Making My Rabbitry Visual

15 Sep 2010 2 Comments

by gbfrabbit in Rabbitry Organization Tags: cage tags

I’ve always used tags of some sort to label each of my cages with the rabbit’s name and background information; usually just printed out on card stock from my Evans program. They worked, but not for long as the bunnies managed to eat most of them.  I’ve taken it a step further now.  I bit the bullet and made a large order to cagetags.com the other day for three types of tags, each a specific color:

BLUE Breed ID tags for every rabbit in the barn

PINK Breeding Tags for all does that are bred or with litters.

ORANGE Blank tag.

I did not buy the little clips for all these tags; I just use cable ties.  Many of my bunnies have a bad habit of chewing on the clips and ruining them, hence the cable ties.  I write on the tags with a Black Sharpie marker.  I did buy the Soy Solv ink remover and they are right – that stuff works amazingly!

When I breed a doe, I fill out a Pink Breeding Tag and place it over her Blue ID Tag.  When I’m walking through the rabbitry now, it’s immediately obvious who is bred and who isn’t.  A quick check of the tag and I know when the doe  should kindle.  I keep a sharpie out there, so when she kindles, I record the date and calculate when the babies can be weaned.  So much easier.  Inevitably, I’ll have people look at bunnies and want to know how old they are.  Now I know instantly.

Any rabbits having health issues get an Orange tag.  I write the date and what the problem is or medication given.  I place that over the Blue ID Tag.  When the bunny is healthy, the orange tag is removed, cleaned and ready to be used again.  The orange color really stands out and screams “ATTENTION needed here!”

Today I was breeding and worming bunnies.  I wrote today’s date and what I wormed them with on the back of the Blue ID tag.  ex:  “9/15 wormed SG” (SG stands for SafeGuard).  I decided it was best to record worming info on the BLUE tags since they are always with the bunnies and it isn’t really a medical issue.  A quick flip of the tag tells me the last time they were wormed.  (Oh, when I worm, I clip nails too).   This was something I was never very organized about.  Problem solved.  Does got their PINK Breeding Tags.

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