Pregnant Rabbit!! HELP?
Well, my rabbit are due like a day apart from each other and I be just wondering since one of my rabbits (the one that is due before the other one) have cannibalism or whatever that disease thing is called when a mother a rabbit eat her young! Well as I was saying, would it be fine as soon as she give birth take her babies out and put them with the rabbit that won't have her babies describe another day or so? Or will she know if they aren't hers? Cause I really don't want to take concern of all these babies for a whole day and consequently put them in a box with a different rabbit that might be a little denote and I don't want them to die cause of me! Cause the day that our rabbit gave birth (one beside cannibalism) she ate two, and she had three so then we saved that one nad she then died! PLEASE HELP ME!
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Oh my honesty thats horrible. I hope that doesn't happen either. But yes its worth a sot butting them in in that with the other mother bunny. I know that this idea works well near cats and dogs. So maybe it'll work with bunnies too.
Just because your doe ate her babies concluding time, it doesn't mean that she will this time. It might be likely she does again but it's not a disease.
You can take them absent from her and foster them to the other doe. The other for won't reject them. The only problem you will have is keeping track of whose babies are whose If they aren't different varieties.
Answers: If she did it once it doesn't mean that she may do it again. But, if you knew she have problems being an aweful mother you shouldn't have bred her again.
If the next babies will be born the subsequent day at the same time or before, you can put them next to your other rabbit, they will be fine. If the babies are bigger than the next days's doe, or if there are a great deal in the litter, don't risk the other doe's babies, they may be stronger than the other babies or if there are too tons the other babies won't be fed enough.
But, if there's not that abundant in both litters and they are about the same size later go ahead and stick the babies in the other rabbit's nestbox. I've fostered babies before when some of my rabbits have way too many babies and they did fine and all survived. But, I have a doe that I bought just to foster babies because she was so experienced an a great mom, so I don't know how your rabbit may react to you messing next to her nest.
Please please please though, never breed that rabbit again. You should never breed a rabbit with problems, specially if it has happen to you while in your care, that is the most irresponsible entity that you can do, and please stop calling yourself a good breeder if you do. She will probably never be better.
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Don't put the babies with the mother that hasn't have the babies yet. Take the nestbox out with you and keep it somewhere secure, maybe in a separate room if you are firm on not departure them with their real mom(they'll be fine if the other rabbit deliver within about 20 hours).
As soon as you see that the rabbit (the one you will foster the babies with) has have her babies wait about two hours and stick the other rabbit's babies in.
Otherwise, she will hurt the babies while kindling her own, may step on them, or hurt them accidentally. So, you own to wait until her own babies are born for some hours and then stick them in.
If the doe have them later than a day after the babies are born they have a better opening staying with their own mom, who knows..she may surprise you and be good this time.
If they are different colors (the two litters) you won't hold any trouble recognizing them. You may want to take a picture of them before putting them adjectives together. Or figure out another way to recognize which litter is which.
I'd call your vet and ask up to that time doing anything., that kind of thing they
do with so frequent animals, but i'm not sure about rabbits so, yeahh, i'd call.
