I thought I would share with you the pictures from when my rabbit had her kits.
These were from June 2007. (She didn't have a litter in 2008 but hopefully will this year)
Spice (the doe)
6 healthy kits.
Unfortunatly she paniced when they were born (it was her first litter) and over groomed the first baby, unfortunatly this baby developed blood poisoning and then died.
Then one fell out the nest and I didn't find it to the next morning. But she still had 4 left.
Mocha
Babe. Babe was a lucky little kit. She was born with 3 feet and was missing a toe on the back foot she did have (She had 2 front feet and one back foot).
Babe a couple of weeks old.
Slightly older
The four that survived. They were hoping around by this stage but were having a nap!
Unfotunatly they inherited a heart condition from there dad. Their hearts didn't grow with their bodies, so one by one they just fell asleep and didn't come round. All but one died in this way.
Babe wasn't so lucky. She hoped around with three feet and was also deaf and blind, but she didn't know any different and coped very well. She had some form of epilepsy we think and within the last few days really struggled. One day she had a huge fit and then fell asleep and slipped away.
So Mocha was the last to fall asleep. Spice mourned for a while, none of her babies made it past 6 weeks old.
This year she will be having another litter, one will be named after Babe. Even though she struggled with less feet and no sight or hearing she always seemed to cope. And she suffered the most. I wish she could have fallen asleep with no fits.
RIP little kits
ETA: Sorry realised that turned out to be quite a sad thread!
ETA 2: I don't recommend handling the kits this young, but I knew the doe very well and she was completely fine with me picking them up breifly, she was always present at the side of the nest when I handled them and she never growled or tried to go for me, but she did watch me carefully. The reason they were handled was because it was her first litter and I had to keep checking she wasn't over grooming them (making them sore) and that she was feeding them (checking for full bellies).
These were from June 2007. (She didn't have a litter in 2008 but hopefully will this year)
Spice (the doe)
6 healthy kits.
Unfortunatly she paniced when they were born (it was her first litter) and over groomed the first baby, unfortunatly this baby developed blood poisoning and then died.
Then one fell out the nest and I didn't find it to the next morning. But she still had 4 left.
Mocha
Babe. Babe was a lucky little kit. She was born with 3 feet and was missing a toe on the back foot she did have (She had 2 front feet and one back foot).
Babe a couple of weeks old.
Slightly older
The four that survived. They were hoping around by this stage but were having a nap!
Unfotunatly they inherited a heart condition from there dad. Their hearts didn't grow with their bodies, so one by one they just fell asleep and didn't come round. All but one died in this way.
Babe wasn't so lucky. She hoped around with three feet and was also deaf and blind, but she didn't know any different and coped very well. She had some form of epilepsy we think and within the last few days really struggled. One day she had a huge fit and then fell asleep and slipped away.
So Mocha was the last to fall asleep. Spice mourned for a while, none of her babies made it past 6 weeks old.
This year she will be having another litter, one will be named after Babe. Even though she struggled with less feet and no sight or hearing she always seemed to cope. And she suffered the most. I wish she could have fallen asleep with no fits.
RIP little kits
ETA: Sorry realised that turned out to be quite a sad thread!
ETA 2: I don't recommend handling the kits this young, but I knew the doe very well and she was completely fine with me picking them up breifly, she was always present at the side of the nest when I handled them and she never growled or tried to go for me, but she did watch me carefully. The reason they were handled was because it was her first litter and I had to keep checking she wasn't over grooming them (making them sore) and that she was feeding them (checking for full bellies).
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