Kits' Genders Are In

[Bramble Briar86]

Tonight i looked at the kits, we have three boys and two girls.

Bramble Jr. is a boy and will be called (Dally, short for Dallas)

One of the lilacs is a girl, she will be called "Bracken"

One of the lilacs is a boy, do not know his name

One of the REWs is a girl, she will be called "MJ, short for Mary Jane*off of SpiderMan*)

One of the REWs is a boy, do not know his name.

Ellie-i THINK i did this right, anyone got any tips on how you tell them apart? They're two weeks old and four days.

 

[dajeti2]

Aww, Congrats again. They are alladorable. Pam had a good tip. She said rather than risk doing damage totheir little private parts she has this tail trick. If you PM her shecan tell you. I can't find the post. If I do I'll add it here foryou.

Tina

 

[cirrustwi]

When I got Sampson, they all looked identical,except 1 was light gray, the rest were sandy. I had troublepicking because they were all so adorable. She had marked theears with marker (I'm not sure what kind, but I think any would befine). She used 1 color for the 2 she was keeping andnumbered the rest 1-8 with a different color. Sampson was#2. I'm sure she had to reapply the marks often because hiswore off after a few days.

Jen

 

[pamnock]

Here was one of the posts I made:

On the very young kits, you need to be careful not to damage the genitals.
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You can gently pull the tail back a little -- the buck will have morespace between the "hole" and the rectum, where the doe's "taco" willtouch closely to the rim of the rectum. You can tell the sexof newborn kits with rather good accuracy using this method and thereis no chance of damaging or bruising the genitalsbecause youare not pressing on them.

You can also do a search for sexing kits -- I've made a number of other posts on sexing.

Pam

 

[Bramble Briar86]

Thanks, Pam.I'll try that tomorrow evening.

Ellie

 

[Jenniblu]

Congratulations on the [shadow=blue]boys[/shadow] and [shadow=violet]girls[/shadow]

 

[chipperluv]

ihave a qustion since u sound at least moreexperienced theni am breeding rabbits? IHAVE A DOE THAT ISDUE ONFRIDAY THE MAY 4 THROUGH 6TH! Theonly problem ihave is that the last litter of kits was onlyone and it was so big, icaught her eatingit@ Why??? How cani preventthis behavior? SHe had ojne goodlitter the first time five monthsago! thenit was all down hill form there? why? What r wedoing wrong? Shehas a big cage, toys pleny of food, she has a box forherkits to be bornin!

She still has one of the olderkitsliving in the cage with her,b ut the last timei seperated the bunnyfrom her she had a fit and still killed the baby kit@ whenit was born?ZTHis time we have her huge cage in our room and anincubatger standingby , heated and a bottle of kitten replacer onhand!@ what am i doing wrong?

the father is eperated from her inanother kennel!

chipperluv

 

[chipperluv]

ihave a qustion since u sound at least moreexperienced theni am breeding rabbits? IHAVE A DOE THAT ISDUE ONFRIDAY THE MAY 4 THROUGH 6TH! Theonly problem ihave is that the last litter of kits was onlyone and it was so big, icaught her eatingit@ Why??? How cani preventthis behavior? SHe had ojne goodlitter the first time five monthsago! thenit was all down hill form there? why? What r wedoing wrong? Shehas a big cage, toys pleny of food, she has a box forherkits to be bornin!

She still has one of the olderkitsliving in the cage with her,b ut the last timei seperated the bunnyfrom her she had a fit and still killed the baby kit@ whenit was born?ZTHis time we have her huge cage in our room and anincubatger standingby , heated and a bottle of kitten replacer onhand!@ what am i doing wrong?

the father is eperated from her inanother kennel!

chipperluvthis is pic of mommy rabbit , BUGSY!

 

[chipperluv]

ihave a qustion since u sound at least moreexperienced theni am breeding rabbits? IHAVE A DOE THAT ISDUE ONFRIDAY THE MAY 4 THROUGH 6TH! Theonly problem ihave is that the last litter of kits was onlyone and it was so big, icaught her eatingit@ Why??? How cani preventthis behavior? SHe had ojne goodlitter the first time five monthsago! thenit was all down hill form there? why? What r wedoing wrong? Shehas a big cage, toys pleny of food, she has a box forherkits to be bornin!

She still has one of the olderkitsliving in the cage with her,b ut the last timei seperated the bunnyfrom her she had a fit and still killed the baby kit@ whenit was born?ZTHis time we have her huge cage in our room and anincubatger standingby , heated and a bottle of kitten replacer onhand!@ what am i doing wrong?

the father is eperated from her inanother kennel!

chipperluv

 

[chipperluv]

odEAR BRAMBLE BRIAN,

wOW THAT KIT IS BIG! WHAT TYPE IS RABBIT IS THEDOE AND THE BUCK? lET MEKNOW? CUTE BABY KITS ! cutebaby

 

[chipperluv]

hopefuly ny doe will have healthy kits thistime! Shehas a varied diet and loves her raisons and granolacereal mix that i give them1 THEY ALSO LOVE THIER TOY RATTLEAND BALL ON A STRING ! Mine are veryplayful! Even while pregnant she played tonight and sheis due soon! aotof excess energy tonight, does that mean sheis almost near the laborday? she is due to my knowledge onmay 4-th 6th,and she is makng a nestalready from last week! She isnt pullinghair out yet though, she dilast week, but we had to clean the cage, and before i realized what shewas doing, we had already wrecked her nest, but she is making a newone! so when do u think she is due now? iam confused now! (her cagereally needed cleaning andimin a pat builidng, have to keepit clen atleast every two weeks i clean out the cages@!

chipperluv

 

[bluebird]

There are many reasons rabbits may eat therebabies,poor mothering instinct,A disturbance in therabbitry,insufficient protein,difficult birth,i have seen does eatbabies that were born dead.bluebird

 

[pamnock]

chipperluv wrote:

The only problem ihave is that the lastlitter of kits was only one and it was so big, icaught hereatingit@ Why??? How cani prevent this behavior? chipperluv

The best way to prevent this behavior and to discontinue the line ofdoes with poor maternal instincts is to stop breeding the doe.

Pam

 

[Bramble Briar86]

Cannibalism is hard to explain why. Suddenchanges, nest disturbance, some even believe that it's a geneticdisorder, some does may not be ready for kits, they're nervous,distrubances such as dogs, raccoons, hearing a male rabbit thump toooften. Also believed to be a mineral or vitamin deficiency.

Ellie