Help, one more time, please!

[coffeenutdesigns]

So, the doe that was super stressed last night was doing better this morning, but when I went to go check on them she was pulling fur all over the place and had a mouthful. I grabbed a plain cardboard box that was handy and put it in there with her and gave her a handful of salvaged timothy hay from the transport boxes. She immediately started fussing with the box and carrying a haystache.

Now, I was told they were due on Feb. 18th. Is this a sign she might be losing kits, which I expect...or could she have been bred sooner (since I wasn't the one breeding I have no idea if his dates are correct) and the stress could be causing real labor. What do I do, here? The one nestbox I actually own is back with the other stuff in the wrecking yard which I won't get for a few days. I do have some rubber maid tubs. I could go get a metal nest box from TSC. Is she just freaking out and should I avoid a nesting box at all so she'll readjust?

 

[lissapell]

What about the tubs you had them in in the back seat. Drill some holes in the side and ziptie them to the cage. I would give her a nest box b/c you didnt do the breeding you dont know if she is really delivering now or if she is stressed and the hormones are high.

 

[coffeenutdesigns]

Those tubs are little big for the cage, but I do have some smaller ones. I just put the cardboard box and hay because they were handy and I wanted to see if she was indeed nesting since she had a mouthful of fur.

I'll go ahead and give her a plastic tub and some hay and wait and see.

 

[MamaMandy]

Yeah, I'd give her one of the tubs you had just in case. So glad you and your husband are OK after your ordeal this weekend. So awful! I'd say God was watching over you. That definitely could have ended much worse. Hope you're able to get your truck fixed too.

 

[MamaSheepdog]

Make sure you secure the box to the cage so it doesn't tip. You can use zip ties.

Hopefully his dates were wrong, and you are about to have some healthy popples! :clover:

 

[coffeenutdesigns]

By the time I posted this and took a tub back out to the cage, she had pulled started pulling flaps off the box and shredding them mixing it up with fur. She didn't want to come out of the box for me to switch them out. I put some coarse pine shavings in the bottom, and scooped her nest beginnings on top of that and let her keep some of the cardboard pieces and threw some more hay in there. I gotta find my zip ties. Usually I have a bunch...in the truck, lol. Sometimes you gotta laugh to keep from crying. Praying for my little mama to find some peace one way or another.

*you know, the other day I was wondering if I was boring because my husband tends towards plain vanilla ice cream and white cake and other "boring" things. After our adventures in rabbiting, the man better not think I'm boring :twisted: I make darn sure we have stories to tell at get-togethers! lol.

__________ Mon Jan 28, 2013 12:07 pm __________

I went out and was literally cutting dried grass with scissors from the field to give her and she immediately started gathering a big ol haystache.

 

[lissapell]

do you have any twine? you could use that to tie it off with. I saw a picture of someone who used binder clips and notecard rings to tie off a water dish and a food dish.

 

[Miss M]

I've used small c-clamps and spring clamps, as well as string and zip ties.

 

[coffeenutdesigns]

I found the zip ties...I like the idea of using some for the feed dishes. I don't have all my j-feeders at the moment, so zip tying some bowls would work in the meantime.

 

[UK-backyardbunnies]

Fingers crossed for you (all of you!)

 

[OneAcreFarm]

She could be displaying signs of a false pregnancy, since you say she was bred a week or more ago? 11-14 days is usually when they will start "nesting" when it is a false pregnancy.