Will History Repeat Itself?

[CarsLops]

A few weeks ago I posted the following thread about an injured kit.
injured-kit-t14647.html

The kit is doing great and is five weeks old! I'll post pictures later if my phone decides to work again. :evil: Thanks to everyone for their great advice! The problem is that when the injured kit was about a week old, the doe stopped producing milk. I had never had that happened before, but thanks to the awesome information on this site, I was able to hand-feed him.

My question is, since the doe stopped producing milk for this litter (she had been bred before and successfully raised five kits) will she do the same thing if I breed her again? I think she may have had trouble producing milk this time because of the stress of huge weather changes (like 70 during the day and 35 at night) or because she went from nursing three to nursing one. I'm not sure, but other's experience would be greatly appreciated!

 

[Miss M]

I think since she's successfully raised a litter of 5, this may have been an anomaly. I'd give her another chance, maybe breeding her when you breed another doe (if you have one) just in case.

So glad the kit is doing well! :clap:

 

[AmysMacdog]

Congratulations! I'm so glad he/she made it!

 

[CarsLops]

I'd give her another chance, maybe breeding her when you breed another doe (if you have one) just in case.

That's what I had thought to do. So glad that you agree. I had other does bred when I bred her this time, but only she took. Which really sucks because I had a bunch of 4-Hers who wanted rabbits.


I'm glad that he (95% sure it's a he) made it, too. He's a sweetheart and soo cute. His ear is torn, so I can't show him, which is a shame because as of now he looks like he'll turn out really nice, but I found him a nice pet home where he can get all the attention he desires and possibly be a thearapy bunny