ETHERBUN
...is an electronic mailing list devoted to care, health and behavior
of
domestic companion rabbits. The list is free of charge, and offers a wealth
of
information, especially for the new rabbit "parent."Our subscribers include veterinarians, vet students, microbiologists, nutritionists, chemists, biologists and others whose areas of expertise are very helpful in getting to the root of a rabbit health problem.
Obviously, there is no substitute for taking your bunny to your rabbit- experienced veterinarian. But when an unusual problem rears its head, EtherBun folks put theirs together and can offer ideas and suggestions based on experience and a strong background in the sciences.
The list is "subscribers only," so if you post a question directly to the list, it will not appear unless you are subscribed to EtherBun.
Quick Links to EtherBun Information
- What Constitutes an On Topic Post?
- Netiquette: General Guidelines for Proper Posting
- What Constitutes an Off Topic Post?
- Please Read Our Specific Policies regarding...
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Penalties for Off Topic Posting
NEWBIE BUNNY PEOPLE! You can find excellent resources for information on basic rabbit care at several web sites. Please peruse these as you enjoy EtherBun, so you'll be better able to participate in discussions and have some good background information before you begin:
Using EtherBun: Basic Nuts and Bolts
To join EtherBun, go to Io Groups for instructions.
To post a message to EtherBun, use this address: main@etherbun.groups.io
To unsubscribe from EtherBun, send a blank message to main+unsubscribe@etherbun.groups.io
2. All administrative requests or technical questions about the list should be sent to one of the members of EBAC.
Please do not send such questions to the EtherBun Listserve.
3. Condolences, healing wishes, birthday wishes, and any other responses
directed to (or of interest to) only one person (such as "I agree!" Or:
"Alice, you're the greatest!" Or: "Will you please send me this
information?") should be sent only to that person, not to the entire
list.
4. Verbatim re-posting or forwarding of non-emergency messages
from other listserves or newsgroups is not permitted. If you feel that a post on another
list or newsgroup is of interest to EtherBun subscribers,
please paraphrase the content and write it as an original EtherBun
post.
5. Life-or-death rabbit emergencies from any source may be posted at any
time. However, please help us keep list volume down by notifying members
of the list or newsgroup from which you are forwarding an emergency
message that you have already done so. This will help prevent numerous
repeat forwardings of the same emergency.
6. When you respond to a particular post DO NOT RE-POST THE MESSAGE TO
WHICH YOUR ARE RESPONDING IN ITS ENTIRETY. Copy only the few lines
essential to making sense of your reply. This is especially important
if you are on digest! NEVER RE-POST AN ENTIRE DIGEST.
7. Do not quote the entirety of another person's letter or an extensive
information entry from another source--whether from private mail,
another forum, or a published document--without the author's express,
written permission. If you wish to post information from another
source, paraphrase it if possible or quote only the minimum necessary
and reference the source or URL so others can consult the original.
Failure to comply with this guideline is grounds for immediate removal
from EtherBun.
8. Remember: messages should pertain to the health, behavior, care and biology of
rabbits. If you have found a rabbit-related product designed for humans
(e.g., cute rabbit note cards, jewelry, artwork,
clothing, etc.), please post it to a more appropriate list.
If, however, you wish to share information about a product designed for
rabbits (food, litter, hutches etc.), please feel free to post it to
EtherBun.
IN SUMMARY, whenever one posts any electronic mail message to
any
electronic mailing list, it's a good idea to ask yourself the following
questions...
Welcome to EtherBun!
Please retain this welcome message for easy access to Etherbun guidelines and policies.Posting Guidelines
Please read these guidelines carefully and abide by them.
All EtherBun subscribers are held accountable for the guidelines.
Serious infractions may result in a revocation of posting privileges.
1. All EtherBun posts should pertain to the health, care, and
behavior of domestic companion rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus). If
your post does not fit that description, there's a good possibility that
it's off topic. Please check with EBAC before proceeding, if you're not
sure.
Your answers to the above will help you screen out "noise" and become a
welcome member of any electronic mailing list.
Off Topic Posts: RABBIT BREEDER POLICY
The owners of EtherBun do not condone rabbit breeding for any reason. Therefore, any discussion promoting, endorsing, or encouraging rabbit breeding or showing on EtherBun is strictly prohibited. Likewise, the posting of links to rabbit breeder web sites is strictly prohibited on Etherbun. Before you post a link on EB, please verify that it is not a link to any breeder site.Our rabbits are beloved, respected members of our families. A large number of EtherBun subscribers are not only devoted to their rabbit companions, but also are deeply involved in rabbit rescue. Many of us spend a large portion of our lives and a huge chunk of our annual income rescuing rabbits that were abandoned or dumped when their purchasers grew tired of them. Almost without exception, those rabbits came from a breeder (either directly, or via a pet dealer) who raises rabbits for fun and/or profit.
Even breeders who raise rabbits "only for pet or show," contribute to the domestic rabbit overpopulation problem: a very large number of our rescued rabbits are purebreds who were dumped because of health problems (e.g., malocclusion) caused by inbreeding. Although some breeders may carefully avoid bad breeding practices, a large number do not. This often leads to unnecessary illness, suffering and "genetic poverty" in the rabbits they raise.
If you breed and/or show rabbits, do not identify yourself as a breeder, or ever post about your breeding/showing operation in any way. This includes using a rabbitry title in your user name or email headers and linking to any web site that is breeding-oriented. If you do any of these things on EtherBun, you are subject to deletion from the list without further notice. If you love your rabbits, we hope that reading EtherBun posts will enlighten you about how intelligent, sentient and deserving of love rabbits are. Once you read about how much EtherBunners love their rabbit companions, you might decide to get involved in the rescue efforts yourself. We welcome you to do that!
If you are interested in animals rights, another group called Rabbit Activist is available for just that purpose. Please click on the link to join.
ETHERBUN IS *NOT* A RESOURCE FOR PEOPLE ATTEMPTING TO FIND A NEW HOME FOR THEIR
PETS. Do NOT post a message if you are "trying to find a home for your
bunny." Such posts are strictly prohibited and will result in your
immediate removal from the list, without further warning.
If you are trying to find a safe home for your rabbit, here are some resources you might find useful:
There are many lists devoted to the rescue and rehabilitation of wildlife,
and there is a section at the House Rabbit Society's web site
(www.rabbit.org/) on what to do if you find a nest of wild rabbits.
Please refer to those sources for help with wild rabbits,
and keep the topic on EtherBun to domestic Oryctolagus cuniculus.
If you need help rescuing wild rabbits in danger, please go to
The
Wildlife Rehabilitation Information Directory, where you can find
links to licensed wildlife rehabilitators in your area.
If you are ever the victim of a private flame because of something
that
occurred on EtherBun, please forward a copy of the flame post to
an EB moderator (contacts listed below).
At the discretion of the EtherBun Advisory Committee, the perpetrator will
be warned and/or deleted from the list of subscribers.
What constitutes appropriate and inappropriate posts on EtherBun is
described in detail above, but please remember that if your message does
not pertain to the health, care and behavior of domestic companion
rabbits, it is likely to be OFF TOPIC, and subject to certain penalties.
When in doubt, check with EBAC before posting.
If you send an off-topic post to the list, you will be sent a
warning/reminder privately from a member of the EBAC, asking you to please abide by
the guidelines. Please do not take this note as a personal offense: one is
sent to every subscriber who violates Etherbun guidelines.
A second transgression within two weeks will result in the offending
subscriber's receiving a second advisory note and being placed on
moderated status for two weeks.
If within two weeks after reinstatement following a "moderated status"
period, the subscriber continues to post off topic notices to EtherBun,
the Advisory Committee will place the subscriber on permanent moderated
status.
If a moderated subscriber continues to attempt to post off-topic posts,
creating a large workload for the list moderators, s/he will be given a
warning. If this warning is not heeded, the subscriber will be banned from EtherBun, at the discretion of the moderators and list owners.
Please note that anyone who deliberately posts off topic
messages--ESPECIALLY if they are labeled "OT" in the header, or if
they start off with
"I know this isn't really on topic, but..." IS SUBJECT TO IMMEDIATE
MODERATION WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE.
Deliberate OT posting rude and inconsiderate of the hundreds of
subscribers who stay on EtherBun because it is a low-noise, efficient
list. EtherBun isn't a democracy. It's a resource valued by many, and
because of this, EBAC will protect the list, even if it means bruising the
feelings of a subscriber who has not taken the time and effort to read and
abide by the rules.
We know these rules may sound harsh, but we try very hard to be fair while
keeping list volume manageable and topics of interest to everyone. If you
have questions about any of these guidelines, please feel free to email
one of the members of EBAC for more information.
Please note that EtherBun is a relatively high volume list, and that a
committee has been organized to keep the list on topic.
If you have a question about the appropriateness of a post you wish to
send to EtherBun, please do NOT send it to EtherBun with the forewords,
"I'm not sure if this is on topic, but..."
Instead, send the post to one of the members of the EtherBun Advisory
Committee (EBAC) and ask whether it is on topic. The moderators are:
LIST MANAGERS/MODERATORS:
EtherBun is a community of people who love their rabbits as members of
their family. With over 1300 subscribers, EB has subscribers of many
different professions and levels of expertise with rabbits and their
care. Although many knowledgeable rabbit rescuers are EtherBun subscribers,
and although three members of the EtherBun Advisory Committee (the body
that monitors EB for content to be sure things stay on topic) are
affiliated with the House Rabbit Society, Etherbun is NOT sponsored by nor officially
affiliated with the
House Rabbit Society.
EtherBun subscribers generally consider their rabbits to be members of
their family, and are aware that there is a severe domestic rabbit
overpopulation problem which results in thousands of rabbits being
abandoned/euthanized every year. This list is devoted to the
care, behavior, health and biology of domestic rabbits as companions, and
not about producing rabbits for either pleasure or profit. Such topics are
unacceptable for EtherBun under any circumstances.
Off Topic Posts: ANIMAL RIGHTS ISSUES POLICY
Animal rights issues, while important to many of us on EtherBun, are not
an appropriate topic for EtherBun, as they do not directly pertain to the
health, care, behavior and biology of companion rabbits. Animal rights
issues tend to elicit intense emotions on both
sides, inviting flame wars. Because of this, we do not allow their
discussion on EtherBun.Off Topic Posts: RESCUE/ADOPTION NOTICE POLICY
If you are a rabbit rescuer, you may post descriptions of adoptable
rabbits only on the last Friday of each month. Please limit your
"adoptable rabbits" post to descriptions of no more than four different
rabbits.
Off Topic Posts: WILDLIFE REHABILITATION POLICY
EtherBun is a list about domestic companion rabbits. Discussions about
the behavior of wild rabbits and how it compares to that of our companion
rabbits is acceptable. But because there are very few people on EtherBun
with the expertise necessary to teach about rehabilitating wild rabbits,
and because it is against the law in most states to harbor wildlife
without a permit, discussions of rehabilitating wild North American
rabbits is not permitted on EtherBun.
Off Topic Posts: FLAME POLICY
EtherBun is an unmoderated listserve. However, because we want EtherBun
to be a happy place, the list owner and the EtherBun Advisory Committee
insist that there will be NO FLAMING, EVER. A flame is defined as a
personally insulting or derogatory post. Strong opinions, healthy
disagreement and civil discussion are welcome on EtherBun, but flaming
will not be tolerated. If you write a post voicing a strong opinion about
a controversial issue, please DO NOT name other EtherBun subscribers
personally. To do so invites hostility and fans the flames of war, which
will not be tolerated on EtherBun. Offenders will be warned by the
Advisory Committee, and repeat offenses will result in the offender's
being deleted from the list.
May Off Topic Items Ever be Posted on EtherBun?
Penalties for Off-Topic Posting
The EtherBun Archives
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We're glad you have joined us, and look forward to lots of fun and
learning!