sashakaran
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So... don't know how many of you know of my newbie plight, but today the worst has happened to my Cali doe, Carrol (the bun in my avatar).
I got her from the Jr. Grand National Rodeo rabbit show last October, and hoped and prayed and crossed my fingers hard for a litter. Well a month went by and nothing, then we re-bred, and then palpated 2 weeks later, and nothing, so we re-bred again. Lo and behold she kindled two weeks later (newbie at palpating too apparently...) Yay ecstatic, right? WRONG. She doesn't feed the babies and they all are dead by day 3.
I re-breed her and then palpate 12 days later and wow I can actually feel the grapes! Super on top of the world kind of feeling! She kindles exactly at midnight of the 31st day, I was awake and watched her for a bit-- she made a nest, hopped in the box, and everything was going well, so I gave her some privacy. NEVER AGAIN. By the next morning, there were babies all over the cage (it was a pet-style, hard-bottomed cage with a layer of shavings) and all ended up dying (after I spent a few hours doting upon the two that moved after being warmed).
So she was given two days and was re-bred and at this point we had eaten her mate (got new exciting meat stock) so she was bred to Standard Rex and Am Chin bucks. I knew she was pregnant even though I couldn't feel the grapes this time, because she looked and felt much heavier. Well, today when I was doing rabbity chores, I noticed orange on her nose and thankfully realized that it was blood. She did have a fair bit of blood on her resting place, so I looked around, and sure enough I found one cold, dead kit-- IT'S 4 DAYS EARLY!!
I swear, if it's not one thing, it's another with this doe... I can't understand how she ever had a litter before with what I've experienced!!
I tossed a bunch of hay to cover the bottom of the cage and threw in a nest box (she was gonna get it tomorrow morning), but she just started eating the hay right away.. not making a nest or anything. Then she had another kit on the hay (not in the nest box). I stepped in nestled the kit into a makeshift nest and she let me pluck fur from her dewlap.
She is ever so sweet-- but this was supposed to be her 3rd strike...
HELP!!
I got her from the Jr. Grand National Rodeo rabbit show last October, and hoped and prayed and crossed my fingers hard for a litter. Well a month went by and nothing, then we re-bred, and then palpated 2 weeks later, and nothing, so we re-bred again. Lo and behold she kindled two weeks later (newbie at palpating too apparently...) Yay ecstatic, right? WRONG. She doesn't feed the babies and they all are dead by day 3.
I re-breed her and then palpate 12 days later and wow I can actually feel the grapes! Super on top of the world kind of feeling! She kindles exactly at midnight of the 31st day, I was awake and watched her for a bit-- she made a nest, hopped in the box, and everything was going well, so I gave her some privacy. NEVER AGAIN. By the next morning, there were babies all over the cage (it was a pet-style, hard-bottomed cage with a layer of shavings) and all ended up dying (after I spent a few hours doting upon the two that moved after being warmed).
So she was given two days and was re-bred and at this point we had eaten her mate (got new exciting meat stock) so she was bred to Standard Rex and Am Chin bucks. I knew she was pregnant even though I couldn't feel the grapes this time, because she looked and felt much heavier. Well, today when I was doing rabbity chores, I noticed orange on her nose and thankfully realized that it was blood. She did have a fair bit of blood on her resting place, so I looked around, and sure enough I found one cold, dead kit-- IT'S 4 DAYS EARLY!!
I swear, if it's not one thing, it's another with this doe... I can't understand how she ever had a litter before with what I've experienced!!
I tossed a bunch of hay to cover the bottom of the cage and threw in a nest box (she was gonna get it tomorrow morning), but she just started eating the hay right away.. not making a nest or anything. Then she had another kit on the hay (not in the nest box). I stepped in nestled the kit into a makeshift nest and she let me pluck fur from her dewlap.
She is ever so sweet-- but this was supposed to be her 3rd strike...
HELP!!