but they have walls with a hole to enter. My rabbits are Holland...

Okay, I think I have a good idea of what to do now. I think I'll block off the nesting area for at least a few days, at the beginning, and allow them to establish a litter area before I let them in and see how they do. If I use straw on three sides of the hutch, but leave such a large section...

Perfect, thanks for letting me know!

They're out in an open yard. Stacking bales of straw around them is a great idea! I'm guessing that they'll be peeing through the wire, so I thought the shavings would be good for holding it and preventing odor like you said. Does the pee soak into the drywall at all? Or maybe the rabbits...

I live in Nova Scotia, Canada. Most of the time, the winter isn't too terrible, but I've grown up here so I'm not sure how to gauge that. It's just the odd day that the wind is really piercing and or the temperature is downright frigid. The winter nights are usually about 10 to 15 degrees...

Thanks for the reply, it's very informative! Well, I was planning to use the nest boxes as kindling areas as well as a place for the rabbits to stay warm in the winter. I thought they might like to sleep there at night too, or to hide if they like. The rest of their hutch is really open, with...

Thanks for the reply! I just noticed the last part of your message now. That's really interesting, I wonder how the straw could cause mites! Since my bunnies have lop ears (Holland Lops) and are more prone to mites, I'll have to keep an eagle eye out if I do try the straw. Thanks for...

Thanks for replying! Hmm, you're right, I guess they might think it's a litter box. If I lined it with some laminate flooring, do you think that would work alright? That's assuming that I find a way to make sure they to poop and pee on the wire instead, at least most of the time. Then I'd...

I have a wire-floored hutch with a completely wooden nesting/sleeping area, and I'm wondering what would be best to put in it. I'm steering clear of hay, since it molds so easily, so the basic options seem to be either straw or pine shavings. Straw, I've read, keeps them very warm - which is...

Do you have to wrap the frozen bottles in towels, or are they good as they are? Thanks!

Thanks for the information! That's just what I had wanted to know. I'll get a bag of Calf Manna next time I'm at the feed store. It's nice that it's both healthy and delicious, I'm sure my rabbits will love it!

Maybe you could help me out with another question I had. I'm keeping my rabbits (Holland Lops) as pets, and I'll be breeding them a few times a year too, but I won't be showing them. Would the calf manna be helpful as a supplement for my bunnies? I read something about it helping with milk...

Wow, that's a really cool story. I'm glad you found the life you were looking for, it sounds very nice! :) That makes sense about the hay, and it's convenient too! Thanks for clearing up my confusion. I'll have to try out the ACV, I didn't realize that they would actually like it. Thanks so...

Great, thanks so much for letting me know! I have two bunnies now, and I'm only planning to get two or three more, so I guess they won't eat a ton. I was starting to do the math thinking that they would be eating two bales a week like yours...then I thought to ask how many you had. I was a...

Thanks for the reply! You're not late at all, I'm still trying to figure this all out. :) It sounds like you're getting a really good deal on your hay! So I have a few questions, if I may ask. Do you get your alfalfa hay straight from a farmer? (and if so, how did you find them?) And when...

I don't think there are any TSC's around here (I live in Nova Scotia, Canada). I did check at my local feed store, but it's a small place and they didn't sell any pure alfalfa. But that's a really good idea, I should check the other stores nearby and see what they have! They'll most likely...

Thanks, that's good to know! :)

Thanks for the reply! I really appreciate your help. If I can't figure out what is causing her problems, then you're right...she'll probably be pet-only. That would be okay with me too, but either way I'd really like to figure out what's up with her eye. So, it sounds like it's probably not...

Hi! So I'm hoping to get into some very small-scale rabbit breeding, and I was looking for a good source of Alfalfa hay for my lactating does and young kits. Locally, bags of Alfalfa are quite pricey, so I looked on Kijiji (which is like Craigslist) and saw this stuff...my doubt was in how...