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I really hope you do go. :D I always enjoy meeting new people - especially rabbit people. You can see me on the forum I moderate - "Rabbit Habbit". Here's the link: http://z13.invisionfree.com/RabbitHabbit_Forums/index.php?act=idx Currently, there's a pic of me in this thread...

An easy fix by taking them off the pellets? I'd look at you crazy, too. :lol: I've never heard of any one giving their rabbit 100% alfalfa before. If you want good condition and health results, just remember you'll get out of your rabbits what you put into them. Try Advanced Nutrition...

They all dust or leave fines to some extent but some more than others. What feed are you using now? Here's another thought. We are having one of the worst allergy seasons EVER, could air born allergens be a problem?

Agreed. I think they'll just have to ask me to come back to teach if they want to hear more. ;) I LOVE your fruit on the bottom idea. I'll have to try it. :) Btw, the refreshments for this activity will be fruits and veggies from local farms. I think I'll offer to add some goat cheese...

I guess it's just called the monthly "Relief Society meeting" now. I wish it was a Super Saturday because that would give me more time to teach. I agree that every topic I listed could take 45 minutes, each. I'm getting feedback on this from another forum, too. So, the way I've decided to...

Good question. It's a 45 minute class so I'm going to have to have to just "cover" most things and choose one two on the things on my list to expound upon. I'll have a written outline for attendees to take home (and write notes on).

I've been asked to teach a class for the local Relief Society (women's organization) in June. The theme for all classes offered that day is Self Reliance. I've been asked to teach a "home food production" class. Those attending are women who live in what I consider a rural town but most of whom...

One tenth a CC per lb of rabbit of 1% Ivermectin injectable either subQ, orally, or topically. For a 5lb rabbit you'd give 1/2 CC. I use the tiny 1cc syringes because it's easy to "see" the dose they need because it's divided up by tenths of a CC. Note: I don't give rabbits intended for...

Does anyone have the book "Keeping Poultry and Rabbits on Scraps? http://www.amazon.com/Keeping-Poultry-Rabbits-Penguin-Handbooks/dp/0141038624 It's a republication of a 1940's book that has come out again because this new trend of SS due the economic crisis and uneasiness of war that us and...

Was the buck 4 months old, too, when he sexed it?! Yeah, unless he had split penus, it's kind of hard to mistake a 4 month old buck for a doe. Maybe you got him real young? Even so, at 6 weeks old it should be obvious unless you're dealing with a runt of a dwarf breed like I do sometimes and...

I know you said your cages meet AWA minumum requirements but I go by American Rabbit Breeder's Association standards (their minimum requirements are slightly larger than AWA standards) and by own experience. I've had a FA before and the 24x30 hole he came to my home in was the minimum I'd keep...

Aw, not good. Did the vet tell you that most rabbits will come back positive when tested for Pasturella even if they are healthy? When evaluating the rabbits consider environmental influences. I think I remember reading that your cages are 24x24 and you change pans, at least in winter, once...

Bah. Of course, it would be the good mama that gets sick, huh? :rolleyes: Urgh. Reabsorbtion could happen for a number of reasons from stress to illness, to nutrition. I can't comment on that. However, I'd talk to the breeder you bought the doe from and see what she says/advises. Was...

Okay, yeah, do Sterling new cages, quarantine new rabbits being added to a herd for 30 days (check for any illnesses/weekness including vent desease aka. treponema cuniculi), a lower humidity and good air exchange where you keep your rabbits. I know there is only so much we can do about...

Ah, it's nice to find a few rabbit threads here. :) My set up.....my rabbitry is a 12x32 mini-barn with 3 windows for ventilation, double-dutch door for more ventilation (top open) and to keep dogs out (bottom closed), and a rolling garage door at the end for more ventilation when I put my 4 ft...

I don't know if saying that rabbits can't grow or produce if they aren't fed pellets is an exaggeration or just what someone actually told you. But, it is certainly not true. What do you think rabbits were fed before the pelleting machine was invented? In Storey's Guide to Raising Rabbits by...

Paturella or URIs are not common enough that you should expect rabbits to have them. Either the stock was sick when you got it (not likely if you've had them long) or their environment caused it to show up. Meds might treat the sypmtoms but it may not cure the rabbit. Culling via putting...

Sorry to hear about your kits and sick doe. I would first, take care of her URI. Read Dr. Jay Hreiz's article about them in the ARBA's latest Domestic Rabbit magazine . Then, I'd give your doe another chance. I always let them have 3 strikes before they're out. In your doe's case, I'm...

I'm taking the kids out to glean a field for the food bank. Today it's beefsteak tomatoes. We can take as much as we want, too. I'm so new to canning, I'm not sure if I can can these. Can I? What can I do with them? Or rather what would you do with beefsteak tomatoes?

This is a late reply but yum, I've got to try rabbit more often. I'd like to add that ALL rabbits are perfectly edible. Even the cute tiny ones will feed two people just fine. Because it IS hard for me to prepare any animal for the table (especially the rabbits I raise - see avatar) a friend...