Help! Doe passing pinkish blobs on due date

[Juci]

My doe is due to kindle today and when I went out to check on her this morning I saw 4 of these small sticky pinkish blobs under her cage!

This is her second litter, the first one went really easily with no problems. This pregnancy has been smooth except that last week she developed an eye infection, which I’ve been treating with Terramycin. Her appetite has been less than normal, but she’s still eating greens.

Are the little blobs normal and I’ve just never noticed them before with other rabbits? Should I be worried now or should I wait until the end of the day to worry…

Thank you!!

 

[Alaska Satin]

They're an unusual color and don't look like normal afterbirth tissue, but I do frequently find bits of tissue in the cage/underneath the cage when a doe has kindled. Maybe these are evidence of early undeveloped embryos, that were not reabsorbed for some reason...?

I'd wait till the end the day to worry. It's not like you can do much anyway; if the doe is passing things, at least she's doesn't seem to be stuck. Just keep her water fresh and clean and see what happens (would love to hear how it goes).

 

[RabbitsOfTheCreek]

I was thinking placenta but it does look a bit different

 

[Juci]

Well, she hasn’t kindled yet. I hope she’s okay. I’ll update in the morning.

 

[Juci]

They're an unusual color and don't look like normal afterbirth tissue, but I do frequently find bits of tissue in the cage/underneath the cage when a doe has kindled. Maybe these are evidence of early undeveloped embryos, that were not reabsorbed for some reason...?

I'd wait till the end the day to worry. It's not like you can do much anyway; if the doe is passing things, at least she's doesn't seem to be stuck. Just keep her water fresh and clean and see what happens (would love to hear how it goes).

Yeah I’ll just keep an eye on her and try not to worry too much. Thank you for your input! I appreciate it.

 

[Juci]

I was thinking placenta but it does look a bit different

I thought so too, since it isn’t really like anything I’ve seen or heard about.

 

[Captaincatholic]

Maybe give her some raspberry leaves or raspberry leaf tea to help with contractions and some calcium?

 

[Juci]

More pinkish blobs this morning, and still no kits. It’s only day 32, but I have a feeling she’s not having any this time.
The lighter blobs are the new ones and I can see the ones from yesterday dried and darker underneath.
If she doesn’t give birth today I guess I’ll assume the eye infection was too much for her and the fetuses died early on and are passing now or they got reabsorbed.

Just odd that she would have built a nest on day 17. But maybe that’s around when they died.

The doe (Lady Grey) seems to be doing okay. She has energy and is eating, and her eye even looks a lot better. That’s the most important thing to me.

 

[Juci]

Maybe give her some raspberry leaves or raspberry leaf tea to help with contractions and some calcium?

Thanks for the tips! I gave her a tums yesterday. Had to crush it up and hide it in a kale leaf and she ate most of it. And a bunch of fresh raspberry leafs. I have the tea too though, I’ll make some and give that to her too.

 

[Captaincatholic]

The pic makes me think of pyometra in dogs. I have heard of it causing similar issues.

https://www.petmd.com/rabbit/conditions/reproductive/c_rb_pyometra

 

[Captaincatholic]

The pic makes me think of pyometra in dogs. I have heard of it causing similar issues.

https://www.petmd.com/rabbit/conditions/reproductive/c_rb_pyometra

Possibly the buck could have introduced something like pasturella into her uterus if he humped her head first and then got it right.

 

[RabbitsOfTheCreek]

If a Doe builds a nest two weeks early, for me at least, then it's a false pregnancy

 

[Juci]

Possibly the buck could have introduced something like pasturella into her uterus if he humped her head first and then got it right.

That’s very possible he did that, I can’t remember exactly. But they’ve had problems mating in the past. This was the first time that she actually accepted him.

 

[Juci]

If a Doe builds a nest two weeks early, for me at least, then it's a false pregnancy

Good to know. Both my does always build their nests 2 weeks early, but I haven’t had a false pregnancy yet. So maybe they do that too and this is the first one. Lol

 

[Juci]

Update: she didn’t have any kits! Pretty sure they aborted halfway through when her eye got infected. Maybe the pink blobs I found were what was left over from the pregnancy. She seems to be doing fine still, has an appetite and energy. I’m so relieved about that. I’m going to give her a nice long break before rebreeding her.

Thank you everyone who gave me advice!