Interesting so I was actually about to be liming my yard here in a few weeks to help with my soils acidic levels, that would basically kill off the main culprit then right ?

Try to keep them in the outdoors as much as I can. Teaches a lot of life lessons, regardless of whether or not they stick to it in the future. We’re having fun!

Coccidia is the main culprit. It's a parasitic protozoa common in wet warm soil. Adult rabbits, unless they are immunocompromised, usually have no ill effects from coccidia. Most coccidia is fairly species specific.

Young rabbits, especially in hot weather will bloat up from the coccidia that lives in their guts. It's usually fatal once they bloat. If they survive, they are resistant to it in the future. Sulphamethadioxide, also known as Di-Methox, which is a coccidiastat, works great as a cure. It used to be cheap, but now you need a prescription.

When I raised pups I could buy a gallon for $44.00 that contained 1857 times the concentration vets now sell as Albon, which has syrup added for flavor, for $200.00 plus.

Avoiding sick rabbits, keeping the pen on dry ground and moving the pen frequently will make the chances of coccidia infections less. If they do get it, lime on the ground will kill it making it harder to spread.

At high densities of rabbits, on the ground, you would likely eventually have problems.

Keith

Thanks for the reply

Sarge

Not a fan of vinegar. If rusty, use Phosphoric acid as it will not attack the bare non oxidized metal like vinegar (acetic acid) will or use tannic acid (the stuff in logwood dye). Some paints have tannic acid in them to stop the rust but are a little pricey. If not that bad rust wise, just coat over your coon traps as the first caught coon will polish a lot of the residue off the metal. My experience. ...................the mike

Gotta love it

How long can you store it in a freezer if properly dried?

Sarge

Been heating with wood since ’87. I burn a bit of LP in the spring/fall. I’m not sure where all of the $$$ went that I saved over the years. I’m sure my wife could tell me

Your catch ratio is outstanding. I had to cover a lot more ground.

I would say last month was a lot more wood than this month is going to be.

I meet my 26 year old daughter in the farm shop at 7:oo every morning before she leaves for work at 7:30. I make her breakfast every Friday morning on the Blackstone. We hunt deer together most of the time and whoever shoots the smallest buck buys supper. I had to buy this year.

Ok...now I have to get nine. lol