So it seems that momma has no milk (Urgent, 9 day old)

[mommaofmany]

She had a litter of three, two died.

Survivor is 9 days old, and we noticed that he looked unfed but we figured it was timing, today he still had loose belly skin, flipped momma and that poor baby is still hungry.

What do I do?!?!

 

[MamaSheepdog]

He should already be nibbling hay in the nest, so I would sprinkle some kitchen oatmeal in there as well.

I would think he still needs supplementary feedings though. Here is Miss M's thread on the subject:

formula-feeding-baby-bunnies-pics-vids-t3691.html

There are also natural foods and herbs that you can give the doe to help her milk production:

feeds-to-enhance-milk-production-t5090.html

Good luck with the little guy! :clover:

 

[mommaofmany]

So, at 9/10 days should their belly not be super obvious as far as the fed vs unfed. He still has a pucker to his belly, loose skin. But he is still growing, so I don't know what to think

 

[Miss M]

If he is growing, and not skinny, it sounds like he's doing okay. It's when they get skinny and start showing off ribs and such that they are really missing a lot of feeding.

Some kits don't fit their skin very well. But an unfed kit will eventually have a sunken tummy and will go gaunt pretty quickly after that.

So he may not be getting triple rations, but it sounds like he's doing well enough.