Babies born 30 hours ago but doe still seems pregnant - Help

Rabbit Talk  Forum

Help Support Rabbit Talk Forum:

This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.

jimmywalt

Well-known member
Joined
Jun 4, 2014
Messages
520
Reaction score
0
Location
Michigan
We have a 4 yr old Holland Lop that we recently purchased. We bred her about 32 days ago and yesterday she gave birth to 2 babies around 12:30pm, and then 1 more baby at about 4pm. All seem healthy and are happy in the nest box.

When we watched her last night and again today it appears that she still has one or more inside of her because we can see her right side roll on and off as it did before she gave birth to the first baby.

Her previous owner said that last fall she had 3 babies, and has not been bred since then. The previous owner is not the original owner so we don't have any other history.

Is there anything we can do to help her along, does she still have kits inside, shouldn't she be done by now, or is it just her body having contractions? Bottom line, do we need to worry about it? We were up last night every hour to check on her and make sure that she didn't have any more babies "on the wire".

Thank you.
 
YOu could try giving her a fruit flavored Tums (calcium tablet) to help with contractions. I have also heard that Lavender works as well to help them get whatever is in the uterus out. I can't think of anything more at this point in time. I am sure others will pipe up here soon though.
 
I would definitely try the Tums first... I think lavender is more for when the doe is in danger, and you have to get everything out.
 
Back
Top