Kati's Holland Lops
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My rabbit just give birth to four babies one of them is a runt and I want to help it and it is way skinner than the other ones, HELP PLZ
Help The Runt Of My Litter Plz
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FreezeNkody
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Just leave it be.
Kati's Holland Lops
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Let nature take its course?
Sometimes runts are fine, other times there is already something wrong with it that means it will pass on no matter what you do. I can understand the need though. When you say it is skinny, is the belly still rounded and full or is it sunken and crinkly? If the belly is full, then it is feeding and perhaps there is nothing else you can do for it. If it is not feeding, it will pass quickly. You have the option of attempting to hand feed it with something like kitten formula, but the mortality for handreared baby rabbits is sadly very high even with a perfectly healthy baby.
Good luck.
Good luck.
ladysown
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if the runt is eating and drinking well it will be fine although perhaps always smaller and weaker.
otherwise what you can do is
1. remove the biggest kits for one feeding. OR
2. supplement by removing mom from the kits for six hours and then hold the runt under her to feed. OR
3. as others have suggested, let nature take it's course OR
4. supplement with goat milk... very carefully drip feeding it
GOOD LUCK!
otherwise what you can do is
1. remove the biggest kits for one feeding. OR
2. supplement by removing mom from the kits for six hours and then hold the runt under her to feed. OR
3. as others have suggested, let nature take it's course OR
4. supplement with goat milk... very carefully drip feeding it
GOOD LUCK!
