I completely understand that we all have other things to do besides dealing our rabbitries, but there are times when other breeders will post pictures of a rabbit and all I see is the messy cage that should have been cleaned. I would be embarrassed to post such a picture! This week I had taken a good looked around my rabbitry and thought that is was getting a bit too furry for my taste. Plus, we had not cleaned the fans last week. I try to do them at least once a week, but sometimes other things take priority. While my husband worked on a project this weekend that was in preparation for the new rabbitry—very excited about this!—I worked on cleaning the rabbitry alone. Some people will advise to torch the fur on the cages, but heating up the cage wire weakens the wire and welds resulting in reducing its lifespan. A rabbit can bite and pull off wire that has been subjected to being torched much easier than wire that has not, which is why I practice the more labor intensive, but wir...

I have seen cage tags from very simple to very fancy, from write on plastic to small charts on paper. Everyone has their own set up and flair in their own rabbitries that works for them. After using cage tags for some time, I finally realize what I really wanted for mine. Every tag should have at the minimum the rabbits ear number. The name is also a must-have for us. I also added the sex, which is always good to know at a glance (although I am using color coding for that so may not be needed now), and the color of the rabbit, which is a left over from my meat breeding days (before I began showing) with many color genetic variations as now most of my rabbits are black, but I think of it as maybe being helpful to anyone who would need to take care of my buns for me should that happen. While I can plan and chart on my computer as well as when I leaf through my rabbitry binder, it is in my rabbitry handling the rabbits or even just cleaning their cages that I think out my breeding ...