Good day, all. I've got a seasoned doe who has all of a sudden started peeing on the kits in her nest. This is her 6th litter and she's never done this before. This is her first litter to this particular buck. The kits were born 2/10. Last week her nest was filled with droppings beyond what would be considered normal and the hay was urine soaked, but the kits were dry, untouched by it all. Still, I completely cleaned out the nest, rebuilt it and gave it back to her, but moved it onto the other side of her cage thinking the position of the nest near her Jfeeder might have been the problem. Then yesterday I went in to find her nest completely excrement and urine filled again and the kits were drenched. She peed on them so much the the dilutes actually looked chocolate. I pulled the nest again, dumped it entirely again, cleansed and warmed all the kits, rebuilt the nest, replaced the kits, but kept the nest in my basement overnight. I brought the nest to her this morning and she fed them all (there have not been any feeding issues at all) and with the 30 minutes I allowed the nest to be in with her, she peed on the kits again! I am trying to understand why she is doing this when she had never done this with her previous 5 litters. She's actually my most successful doe, in that she has only ever lost one kit, all litters combined. I'm baffled. Any suggestions?
