LBMBarbalooski
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Our 'unintentional' breeding did produce one litter, thus far, and from the experienced doe who I thought wasn't pregnant. I am such a newbie.
Five kits were found this morning and all are now safely tucked away in the nesting box.
Their morning certainly was an adventure. So this morning I went in the garage and saw rabbit fur all over the floor. I was perplexed and wondered which rabbit was molting until I noticed our chocolate tort banging around her cage and one tiny black bunny wiggling on the floor of her cage. All I could think of was, uh-oh. Only one? The nesting box was in the other does cage since she was the one acting all pregnant, grumpy and 'starving' the past four weeks. All the straw that had been put in her cage earlier in the week was tossed out the cage, another odd thing. So I got the nesting box in the cage with some clean straw and what fur mama had pulled and put the little black kit in it. Then I started searching.
Sure enough, I found two more under the cage in the cat food tub. I dusted them off and placed them in the nest. Then the husband and kids were aware of the excitement and we started looking around for the others. One more kit had made its way under the shop vac about five feet from the cage and then last one was found a few feet away in the other direction curled up on a coil of extension cord. All the kits were warm despite their travels and are now curled up with each other in the nesting box. Mama calmed down after she checked them all over and did her own rearranging of the nest.
We are still looking around and searching to make sure we haven't missed any more wandering kits. It is a big lesson for me. I was certain the other doe was going to kindle LAST weekend and then stupidly failed to keep watch this week. Needles to say we are keeping watch to see if she will kindle later today or tomorrow. I sure hope this breeding thing gets easier in a sense. I will try to post pictures later when I can get on the computer. Until then.......happy birthday to Dijonaise' five little ones!
Five kits were found this morning and all are now safely tucked away in the nesting box.
Their morning certainly was an adventure. So this morning I went in the garage and saw rabbit fur all over the floor. I was perplexed and wondered which rabbit was molting until I noticed our chocolate tort banging around her cage and one tiny black bunny wiggling on the floor of her cage. All I could think of was, uh-oh. Only one? The nesting box was in the other does cage since she was the one acting all pregnant, grumpy and 'starving' the past four weeks. All the straw that had been put in her cage earlier in the week was tossed out the cage, another odd thing. So I got the nesting box in the cage with some clean straw and what fur mama had pulled and put the little black kit in it. Then I started searching.
Sure enough, I found two more under the cage in the cat food tub. I dusted them off and placed them in the nest. Then the husband and kids were aware of the excitement and we started looking around for the others. One more kit had made its way under the shop vac about five feet from the cage and then last one was found a few feet away in the other direction curled up on a coil of extension cord. All the kits were warm despite their travels and are now curled up with each other in the nesting box. Mama calmed down after she checked them all over and did her own rearranging of the nest.
We are still looking around and searching to make sure we haven't missed any more wandering kits. It is a big lesson for me. I was certain the other doe was going to kindle LAST weekend and then stupidly failed to keep watch this week. Needles to say we are keeping watch to see if she will kindle later today or tomorrow. I sure hope this breeding thing gets easier in a sense. I will try to post pictures later when I can get on the computer. Until then.......happy birthday to Dijonaise' five little ones!
