The Bunny Chat Thread - For Bunny Owners

[drstratton]

I ordered some formula & bottles for the kits and it all arrived today, the nipples were definitely not small enough, so I tried a dropper and they weren't interested in that either! I then took the mama and laid her on her back, my husband brought the underfed babies and we placed them on her tummy, that worked, she didn't like it very much, but it worked! I don't know if she has enough milk, but I'm hoping if we do this each day, supply and demand will increase her milk production! I've also learned that there are certain foods we can give to her that can help to increase her milk supply Some of them had very wrinkly tummies before we fed them, it will be a miracle if all of them make it!

 

[Compost King]

I can see where that would make the difference...home owner as opposed to renter!

I am also a rural minded type of fellow who turned his urban dwelling into a homestead. Although my neighborhood has matured a lot in the last 2 years a few years ago everyone in the neighborhood smoked weed on the front porch every day. Now 2 people across the street from me are gardening, and a few other houses on the street are too. Food Shortages can bring up positive hobbies for some.

 

[drstratton]

I am also a rural minded type of fellow who turned his urban dwelling into a homestead. Although my neighborhood has matured a lot in the last 2 years a few years ago everyone in the neighborhood smoked weed on the front porch every day. Now 2 people across the street from me are gardening, and a few other houses on the street are too. Food Shortages can bring up positive hobbies for some.

That's for sure! 2020 has changed the outlook for so many people and made them realize how important it is to be as self sufficient as you can! We have 5 acres and have always had a garden and Banty's on & off over the years! This is our first year for rabbits & full sized chickens! My husband retired in June and we were ready to scale back our homesteading and travel around our beautiful country...that's on the back burner for now!

 

[EverythingDucks]

How should I go about helping a local animal farm (idk whT else to call it) that has taken in pet rabbits that were surrendered by their owners? They're in very small cages with no toys and little hay. The rest of the animals are well taken care of. It's a nonprofit organization. I'll need to raise some money of course bit once I have money and permission I plan on fixing up the small building they're in, making a play space luke a playpen, getting toys, hay, water bowls, and possibly getting then fixed if they aren't already (depending on how much money I get to work with). Maybe we'll try to get some of them adopted.
Any tips or ideas?

 

[Compost King]

That's for sure! 2020 has changed the outlook for so many people and made them realize how important it is to be as self sufficient as you can! We have 5 acres and have always had a garden and Banty's on & off over the years! This is our first year for rabbits & full sized chickens! My husband retired in June and we were ready to scale back our homesteading and travel around our beautiful country...that's on the back burner for now!

For the last 10 plus years I have been preparing for anything that may or may not happen. Not that I was expecting anything but someone convinced me that it doesn't hurt to be prepared for disaster. I didn't want to buy freeze dried food and say "there, I am prepared" I figured I needed to produce food on my own and invest in education (agricultural education, not class room stuff). Although I did not produce much in the way of food with my gardening, I produce landscaping plants because they are easy and make money. And when food shortages hit in march I had the infrastructure in place to switch from producing trees/shrubs to producing food. I had Chickens already because I needed their poo so I have meat and eggs handled. I had to learn to grow plants for food. I already had the soil/compost production taken care of which is the majority of the knowledge needed for gardening. This year I learned how to prune certain plants for production. Neighbors around me had to start from scratch and many of them failed to produce a meals worth of food.

 

[drstratton]

For the last 10 plus years I have been preparing for anything that may or may not happen. Not that I was expecting anything but someone convinced me that it doesn't hurt to be prepared for disaster. I didn't want to buy freeze dried food and say "there, I am prepared" I figured I needed to produce food on my own and invest in education (agricultural education, not class room stuff). Although I did not produce much in the way of food with my gardening, I produce landscaping plants because they are easy and make money. And when food shortages hit in march I had the infrastructure in place to switch from producing trees/shrubs to producing food. I had Chickens already because I needed their poo so I have meat and eggs handled. I had to learn to grow plants for food. I already had the soil/compost production taken care of which is the majority of the knowledge needed for gardening. This year I learned how to prune certain plants for production. Neighbors around me had to start from scratch and many of them failed to produce a meals worth of food.

It's definitely good to be prepared! We have other animal pens, I could get goats & a cow! We are raising pigs...our kids did 4h, so we are pretty well setup if we need to expand more!

 

[Compost King]

It's definitely good to be prepared! We have other animal pens, I could get goats & a cow! We are raising pigs...our kids did 4h, so we are pretty well setup if we need to expand more!

I wish I could get away with having goats, I would get Nigerian Dwarf Goats because of the high fat content of the milk.

 

[igorsMistress]

How should I go about helping a local animal farm (idk whT else to call it) that has taken in pet rabbits that were surrendered by their owners? They're in very small cages with no toys and little hay. The rest of the animals are well taken care of. It's a nonprofit organization. I'll need to raise some money of course bit once I have money and permission I plan on fixing up the small building they're in, making a play space luke a playpen, getting toys, hay, water bowls, and possibly getting then fixed if they aren't already (depending on how much money I get to work with). Maybe we'll try to get some of them adopted.
Any tips or ideas?

Maybe try go fund me or something similar

 

[Fishychix]

Sure I will tomorrow yes he has a water bowl yes he has a blanket and he has a crate type thing he loves to sit on top of it litter box is small ill expand it once I find a puppy play pen things are so difficult to find here and yes I am growing grass and until then I brought hay from my village. He is in a cage. I like to open him while I take online classes which gets him 8 hours outside and sometime outside at night too under light when I'm doing my homework he is very active at night. And no problem it's totally fine. He has a pine cone and I made a few toys. He doesn't play with them he only likes his blanket.

Awesome! You’re allowed to have him out of his cage then? I bet he’s a happy bunny.

 

[igorsMistress]

Hi all. How is everyone? Are your buns doing well? I finally got Kevin neutered. It’s amazing but the pooping all over the place quickly became a very rare thing. Yay for that. HopTart was making lots of racket in her pen while he was away and was grooming him and comforting him when he got home. They spend the evening laying in the doorway to their pen next to each other still and he seems to be getting along ok after surgery. No licking himself or anything. I was giggling at the thought of having him wear the cone of shame but fortunately he hasn’t had to. I wasn’t able to catch him to give him pain meds so he ended up going without. It didn’t seem to really phase him though I felt bad. I was more worried about him hurting himself trying to get away than anything else. I’m going to give him until this weekend and then start making nice again, apples should do the trick. I’ve been watching for fleece blankets to put in their hide outs, the cooler weather is coming and it can get chilly in their area. However, that also means they’ll be able to make trips outside to the yard before too long, they’re going to love that I’m sure. I’m debating about whether I should pen them out there, it’s probably the best idea at first; too bad I don’t have a dedicated pen for them out there. Hmmm...