Kits driving Doe nuts

[Demamma]

Hon Rosie's kits are now hopping all over the cage. :bunnyhop: Poor Rosie is not getting any peace. :bouncy: :frypan: :hobbyhors Would it be ok to take her out part of the time so she can get a break. :zzz: I really feel for her as it reminds me of my life with one of my sons with problems. :bash:

 

[Piper]

:rotfl:
I can not answer your question, but I am glad I was not drinking anything,
it would have ended up on my keyboard. Graphic visual image!
:rotfl:

 

[MamaSheepdog]

The kits only mob mom for the first day or two after leaving the nest. They will soon settle down.

If you want to give mommy a break for a few hours, by all means do so! Give the ravening hoard of kits some hay or oats to munch while she is gone so they don't immediately resume the attack when you return her to her brood.

 

[Demamma]

I think I will let Hon Rosie out in the rabbit tractor for a few hours tomorrow. Give her a chance to move around. :bunnyhop: The babies are sooo cute. Luckily by the time these four are ready for butcher :bash: we will have 5 more litters of cute bunnies to occupy us. :mbounce:

 

[MaggieJ]

A shelf or box gives momma someplace to go to get away from the kits. By all means give her a break from time to time.

 

[ZRabbits]

A shelf or box gives momma someplace to go to get away from the kits. By all means give her a break from time to time.

I was going to say shelf as well. That's my idea of giving my doe a break from the kiddies. She can jump up to get some peace. Definitely give her some time to herself. She needs the rest from the kiddies.

Karen

 

[arachyd]

Mine like to sit on the top of their nest box to escape for a while.

 

[grumpy]

Anything high that will get her away from the kids would be much appreciated.

grumpy.

 

[Teddy2511]

I just use an extra large cage for my doe with kits and the babies usually leave mom alone as long as they have a decent supply of hay and oats.

 

[Demamma]

My x is going to give me a bucket to make her a place to get away. Until then I might just take her out to the tractor a lot. It is nice where she can nibble grass and relax. Rosie is such a nice doe. Today she seemed real happy when I picked her up to take her out. No struggles or anything. She has settled down a lot.

 

[AnnClaire]

Shoot, I am removing the kits all day by the second week, and only returning overnight. By the 3rd week, they are living in the indoor cardboard corral and only going out to mom for feedings, water, oats, pellets, hay or grass available otherwise. This keeps the kits people oriented and gives mom some alone time. She is generally bred back by the end of the 2nd week, too, so I wean by week 4. Of course, some of you will guess rightly that I do this just so I can play with the babies more :lol: