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Articles from Brightside All articles from Brightside are by Teresa Wooden. Permission is granted for use on other sites as long as credit is given and a return link posted. Thanks. |
| Estimating the 10% and 50% Color Rule on Broken Jersey Woolies | How much color is enough color? Here's a good rule of thumb... |
| Getting and Keeping a Show Coat on your Woolies | Genetics, nutrition, and care to get prime show coats. |
| Is Your Hay Okay? | Why hay, what kind of hay, how to tell if it's good hay. |
| Alternatives to Oxytocin | Don't be too quick to resort to oxytocin use. |
| Wasters and Faders | When baby rabbits fail to thrive. |
| Dealing With a Urine Sprayer | Khemo, the Sharpshooting Buck.... and what can you do if you have one? |
| Dealing With a Biter | Why do some rabbits become aggressive, and what can you do about it? |
| How to Force-Feed a Rabbit | Sometimes it becomes necessary, and easier said than done... |
| How to Tattoo Your Bunny | Using both the clamp method and the electric tattoo pen. |
| Nifty Ideas at the Rabbit Show | Things we've seen to keep you and your rabbits happier at your next show. |
| Controlling Parasites | Most common parasites of rabbits -- links to picture and info sites. |
| Going to the ARBA Convention | What will it be like? What should you take? |
| Photographing Your Bunny | Tips and tricks to taking the best photos for your album or web site. |
| Teaching Your Show Rabbit to Pose | Do you have a "table hugger" or a "stand-up comic"? Some ideas to try. |
| Hot Weather Wisdom | Keeping your bunnies safe in the summer heat. |
| Breeding by the Moon | Does this stuff really work? We kept track of breedings, litters, and moon phases... Here's what we found. |
| The Story of Cygnus, the Ugly Duckling Bunny | Or "Why You Should Hold Onto Those Juniors!" |
| Our Conditioning Mix | "Aunt T's Super Rabbit Rocket Fuel"... what works for us. |
| About Your Pet Bunny | Tips on choosing, housing, feeding, and caring for your pet. |
| Choosing Your First Show Rabbit | Ready to show? Tips here on choosing that first show quality rabbit. |
| Lazarus Babies | Resuscitating "Frozen" Newborns |
| Getting Yellow Stains Out of White Fur | What really works? We put several products to the test. Photos and Results. |
| Cage Cleaning Tips | "It's no fun, but it must be done." |
| Grooming Jersey Woolies | That long coat is not as troublesome as you may have thought. |
| Health Tips | Basic health tips, links to excellent sources of info on medications, etc. |
| Showmanship Tips | Some guidelines for 4-H showmanship and Royalty contestants. |
| Helping Kids Get Started in Rabbits | The pros and cons, do's and don't's of helping your kids get into showing rabbits. |
| Rabbit Breeders' Jargon | Insider Lingo - or, "How Can a Rabbit Have Three Legs??!" |
| Breeding Tips -- from Selection to Weaning *** | Large section on "Everything" about breeding rabbits, from mating to selling the babies. |
| Photo Journal - The first 8 weeks of life ** | Follow the birth and development of a baby bunny for the first eight weeks of life. Cute photos! |
| Do Rabbits Communicate? | Yes, they sure do! Find out how to translate "Rabbit-ish" to English. |
| Rabbit Poop Diagnostics | More than you ever wanted to know about bunny poo. Photos. |
| Raising an Orphaned Litter | See pics of three orphaned babies we raised and get helpful tips. |
| Laughs | Jokes, funny stories, riddles about rabbits. |
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Links to Articles from Other Sources
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| Animal CPR Instructions | You never know when it might come in handy! |
| The Pencil Test | Excellent article to help you learn how to assess a rabbit's body type, by Patty Kovell |
| Balance and Conformation articles | from the miscellaneous articles section of the ARBA judges' education web site |
| GI Stasis - the Silent Killer | excellent article on a serious and all too common illness, by Dana Krempel |
| Housetraining Your Rabbit | Tips and guidelines for litter box training from the HouseRabbit Society. |
| HomeMade Rabbit Cage | Plans for building your own rabbit cage, from Dr. Tom Smith. |
| Rabbit Barn Plans | Several different plans for constructing your own rabbit barn, from the WoodWorker's Workshop. |
| Double Bottomed Nest Box Plans | Unique design idea to increase air circulation and cut down on bacterial growth in the nestbox. By Carol Cookson. |
| Tips for Happier Showing | Showroom etiquette and common sense (from ARBA's Domestic Rabbits magazine). |
| Build Your Own Nestbox Heater | A do-it-yourself project to help save those winter litters. From Swihart's Rabbit Habit. |
| Winter Breeding Depression | Empty nestboxes in winter? Here's why... by Pam Nock. |
| Breeding by the Phases of the Moon | From SpringValley Rabbitry |
| Conditioning Show Rabbits | From Crescent Valley Rabbitry |
| Cottonwood Farms Conditioning | By Patty Kovell |
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