on bunny watch

[Mary Ann's Rabbitry]

I have a doe that is due today.... She had one baby this morning around 630 am.. It was on the wire , very cold and it was still alive.Making lots of noises.. I put in my PJs to warm it up... the rabbit didn't make a nest or pull any fur.. I took her out and started pull some fur off of her.. I took the baby and wrapped it up in the fur.. It was warming up ok.. I put it in a small container as I knew she wasn't done... Well I am still waiting.. she keeps on scratching in one corner of her cage .. She will do the hay mustache .. but then drops it. it is now 4 pm.. Still nothing. I have to keep watching her so I can grab the babies as she has them on the wire.. I hate when rabbits are bad moms... this is not her first litter either. So I am on bunny watch..I don't think I am going to get much sleep tonight. :evil:

 

[skysthelimit]

That was me last Monday. Picking babies off the wire and putting them in the nest. She made the nest, she went in it, and got back out and had babies on the wire.

It was irritating, having 8 babies 15 minutes apart.


Have you done the lavender, parsley, massage the belly thing? Or rebreed her to stimulate contractions?

 

[Mary Ann's Rabbitry]

no I haven't.. but I can try to rebred her ... I wish she was having them 15 minutes apart.. I am still waiting ..

 

[OwnedByTheBuns]

WOAH... 15 minutes apart? My doe had 7 kits in ten minutes, had cleaned up and everything.

 

[Mary Ann's Rabbitry]

well,,,,she had the rest of them this morning at 530 am.. Not impress with this doe at all.. Not once did she even go in the nesting box. .. I had to pull fur from her and make the nest.. she can hear the babies ,,she looks in ..but that is it.. no hope on her feeding them either..she had 8 babies in total.. this is not going to be fun , trying to feed these guys. I have my work out for me for the next few weeks.. I will post pics later. Nice colors to.