Miscarriage

[Kingdomrabbitry]

Our bun miscarried her second litter today. Her first litter was a success and she beautifully raised three babes but she has had two miscarriages in a row. Tonight, many hours after I thought she was finished, she starting pulling fur and flopping around in her cage. I noticed a few small pools of blood. She appears better now and is eating normally but that just totally freaked me out! Do you think she’s finished? I was going to rebreed her in two days but now I’m wondering if she might still have viable kits? Anyone experience anything similar? What should I do for her??

 

[eco2pia]

She could have had a retained kit and or placental material... In general I would be more concerned that she had a unexpelled dead kit than that she had a live one in there. When was her due date? When you say "miscarriage" do you mean preterm stillbirth, or at term stillbirth?

 

[Kingdomrabbitry]

Preterm stillbirth. Sorry, new to all this! She was 21 days along. I think she’s good to go now. I’ve tried rebreeding her but she’s not having it

 

[MsTemeraire]

Preterm stillbirth. Sorry, new to all this! She was 21 days along. I think she’s good to go now. I’ve tried rebreeding her but she’s not having it

Wait a while. I've had a couple of instances where a doe has passed a pre-term kit and then gone on to deliver a live, healthy litter on the expected date. They can reabsorb up until around the 19th day; after that the skeleton forms and they will abort instead.