well there were nine full term kits, her stomach was full and the small intestine immeadiately following the stomach seemed over-full, there were about 3 bunnny berries in first few inches of the large intestine but nothing in the rest of it...I wonder if she just got rid of them in preparation for labor or if there is some kind of blockage? Liver looked normal, no sign of worms, flukes, etc, yet.
I neeed to open the intestine but I needed a break.
The kit closest to the exit was facing butt out, head in...rabbits are usually born head first right? He wasn't even in the canal...there was a lot of blood in one horn of the uterus (possibly because she was laying on that side after she died), and she was clearly bleeding when I first found her, it very much looks like loss of blood is what caused her death, but why would that happen? There was no impact that I know of, she hadn't been jumping up on top of the nest box in the past week even, she was too akward. I am baffled, but reassured that she had no communicable illness that I can see.
I neeed to open the intestine but I needed a break.
The kit closest to the exit was facing butt out, head in...rabbits are usually born head first right? He wasn't even in the canal...there was a lot of blood in one horn of the uterus (possibly because she was laying on that side after she died), and she was clearly bleeding when I first found her, it very much looks like loss of blood is what caused her death, but why would that happen? There was no impact that I know of, she hadn't been jumping up on top of the nest box in the past week even, she was too akward. I am baffled, but reassured that she had no communicable illness that I can see.