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Oddities; WARNING: DOA'S
Topic Started: May 28 2014, 08:44 PM (111 Views)
Ghost Rabbitry
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Our last 2 litters have had some really weird babies in them, definitely odd ones. What causes them and is there any way to avoid getting them?

This one has really weird ears
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And no legs!
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NCK
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Wow, that is odd :blink: !

The first one looks like it could be a hippo, although it doesn't look as wide in the middle as the pictures I've seen. The second looks stretched, but I have no idea what would cause the absence of legs! Some kind of deformity or mutation? Were the kits DOA?
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NeuBunny
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what breed? Max factor? (max factor is genetic and apparently common in some of the dwarf breeds)

IF this is genetic, the only way to stop getting them is to ruthlessly cull (never breed again) BOTH parents of any such oddities. Generally you get the oddities when BOTH parents are carriers for odd recessives. Breeding a carrier to a non-carrier only hides the problem for a generation.

More critically - check your water source - especially if on a well. Lots of potential teratogens (chemicals that cause birth defects) can contaminate groundwater. Vitamin deficiencies (especially B) can also cause birth defects.
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I had a litter of DOA woolies recently and one of them was missing a back leg. Very odd when that happens. xD It wasn't chewed off. It was just a perfect little numb where the back leg should have been. I've heard the same things about water that NeuBunny mentioned as well.
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