Firedragon1982s kindling thread

[firedragon1982]

How is Penelope?

She's just fine. I think what it was when she gave birth she laid in some blood in the nest box and got it all over her backside. Just shocking to see when her first birth seemed so bloodless (maybe she ate the bloody hay that time?)



She's currently fostering 2 of Hershey's babies since they were ~24 hrs apart. They're growing like weeds! Should be opening their eyes any day now!

 

[Hens and Roos]

that's good to hear!

 

[samssimonsays]

great to hear! it also could have been how fast the babies came. I know I had a few that would have them so quick it looked like a massacre and that white.... it shows EVERYTHING lol.

 

[firedragon1982]

So Zelda's brood is being weaned, stuck her and 2 kits in an empty cage. Have almost a month before Penelope and Hershey are weaned. Wondering what to do since There is really only 1 more empty cage until they're ready to wean. I have a couple of buyers in line, but of course they want the bucks/does to not be related, so has to wait for some to be weaning age. But that'll wipe me out of 1 litter +1 of the older bucks from last time!

 

[firedragon1982]

Ugh, just had a doe about a litter 7 to 10 days early. And I discovered I can't trust my kids to notice anything wrong with rabbits. For a few days we were having the kids water the rabbits because I was working late and it's been pretty hot here. We had 2 pregnant does. I came home and fed them and would go pass out. Well I noticed one of my pregnant girls hasn't touched her food for 2 days, and her water was completely full, hadn't drank anything, and was acting lethargic. Come to find out her valve on the bottle was plugged/quit working. Gave her some sugar water in a crock and she sucked it down. Gave her electrolyte water and she also sucked that down. And then yesterday came out in the morning to find 9 kits on the cage floor. I knew this was probably going to happen since she was so stressed, but am still upset over it. Especially since if the kids had paid attention or told me it wouldn't have happened.