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townchicks said:
You're not there yet, but just a head's up, as the babies start to wean, alfalfa pellets and alfalfa hay only, no greens or veggies to start. Their systems take time to rev up to digesting greens. Too soon and it can cause devastating diarrhea.
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I follow the 'start as you plan to continue' philosophy. Keep giving Bunny Boy whatever veggies she would normally get and the babies will try it and develop the appropriate gut flora. The devastating dehydration only happens when you suddenly give rabbits veg when all they've ever had was pellets. My 4 week olds love their salads every morning.
 
townchicks said:
That's term that the vet I worked for used. He treated rabbits for over 40 years, and raised rabbits on the farm that he grew up on. Just saying.
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If that's what he said, your vet's wits were wool-gathering. There's no such phrase. In science, "obligate" means, "doing something in only one way," so "obligate breeders" would have only the one way of reproducing. Since very few of the "higher" organisms are capable of, say, parthenogenesis, virtually anything that isn't a plant or a microbe (certain lizard species excluded) could be described as an "obligate breeder."

Though I'm reminded of something author James Herriot said he was told in vet school. "If you don't know what it is, make something up. Call it 'galloping dandruff' or something, but for Heaven's sake, never tell a client you don't know what is wrong with their animal." (That's probably not an exact quote, but you get the idea)
 
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Bunnylady said:
If that's what he said, your vet's wits were wool-gathering. There's no such phrase. In science, "obligate" means, "doing something in only one way," so "obligate breeders" would have only the one way of reproducing. Since very few of the "higher" organisms are capable of, say, parthenogenesis, virtually anything that isn't a plant or a microbe (certain lizard species excluded) could be described as an "obligate breeder."
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Yep. Unless of course he was getting induced ovulation confused with obligate cooperative breeding in birds? Not a vet I would return to if he dropped terms like that while treating my animal.
 
WVForestGirl said:
Yep. Unless of course he was getting induced ovulation confused with obligate cooperative breeding in birds? Not a vet I would return to if he dropped terms like that while treating my animal.
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Look people, it's possible he got the term wrong, it's possible I got the term wrong, it's been a long time. My response was to the OP's comment that her rabbit was now a biter. What ever the "correct" term is, the fact is that female rabbits have a lot of estrogen in their system all the time. That makes many of them grumpy. I suggested the OP get her rabbit spayed, after the kits are weaned. I have seen many female rabbits change from biters to sweet pets after spaying. Sheesh. And while my boss wasn't my favorite vet, he was quite competent. He was also treating rabbits way before any other vet in the area was.
 
townchicks said:
Look people, it's possible he got the term wrong, it's possible I got the term wrong, it's been a long time. My response was to the OP's comment that her rabbit was now a biter. What ever the "correct" term is, the fact is that female rabbits have a lot of estrogen in their system all the time. That makes many of them grumpy. I suggested the OP get her rabbit spayed, after the kits are weaned. I have seen many female rabbits change from biters to sweet pets after spaying. Sheesh. And while my boss wasn't my favorite vet, he was quite competent. He was also treating rabbits way before any other vet in the area was.
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You're totally right about the hormones. I have one doe, she's the sweetest thing while she's pregnant and lactating. As soon as she's on her own again, she becomes this crazy dragon that will bite hard enough to draw blood and leave a bruise. Too bad because she's beautiful and a great mom.
 

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