Mommy Rabbit

Hi everyone thankyou for letting me join , gladto be here, i have manybunnies some ready to kindlesome already kindled , most are rescuestaken from very poorenvironments ,

My biggest problem for themoment is i have a femalerex almost a year old , shekindled on 1 /20 and asoftoday weaned her babies they are not evena month old yet , is thisnormal or something ishould worry on , i haveremoved them from hercage as she was beatingthem horrably , they are insidewith me and beingpartially bottle fed , is this normal? my larger Lop femalewho kindled last month didnt startweaning till 5 weeks old ? thanksfor your t ime

 

[Fergi]

Are the kits nibbling on solids yet? If not thenI would be concerned but if they are able to eat hay and pellets anddrink water I would think they should be fine. I have heard of does notnursing after three weeks with no ill results on the babies. She couldjust be a crabby mom who is wanting her alone time. You could try tobring the babies to her in the early morning or later in the evening tosee if she will nurse. You can also hold her and let the kits nurse.

I would base my descion on how much the kits are eating regular food.

Good luck and Welcome to the forum! I am sure you will get some otherresponses soon. The picture of the kits is very cute, it is great thatyou have rescued these animals from poor conditions.

Fergi's mom

 

Thank You Fergi ,

yes the babies areeating solids anddrinking water on theirown , lol they arelittle piggies to beexact i tried puttingone baby back in with hertonight and omg!! she tore intot hat poor baby like it was an alien, in the process of trying toremove the baby i was bittenand scratched geesh talk abouta grouch , not bittenbad but enough to let me know shewasnt a happy camper ,

lol lesson learned hard way butlearned none the less lol.the babies i sent apicture of was from one of thefirst doe's i rescuedthey al have wonderfull homesas will these little darlins,if anyone is interested ido animal rescusefrom my home itgets expensive, but isso rewarding when youcan make a solid matchof pet and owner

 

[pamnock]

In cases of early weaning, I top off the babiesfeed with a little calf manna (milk pellets) and rolled oats.Babies can actually do quite well at this age, but stress very easilyso should never be sold this young (as some pet store dealers do).

Pam

 

thank you ,

these babies are notbeing sold to pet stores onlyto good loving homes , i have them ona special feed i get thruAgway feed stores t eh mommyDoe's do well with it ithas most everythingin itincluding safflower and sunflower seeds , oats ,buscuits and high protein grains KayTeeputs it out and i always senda bag of food witheach new owner that way theycan wean themoff itor keep it on it its mychoice tho rather pricy but ifeel it is benificial to thebabies and Mommys

these were not purposly breddoes seems all but 2 came in preggers, as of right now i have 6males and 8 females with as of lastcount 10 babies with 3 moredoe's to kindle meep !!!! talkabout a populaton explosion lol

 

[rabbitgirl]

I had an early weaning this summer. The doe had swollen nipples from nine biting babies and just couldn't take it anymore.

They're all fine, separated from mum at 5 wks. (she was going mad withall the begging babies) and separated from siblings at 9 wks. She wasso frustrated I was afraid she'd hurt them. They were eating solidsjust fine.

One of the babies, at 6 mo. or so....

As you can see, he's as healthy as a horse and no ill effects from early weaning.

Rose

 

[Dwarf_Angel04]

Are these 'accident' litters or purpose litters?

If they are purpose litters Isuggest not tobred this doe again.

She doesn't seem to be 'mother material'.

 

awwwwww whata sweet face !!!! heis beautiful, lol yep i cansure see he is very healthy ,and never spoiled justwell loved is myfavorite saying lol

if the babies were 5weks i wouldnt be near asconcerned im hoping all works outwell they just love their newcage lol they think my husbandput cardboard down just for themto run and slide on lolsuch silly babies, im hoping mdigi cam will work inhte garage tomorrow so i cansend pics of these tiny little fur balls, thanks so much all

 

No these were not onpurpose breedings on my part the placei took them from wasresponsable for all these poorfemales having babies , Thisparticular Doe will be goinginfor spaying she has avery nasty temperwhen she isnt in heat , which i mightadd she did as soonas we moved the babies out, foolish thing started rightin with the chatterand bumping the handthe whole 9 , she has anappointment for tomorrowmorning, she wont be happybut i will feel muchbetter ,

 

[rabbitgirl]

gypsy wrote:

awwwwww what asweet face !!!! he isbeautiful, lol yep i can suresee he is very healthy ,and never spoiled justwell loved is myfavorite saying lol

if the babies were 5weks i wouldnt be near asconcerned im hoping all works outwell they just love their newcage lol they think my husbandput cardboard down just for themto run and slide on lolsuch silly babies, im hoping mdigi cam will work inhte garage tomorrow so i cansend pics of these tiny little fur balls, thanks so much all

Thanks! Bub is quite spoiled, my big golden boy. Definitely thepampered "crown prince" of my little herd, Bub is the son of my belovedBunbun and a borrowed doe, Tank. Purebred Palominos are pretty rare inmy area, so I had to borrow the doe from a local breeder for a fewmonthsin exchange fortwo kits from her litter.Bunbun died a few days before his babies were born, at 8.5 yrs. old,from a vet's mistake. Nine little Bunbuns all survived and thrived, andBub is nowa magnificent young Palomino who will hopefullysire a Pal litter of his own someday and improve the local breedingstock. There's been WAY too much Pal inbreeding locally because of verylimited breeding animals.

Oh, did I forget to mentionthedoeactuallyweaned at 3 wks.?? Whoops! I separated them from mum at 5 wks.,but shestopped feeding themby 3 wks. So the same asyours then, except they stayed with mum for two more weeks afterweaning.

Can't wait to see baby pics!!!!

Rose