Bunny wabbits -- breeding [Archive]

HognosedCornSnake

07-28-2008, 09:38 PM

Ok, so pure chance... i messaged a friend of mine who had bred some rabbits a while back to see if she still had them and if she still bred cause i was looking into getting a trio...

well she messaged me back, she has been trying to get rid of them for a while, 3 fixed males and 3 un fixed females... and a cage...

from the way the message was put i believe they would be free..

i plan on putting the boys on craigslist for a small addoption fee -- and this weekend i plan on getting a male from a rabbit breeder thats sposed to be at the show.... =]

if this all happens... lol

does any one breed rabbits? i talked to Brian at BHB about them and he said that my boas will do great on rabbits, my main question is will my rainbow and jungles do good on them?

idk how many babies average from a litter from these that my friend has... but i figured it wouldnt hurt to ask... i just think its cool that the cages come with ahha

Chandler Rep

07-28-2008, 10:29 PM

So you plan on selling the free male rabbits....

HognosedCornSnake

07-28-2008, 10:41 PM

yeah, lol

Chandler Rep

07-28-2008, 10:45 PM

yeah, lol

Nothing wrong with making money just seems strange to try to sell them if your friend was having such a hard time giving them away....

HognosedCornSnake

07-28-2008, 11:02 PM

they wernt advertizing...

lol

im just going to put an ad up and see what happens, if nothing does right away... well... i have room in the freezer... :/

and i think they have been trying to get rid of all 6 together... thats alot for a normal person to take on lol.

Chandler Rep

07-29-2008, 06:56 AM

I hate killing rabbits....lol

Good luck either way with them, need to order a few with my next rat order to bulk up a few of the bigger ones around here...

FloridaHogs

07-29-2008, 07:09 AM

Sara, see if you can trade them in at the petstore for stuff you need.

Oh, BTW, bunnys scream like a small child, so be prepared.

Chandler Rep

07-29-2008, 07:36 AM

Oh, BTW, bunnys scream like a small child, so be prepared.

Why did you warn her, I just was waiting for that post....lol

HognosedCornSnake

07-29-2008, 12:36 PM

Oh, BTW, bunnys scream like a small child, so be prepared.

so i have heard....

thus why im looking into a humane way to kill them before i feed the snakes...

i dont think i could watch my snake eat a well kill a live bunny... lol

and good idea on the trading thing...

dad keeps telling me how much work they are...
and i told him, that because i will be breeding, i will be out there more, and that i have researched it, and i know what im getting into lol.

i have to be seriously organized...

Bigheinzer

07-29-2008, 02:40 PM

they make those little tire checker baseball bats. WHACK!

kenster

07-29-2008, 03:32 PM

Oh, BTW, bunnys scream like a small child, so be prepared.

Oh one of the first times I was rabbit hunting I shot one and it cried I almost felt bad when I twisted it's head off:scared:

Why did you warn her, I just was waiting for that post....lol

That would have been a video I wanted to see Sara thumping said rabbit, rabbit screaming..Sara screaming would have been priceless!!

I really can't think of a quick quiet way other than a .22 behind the ear. Use a solid tip bullet so it doesn't fragement into pieces like a hollow point. :thumb:

HognosedCornSnake

07-29-2008, 06:15 PM

haha thanks ken...

i think the screaming would have slightly surprised me... but i wouldnt have screamed lol

it would be an interesting video... lol

FloridaHogs

07-29-2008, 07:10 PM

Naw, but your dad would have!! LOL!! :becky:

Chandler Rep

07-29-2008, 09:01 PM

Ken is right they make a short little 22 round that trappers use....not loud because most of the time they are in city limits where firing a gun isn't allowed...

If it is solid you maybe able to fish it out with a pair of tweezers so you wouldn't have to worry about the snake....unless you can find copper ones but even if you can find them it would cost alot....

HognosedCornSnake

07-29-2008, 09:26 PM

any wayy.
got the wabbits tonight... crappy pics but i'll upload them when after i bring my dog out to the restroom =]

HognosedCornSnake

07-29-2008, 10:01 PM

Males - prolly give them away lol...
the father of the two others
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h194/pythonbabe/Rabbits/IMG_1959.jpg
young male - the sweet one lol
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h194/pythonbabe/Rabbits/IMG_1960.jpg
young male two
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h194/pythonbabe/Rabbits/IMG_1961.jpg

and the girls....
first is the daugher and the butt of a fawn female
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h194/pythonbabe/Rabbits/IMG_1963.jpg
this is the fawns head and the mom of the 3 babies...
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h194/pythonbabe/Rabbits/IMG_1962.jpg

the mom's ears lay down, but the rest of them have perky ears...
i'll post more pics of everything tomorrow...
=]

FloridaHogs

07-29-2008, 10:03 PM

So mama is a flop ear! Cool. Try tradeing them at petland. They seem to always have wabbits in there.

HognosedCornSnake

07-29-2008, 10:10 PM

yeah, i was just there today turning in my app...

=]

they take good care of their bunnies there too... lol

not to mention billy has a ton of rabbits already, im over his shop. as long as one snake wont eat the other, it gets to share a tank... hes gotta 5ish foor burm in there right now sharing that big tank with a 5 foot redtail... its annoying... lol

HognosedCornSnake

07-29-2008, 10:43 PM

my dog wouldnt go back inside because she was smelling the spotted young female... so i grabbed one of the males and let my dog smell him, she went strait back to the little female...

so i grabbed the female, let her smell it, put her back, and tried to get the dog back inside...
nope...
wouldnt go back in.. instead she walked back by the rabbit and sniffed again, so i grabbed the bunny again, and brought her inside... keara followed...

its her bunny, shes fine with it... i wouldnt put it down with her but now she is in her kennel whining...

my dog is retarded... lol

kenster

07-29-2008, 11:51 PM

my dog is retarded... lol

They say dogs take after the owner:becky:

HognosedCornSnake

07-30-2008, 12:24 AM

They say dogs take after the owner:becky:

ahha

perhaps, but in your case you take after your Yeti...

FloridaHogs

07-30-2008, 07:14 AM

So is that why Duke has his leg "issue"? ;)

kenster

07-30-2008, 02:54 PM

So is that why Duke has his leg "issue"? ;)

I think he's been watching and taking notes:eusa_shhh:

HognosedCornSnake

07-30-2008, 03:19 PM

wow you people are crazy...
any wayy back on topic.
here are the cages they are in, we are going to build a roof thing over it with some tin my dads got in the back and the two smaller cages are going to get some legs -- and be on either side of the big hutch... witch will be split in half eventually...

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h194/pythonbabe/Rabbits/CIMG6298.jpg

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h194/pythonbabe/Rabbits/CIMG6294.jpg

SNSnakes

07-31-2008, 01:26 PM

OOooooooo, cute wasskly wabbits...lol!!

CO2 in an airtight box...nighty night wabbit! And I'm not sure, but I don't think they'll scream whilst passing out.

HognosedCornSnake

07-31-2008, 02:26 PM

cool cool.
thanks

Damnitbonnie

07-31-2008, 02:37 PM

Ken is right they make a short little 22 round that trappers use....not loud because most of the time they are in city limits where firing a gun isn't allowed...

.

I fire 22 shorts into a bag of dry cement mix in my basement but this is Detroit. I don't think anyone would call the police if you murdered your neighbor in the yard with a 45.

they make those little tire checker baseball bats. WHACK!

Aren't those great. One of my co-workers has a flasher on her route. I gave her one of these to try and fix that problem.

FloridaHogs

07-31-2008, 03:28 PM

Aren't those great. One of my co-workers has a flasher on her route. I gave her one of these to try and fix that problem.

Tell your co worker to just point and start laughing hystarically the next time she gets flashed. They normally stop after that! LOL!

HognosedCornSnake

07-31-2008, 04:08 PM

Tell your co worker to just point and start laughing hystarically the next time she gets flashed. They normally stop after that! LOL!

ahhahhahhahhahhah

MrsWTownsend

07-31-2008, 05:12 PM

Sara, here's a link you may find helpful... http://www.alysion.org/euthanasia/

Cute bunny wabbits!

HognosedCornSnake

07-31-2008, 05:44 PM

Oh thanks =]

on the monster snakes forum they have a diy on CO2ing... so if i cant figure anything else out, that may be the way i go =]

SNSnakes

08-01-2008, 10:46 AM

Oh thanks =]

on the monster snakes forum they have a diy on CO2ing... so if i cant figure anything else out, that may be the way i go =]

That's how I "harvest" mice and rats here. You can get CO2 two ways...as dry ice or as a gas in tanks. I use a 10 lb tank with a low pressure regulator that I bought at a welding supply store. When the tank runs out, I just exchange it. It cost me around $145 for the regulator, some vinyl tubing, and the tank full of gas. I had to buy the first actual tank, but thereafter, I only buy the gas inside the tank and exchange the empty for a full one. 10 lbs of CO2 gas is about $23 around here, but it lasts me a long time.

Gassing rodents is probably the most humane way to kill them. They just gasp a few times and then go unconscious. If they don't get fresh air within 5 minutes or so...they die. I've had a few "wake up" on me because I didn't leave them in the CO2 long enough (more than 5 minutes). I can't imagine what kind of pounding rat headache they had going on when they woke up...lol.

Damnitbonnie

08-01-2008, 01:17 PM

Tell your co worker to just point and start laughing hystarically the next time she gets flashed. They normally stop after that! LOL!

I told her to look at him with a straight face and say "Looks like a penis-only smaller". She actually went to the police and they arrested him. He lives in the apartment he was standing in front of. Also had a warrent out for him.
so when the city of Centerline was done with him he had to go to Fraser. STUPID PEOPLE.

HognosedCornSnake

08-01-2008, 05:54 PM

lol
what a loser...

and yeah, CO2 is prolly the way im going, im gunna price out dry ice for the time being =]

Bigheinzer

08-02-2008, 07:21 AM

I told her to look at him with a straight face and say "Looks like a penis-only smaller". She actually went to the police and they arrested him. He lives in the apartment he was standing in front of. Also had a warrent out for him.
so when the city of Centerline was done with him he had to go to Fraser. STUPID PEOPLE.

I'll be out soon don't worry about me

Bigheinzer

08-02-2008, 07:22 AM

When you co2 something aren't you suppised to let it air out first for like 24 hours? I thought i remebered seeing that somewhere. maybe it was only if you used dry ice? I don't remember

SNSnakes

08-02-2008, 11:23 AM

When you co2 something aren't you suppised to let it air out first for like 24 hours? I thought i remebered seeing that somewhere. maybe it was only if you used dry ice? I don't remember

Huh?? Not that I know of. CO2 is heavier than air. It will settle at the bottom of any closed container. Now, if you go CO2 crazy and let it run (or melt) in your house, then yeah, you might want to air out your house for a few hours...lol. Maybe you're thinking of CO (carbon monoxide)...CO is much more dangerous than CO2 because it will bind with the hemoglobin in your blood and block any oxygen takeup. Whereas CO2 is a natural byproduct of respiration and is completely safe in low doses. Because CO2 is heavier than air, it displaces the air in your killing container and the rats can't get any oxygen and pass out (and then die).

Dry ice works fine if you can get it. The problem with dry ice is storing it. You basically have use what you get, because it's gone the next day.

Another source of CO2 gas I've found is those 1-2 lb cylinders used for paintball guns...although I don't know how you would get the gas out in regulated quantities...never looked at them that close...maybe they have a small valve.

Chandler Rep

08-02-2008, 01:42 PM

SNSnakes

08-03-2008, 01:22 AM

You maybe able to rig up the valves they have for the AC recharge kits to a paint ball CO2 tank...don't know for sure though...

Scott what type of regulator do you have for your tank, I don't know why but I thought that you could just wing it with a valve at the top....

It's a high to low pressure regulator valve. I got it at a welding supply store so it's a professional setup. The 10 lb tank has the valve at the top (with the fitting off to side)...if you open that up, you get the CO2 shooting out as frozen "snow" at a very high rate of speed...lol.

I took some pics of my "killing machine" setup. The regulator has 2 gauges...one for the pressure inside the tank, and the other for the pressure coming out of the low side. The nut on top of the regulator adjusts the outgoing low pressure. I added the vinyl tubing (10ft) so I can insert the end in a container of rodents.