Friday, May 14, 2010

My rabbit wont let the bunnies nurse on her?

She wont let them nurse and they are still pretty little. Whats the cause of this. How can i feed them?My rabbit wont let the bunnies nurse on her?
Hello,


A mother rabbit only feeds her kits once every 24 hours. She may be sore and then you will have to take her to the vet. If that is true, then she may have a disease/problem that will require you to be bottle feeding them milk re placer the vet gives you.





Hope this helps!My rabbit wont let the bunnies nurse on her?
You don't say exactly how old they are..if they are under 3 weeks old she should be feeding them twice a day. Once in morning and once in the evening..check and see if they have full bellies or not. You can also keep them seprate from her and put them in twice a day for her to feed them..I always ues this method and it works well for me. It will also keep her from trampling them if something upsets her.





If you are sure they are not being fed you can use a kitten replacer of make one your self useing 1/2 cup water, 1/2 cup evaporated milk, 1 egg yolk, 1 teaspoon honey and 1 tablespoon corn sryup. You can use a plastic eye dropper to feed them or if they are a little older you can let them drink it from a shallow lid.





If they have opened their eyes you can also let them eat dry bread..its the first thing bunnies will eat and also hay.





Also if they are under 3 weeks you will need to rub their genitals with a wet cotton ball to make them pee.

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