Misshapen baby

[ButtonsPalace]

So as a lot of you know we have a runt named Indii and she just is not catching up to her sisters/brothers (don't think I have any bucks in this litter) She has a hunched back and when she walks it's not the same as the others she. Another problem is they all look like little mini bunnies with eyes open and ears up where she looks to be about a week behind. Any ideas of what could be wrong or what should be done? I can't cull her my mom would kill me if I did

 

[Susie570]

If you can't cull then the only other recourse is to let nature take its course. It sounds like it's unlikely she will survive with those issues and it's kind of a shame you can't simply put her down humanely as she will probably end up suffering in the end, but just continue caring for her as best you can and see what happens.

 

[ButtonsPalace]

Since she is getting supplement feedings she is been much more active and I think with lots of love and care she could possibly come out of it and grow into her body. For about a week she wasn't getting fed enough so now she seems developmentally behind

 

[katiebear]

What are your plans for this kit? Supposing she does make it? You know she should not be bred, she has developmental disorders at least physically who knows about her brain at this point. When they start to slide downhill on their own, I cull, no extraordinary efforts. I have had kits that were just small make it once out of the nest they even catch up almost...but they are food not pets or breeders.There is a thread going on right now on the weakening of animals in general..you should read it..

 

[ButtonsPalace]

Do you know the name of the thread by any chance?

 

[Celice]

yep, that's what usually happens to runts. The runt I got to live was blind; he still had good weight and all though. I was going to cull him but someone wanted a pet, had no interest him, so I gave him to her for free. He's still alive and living very happily with his owner. He got clipped and has free range of the house and is even litter-box trained.

Your kit doesn't sound deformed. it sounds like it's suffering from lack of nutrition; runts do that hunchback thing when they are starving.

 

[katiebear]

Do you know the name of the thread by any chance?

General decline in rabbit health-Grumpy. <br /><br /> -- Fri May 22, 2015 10:51 am -- <br /><br />

Your kit doesn't sound deformed. it sounds like it's suffering from lack of nutrition; runts do that hunchback thing when they are starving.

I culled a 10 day old kit Tuesday for this..it was getting weaker everyday, I had to convince hubby that it wouldn't make it and prove that it was starving.Uggh...

 

[ButtonsPalace]

Well I am supplement feeding but thinking about possibly just removing her completely until she gets rid of her hunchback and has got a bit bigger. Even if she is blind I will sell/give her to someone who has the time and patience for her

 

[Miss M]

Do you know the name of the thread by any chance?

General decline in rabbit health-Grumpy.

general-decline-in-rabbit-health-grumpy-t25121.html

 

[ButtonsPalace]

Update: eyes are open. I think she will grow out of this since she is getting food now
Next Update: Her back is straightening out and she is putting on some weight. She looks like she belongs to another litter still though

 

[Celice]

Do you have another doe? if so next time try breeding both at the same time then you can have one doe foster some and it may save the runt. That what I'm doing now. Having my FA doe foster a kit from a meat doe so that she dosn't have to care for so many.