Recent content by DutchBunny03

Mine have been fine; I did have to bring them in once last week, though. Just stuff the hutch with hay and straw, and make sure he is out of the wind. Putting a tarp over the hutch helps a ton, too.

30"x 30" cages might not be big enough for NZs, especially a NZ doe with a litter, but they are the perfect size for Florida Whites. Small rabbits often get put on the back burner because, well, they're small, but they dress out just as good as the bigger breeds. I bought my rabbits at a show...

She's so cute! Greens shouldn't be fed in large quantities until at least 4 months old, but they can have greens as a little treat now. Oats or other concentrates help keep the coat healthy, and hay keeps the teeth from growing too long. You can give her unlimited amounts of grass hay. Are you...

I agree with @eggbert420. The smell could give your rabbits respiratory trouble. Return the hutch, and get something made from pine, maple, basswood, etc., just not oak. And make sure the wood is not pressure treated. The solution used in the treating of wood is very harmful.

Sounds like coccidiosis. Most likely, your rabbit is not going to recover. You could call a vet, but i don't think that would help any. What did you feed your rabbits prior to their illn ess?

Then she is purebred, as long as both her parents are. Many breeders keep pedigrees for non-purebred rabbits, because pedigrees are EXTREMELY useful for rabbitry management.

Yay!!! Not necessarily. A majority of 4H shows are only showmanship, in which the exhibitor of the rabbit is judged on handling, not the rabbit itself. I've seen some rabbits at 4H shows that it can be hard to tell if it is even a rabbit. Other shows, such as ARBA or state/breed club sanctioned...

Your safest course of action is to keep the kits with the dam. While bringing the kits to the dam to feed(but at least 2x a day, once isn't enough) for perhaps a couple days, two weeks is far too long. Does are territorial. She may accept the kits, she may not. If she does not, you run the risk...

If you can, try fostering. If you don't have another rabbit with similar age kits, see if a friend does. The kits have a much better chance surviving with a foster dam than with formula. Goat milk is actually better than kitten formula for rabbits, if hand-feeding is your only option. If that is...

Thats good. She may like the feeling of the hay more than the paper. Put some straw or cheap hay in the litterbox, and switch the litterbox to the location of the hay feeder. If that doesn't work, she may just take a while to train. But eventually, she should get it

Certainly looks like a lionhead, but probably not a purebred. Put some of the droppings in the litterbox. She will eventually get the idea. If you find she has a particular spot she prefers to do her business in, move the litterbox there.

If you butcher them extremely quickly, no need to separate. But if you are planning on keeping them alive for any length of time, please do. Oak is poisonous to rabbits, and if they dont die from chewing the, they will destroy your oak trees.Its ok to keep two does together, but not two...

Lol I've had that experience way too many times. Not fun at all.

She could be having a false pregnancy, but I've never heard of having a false pregnancy during a real one. Are you sure the breeding took? Try palpating in a couple days, to be sure.

Try mixing her pellets with oats or another concentrate. Eliminating anything else altogether is a big shock on the rabbit's digestive system. Gradually decrease the amount of oats in the mix until there is only pellets. Then reintroduce treats and concentrates, but fed at another time than the...