sukigirl
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So a little backstory here. I owned a dwarf rabbit for ten years, Suki, who passed away about two years ago from cancer. I currently now volunteer at a sanctuary and today these four baby rabbits came in. One of the keepers told me that this woman breeds show rabbits, and any of the babies that don't come out "perfect" she gives to the sanctuary. Well, the sanctuary currently has MANY baby animals and they just couldn't handle these small rabbits, so they were going to give them over to animal control. I knew though that animal control was probably just going to euthanize them and it just broke my heart. My apartment doesn't even allow me to have rabbits, but I took one of the babies anyway as my parents in California promised to take him/her if I got caught with him/her, which I'm sure I won't if I'm just careful. I wanted to take them all but sadly I knew my limit was one.
Problem is, I don't know if the rabbit is male or female or how old it is. The woman who left them said they were flops, and the reason she got rid of them is because there ears don't come all the way down. I have dubbed him/her Mew, and he's very small. My rabbit Suki when I got her was already twice the size as Mew. I'm worried if she/he still needs milk and how to care for him/her. Right now I have a small rabbit "water bottle", and it's tried drinking from it, I'm not sure it knows yet how to work it so I poured a little water in it's food bowl just in case. Right now I have timothy hay, lettuce, two grapes and some shredded carrot in it's bowl. I've only had him home now for like...twenty minutes so he hasn't attempted eating yet. He explored a little, tried drinking water for the bottle, cleaned himself and now is just sitting dozing off. He seems very thin, but I'm not sure if that's just normal for his size or lack of nutrition.
I'd greatly appreciate some advice. Here are two pictures of him/her, hopefully it helps enough to get a idea of how big he/her is.
http://i57.tinypic.com/2v0bnn6.jpg
http://i60.tinypic.com/2ajw6qx.jpg
Problem is, I don't know if the rabbit is male or female or how old it is. The woman who left them said they were flops, and the reason she got rid of them is because there ears don't come all the way down. I have dubbed him/her Mew, and he's very small. My rabbit Suki when I got her was already twice the size as Mew. I'm worried if she/he still needs milk and how to care for him/her. Right now I have a small rabbit "water bottle", and it's tried drinking from it, I'm not sure it knows yet how to work it so I poured a little water in it's food bowl just in case. Right now I have timothy hay, lettuce, two grapes and some shredded carrot in it's bowl. I've only had him home now for like...twenty minutes so he hasn't attempted eating yet. He explored a little, tried drinking water for the bottle, cleaned himself and now is just sitting dozing off. He seems very thin, but I'm not sure if that's just normal for his size or lack of nutrition.
I'd greatly appreciate some advice. Here are two pictures of him/her, hopefully it helps enough to get a idea of how big he/her is.
http://i57.tinypic.com/2v0bnn6.jpg
http://i60.tinypic.com/2ajw6qx.jpg