Samssimonsays: Blazing Acres journal

[Hens and Roos]

not sure if this would work for you but we actually bring doe and kits out into a bigger area as they outgrow their cage and give them a few weeks together before putting doe back into her cage by herself- it made a difference in that the kits weren't getting so stressed out.

What are you giving for bloat and antibiotics- we have not successfully saved any when we have run into it.

 

[samssimonsays]

@Hens and Roos I don't remember the name of it but it is a sulfate? Cherry flavored, most take it like a treat. It has saved dozens of babies in the past for me when I had run into it but nothing worked before then, mostly was prescribed Baytril. I am doing a GI soother supplement that I have been using on all of them for 5-6 weeks now depending on when they started drinking water with their moms. For the two oldest litters, also the healthiest ones *knock on wood* I had to wean at 4-4.5 weeks old when the moms started showing aggression towards them and harming them. The other two litters were left with mom until she no longer let them nurse and was getting frustrated and starting to go after them, even in the bigger grow out cages. That was about 1.5-2 weeks ago? They were also my biggest babies.

 

[Hens and Roos]

I hear you about the does becoming aggressive towards the kits- that makes it hard for sure. Where do you get the cherry flavored sulfate med?

We have also been using Bene-Bac plus- a probiotic that is used as a top dressing on the food

Hopefully you are able to get them feeling better

 

[samssimonsays]

We do a well visit yearly to keep the prescription open at the vet.

 

[samssimonsays]

I may have to try your probiotics but I am not sure if those are the ones that I used before or not... I used the blue paste once too.

 

[Hens and Roos]

I had to order them on-line, our vet office just started seeing small animals like rabbits but an office visit costs just as much as our dog does

 

[samssimonsays]

We can't buy or order anything online thanks to Minnesota laws... I will try to remember to take a picture of it for you.

 

[samssimonsays]

Here are a couple photos of the hay feeder I made for my kiddos! With little space and two goats who are very much fans of running out of the gate it made it hard to give them hay walking in so I needed something I could fill from the outside.

So I placed in on the gate. I made it hinged so it raises up and lifts in to the pen and I can place hay in from my side and clasp it shut again to make sure it doesn't fall open or blow open. It has worked to keep the hay dry at night and during some pretty decent storms. None were sideline winds or anything but some heavy rain.

I used Those squares you get in a wire shelf kit and that are all the rage in those C&C cage systems for guinea pigs and rabbits because I had a lot of them from when I started with rabbits as pets in the house. I ziptied those together and used wire to make a sturdy enough way to keep it at the angle I wanted it. I don't care if it goes flat just don't want to have it fall open on me. Then I have taken a feed bag that I had and I wired it to the top as a "roof" until we get some other material that may work better.

It certainly beats fighting them in the mornings to give them hay in their hut. EVENTUALLY they will have a building with stalls in it and will have individual hay mangers and one in the main pen as well but this works for now to keep it up and off the ground

 

[samssimonsays]

Tilda and Olive getting along nicely!

Tilda the Ham lol!

Peekaboo!

My big Lug Rumely

Stella and Rumely doing some landscaping

Stella stole the tree from him...

I am in love with you Olive

He was not chasing her, nor does he have her tail in his mouth... He turned quickly as I snapped a pic.

Yes... another of Olive she is my heart.

Stella working on the bring her back command. Blurry but she is learning and doing an amazing job!

 

[samssimonsays]

Me and Olive

Rumely, 9 months the 21st of June-98.5#s
Stella, 15 months (the 15th of June) and 60#s
My loves, my heart.

He is such a gentle and good boy. Had a bloated baby bunny out to move around and try to get some of that gas moved around and broken up and he just laid there and watched over her. This was also he had blood drawn at the vet and a shot.