kbhunnybunny
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Hi, I am really new on here and fairly new to rabbit breeding. Yes, I am one of those that thought they had 3 females and ended up with a surprise litter!
After the surprise litter, we discovered that she was indeed bred again as well as the other doe.
The two new litters, we have only 1 that survived out of 19 total. My husband had given cabbage to the mammas not knowing it would kill the babies due to bloat :-(
Anyway, we figured we had a little time to get the 2nd doe (oreo) out from the buck since she was already pregnant.
Well, stupid us...we thought, ok if we see pulled fur, then we know to get her out before the babies are born...too late, they were in the nest.
So, we took the babies out and put them inside with the mama, they died off 1 by 1 until we had 4 strong survivors that we found all suffocated by the mamma at 15 days old.
Now, we have 1 doe with mamma and 1 doe by herself who was bred right after kindling.
According to the day we found the babies in the next, it is 38 days gestation. She is crabby, tries to nip, we made a next box and put it in at 27 days, she pulled fur and put in the box, but has not had any babies....she drinks 24oz plus every day, she eats a ton of food, I can see the mounds in her moving around, but why is she not going into labor?
I put her back with the buck to see if she would reject him and she did, she ran and wouldn't let him within an inch.
The other doe kindled at 30 days....
What can I do naturally to get things moving along?
She is in a xl plastic dog crate with a nesting box in my sunroom...not too cold, not too hot....same place the other one kindled. <br /><br /> -- Tue Mar 25, 2014 12:29 pm -- <br /><br /> Ok, so we are on day 39, and no babies....
I have given her a Tums to see if the added calcium would help...we shall see when i get home from work (fingers crossed)
After the surprise litter, we discovered that she was indeed bred again as well as the other doe.
The two new litters, we have only 1 that survived out of 19 total. My husband had given cabbage to the mammas not knowing it would kill the babies due to bloat :-(
Anyway, we figured we had a little time to get the 2nd doe (oreo) out from the buck since she was already pregnant.
Well, stupid us...we thought, ok if we see pulled fur, then we know to get her out before the babies are born...too late, they were in the nest.
So, we took the babies out and put them inside with the mama, they died off 1 by 1 until we had 4 strong survivors that we found all suffocated by the mamma at 15 days old.
Now, we have 1 doe with mamma and 1 doe by herself who was bred right after kindling.
According to the day we found the babies in the next, it is 38 days gestation. She is crabby, tries to nip, we made a next box and put it in at 27 days, she pulled fur and put in the box, but has not had any babies....she drinks 24oz plus every day, she eats a ton of food, I can see the mounds in her moving around, but why is she not going into labor?
I put her back with the buck to see if she would reject him and she did, she ran and wouldn't let him within an inch.
The other doe kindled at 30 days....
What can I do naturally to get things moving along?
She is in a xl plastic dog crate with a nesting box in my sunroom...not too cold, not too hot....same place the other one kindled. <br /><br /> -- Tue Mar 25, 2014 12:29 pm -- <br /><br /> Ok, so we are on day 39, and no babies....
I have given her a Tums to see if the added calcium would help...we shall see when i get home from work (fingers crossed)
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