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Thank you everyone! I'm actually feeling pretty optimistic about how this one will turn out now. I was really excited about this match to begin with but had gotten pretty worried when I saw that only 1 of the 2 kits was alive when I found them. I guess I'll just have to wait and see.

I have a 10 day old single Holland lop kit. I'm worried that it might be getting fed too much since it doesn't have to compete for food. Can anyone offer their opinion?

Thank you! That makes things clearer. Hopefully I'll get better and more confident at determining color earlier as I have more litters.

Well all eyes opened on day 13 so I guess there was nothing to worry about after all. :)

I'm keeping my fingers crossed for either a Siamese sable or smoke pearl. When does it become more obvious what they are?

Lol It is definitely fun but I still have so much to learn. I'll give them another few days and see what happens.

Hello everyone, I have a 12 day old litter of Holland Lops that still have their eyes closed. I've read that kits normally open their eyes somewhere between day 10-12. Should I be concerned that not a single one has open eyes? I've checked for crust and handle them several times a day so I know...

Well they still haven't opened they're eyes yet but at 11 days old it's only a matter of time. I'm debating between a sable point and a smoke pearl or 2 sable points. Come on little kits, open those eyes! Here are the 2 in question. https://goo.gl/photos/jawF9XE5r6XcWsgv8...

These are Holland Lop kits. The tort and broken tort are from another litter. The remaining 5 are out of a Smoke Pearl Buck carrying REW and a sable point doe. https://goo.gl/photos/BeuVYAnPKJZhRsBc6

I hope this little kit does as well as yours did Shazza. I moved both babies over to my other doe this morning since the mom has now gone 48 hours without feeding either one. Both are now full and warm. Does anyone know if a Holland Lop can take care of 7 babies? The other mom already had 5. I...

I flipped the doe over and let the runt nurse that way. She put up with it for about 5 minutes and then was done. That's the second day in a row now that I've had to do that. The other kit is clearly getting fed (has a nice round belly) but this one just looks super wrinkly and isn't really...

So here are a few more pictures of the runt after a supplemental feeding today. When I checked on the nest box this morning my doe still hadn't fed her kits but he/she was extremely wrinkly and cold. The other one is warm. As much as I hate to say it, I'm debating whether or not to just let...

Thanks everyone! I'll just keep an eye on him/her. I guess it could just take after its momma. She was pretty small even for a Holland and maxed out at just over 3 pounds.

Is this little guy or girl a peanut or a runt? I know peanuts are possible/common with Holland Lops but this is only my second liter so I haven't come across any yet. His/her legs look pretty normal and both bunnies in the photo were about the same size when they were born. They're 48ish hours...

Thanks! I really hope she took but I guess I won't know till the 11th or so. I still haven't gotten the hang of palpating.