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Well, the good news was: A) I didn't die :celebrate B) My quarantine measures are a success because nothing spread + I have hardy stock anyway. But I've got yet another 2 coming soon :( a buck and a doe. Same story, they were bought and not sexed properly, the doe had a litter, blah de blah...

We've noticed it here to... winters are becoming wetter though. There was another announcement on our news that we are heading towards irreversable climate change in a year :rolleyes: I'm not worried. The earth has had dramatic heatwaves and iceages numerous times, humans are intelligent enough...

It depends on the pasture - if you've just got grass there and lots of it the rabbits will grow slowly. If there's a larger variety of plants then the rabbits will grow much quicker. Rabbits need more than just grass to eat. Grass is too low in nutrients and it takes a long time to reach butcher...

It's crept up on us to :frow no ice forming yet, but one night it was fairly warm, the next - bam, I was breathing steam, the temp dropped to under 10oC and the dogs had to come in the house. Soon I will be waking up to frozen water bottles and waterers. I'm glad we have only got 7 rabbits and...

:lol: Great post that was. Ok, so who's the troll, I haven't met him/her on here yet?

I'd try it, anything that ends up good (i.e the faster growth and finer bones in an otherwise flemish rabbit) you could keep to add to your breeding program. Speaking as a mutt breeder, with meat rabbits anything goes as long as it makes you happy of course :D =D Just remember, you could also...

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Here are some images. I've not got any one here of one brown doe or the new buck, so I'll take them tommorow and upload them. The kits have grown since these were taken, these were at about 6 months of age. The brown mini lop is dad and the larger white and brown spotted doe is mom.

Hi Nice to hear from someone who already linebreeds :frow I'm not sure how much the buck or any other rabbit weigh's because I haven't got a reliable set of scales yet, adding them to my christmas list. :lol: Yes, I did my research on linebreeding and discovered what you mentioned :pop that...

Oh, and these are of course, being bred for meat. I am not planning on selling any stock. And I do not mind eating the rabbits which do not meat my standards. So far the kits outgrew their mini lop father and are closer to the size of their much larger dam. The mini lop buck (the original) has...

Long story short, I've got a bunch of real mutt rabbits :ep worse, 6 of the 7 rabbits are all lops. I couldn't obtain the traits that I wanted, all of the rabbits where I live are bred as pets and they are mostly lops. I do like lops (have a mini lop, he's adorable) but it is not a trait that I...

watch your rabbit doesn't freak and slip the harness (been there) the slightest thing can set them into "escape" mode. I personally don't trust harnesses or collars unless fitted very correctly by an experienced person. One of our rabbits wears a cat collar and bell because otherwise we can't...

Good news guys. I placed her on a diet and she appears to now be pregnant. She's complaining when the buck approaches, making all the right noises etc. He became rather upset at her change in behaviour. Even when he approached her to simply groom she would grunt and hop away, so we've been...

Oops, old thread, sorry :(

I had two rabbits pretty much dumped in my garden, both lop does. Lovely things, but then I noticed one sneezing repeatedly within 12 hours.... Two quick bangs to the back of the head and they were lobbed over the back garden fence for the fox. Do not tolerate disease, there are plenty of...

Yeah, way too many... I'd guess they are some kind of cysts. Did you eat her? I've got to admit they would put me off, she would go to the dogs, literally.

She is very skinny and doesn't seem able to tell when food is put down. All the other rabbits race over to eat and she just sits and huddles for a while before she realises that something is going on and runs over. I've brought her inside to monitor. She is an unbred maiden doe. She is just over...

I will try to get pictures up so you can see what I mean.

By the way guys, please note our rabbits are also semi - pets with benefits, just incase any of this sounds strange to you. We now have 3 bucks paired with 3 does in large areas and they usually breed well, except this pair. The bucks do not harm the litters, show more attention to the kits and...

Already been there, they were seperated for several months and she still didn't produce any litters and I now have a skinny buck because he stopped eating, we are currently putting the weight back on him. He also became very lethargic and I was concerned he was ill. Turned out he was missing the...