Can someone help please!!!

Our rabbit escaped around Eastertime when my daughter was cleaning out her cage. She was gone for 4 days before we eventually caught her. On Friday (BIG Surprise) we discovered 5 baby bunnies in her cage.:shock: She must have been mated by a wild rabbit as we live in the country. Is this a problem? What will the rabbits be like? Will she be ok?

Also, should we take the guinnepig out of her cage now? It's showing a lot of interest in them i.e sitting beside them constantly. Could it harm them?

Any advice please.
Tks

the first thing i would do would be to definitly take the guinea pig out. someone with more experience with baby buns will i'm sure soon give advice

Hello, I'm sorry I don't have any experience. You may want to re post you question in rabbit care as this section tends to be used more for technical forum stuff. I'm sure someone will be able to help you there.

I'm so glad you got her back x

Do you still have all the babies? I think the most important thing is too not touch them and make sure the mother has lots of food.

I hope someone more experienced will answer for you though.

If any of the babies fall out of the nest, please pick them up and put them back in, but otherwise make sure the new mum has access to lots of food, water and hay for making her nest. Hope all goes well.

Hi,

Definitely take the guinea pig out of the hutch

Make sure mum has plenty of hay and that she has enough food now that the babies are born. This is all you can do really, keep the area nice and quiet and don't move mum or babies.
My foster bunny had a litter 3 weeks ago, I didn't really do anything (apart from give her tons of hay and increase her food) until the babies opened their eyes (at 10-11 days).

The babies may be more lively as they are technically half wild, but there is no reason why they can't go on to live happy bunny lives - there are people on this forum who have wild/semi wild bunnies.

Good Luck

Lucy x

Thanks for all your replies.I Have taken the guinea pig out and i will make sure she has plenty of food and water and bedding I read somewhere that normally its a litter of 6 - 10.i can only see 5 but i havent wanted to move the straw around.Is 5 normal or could there be more?

Guinea pigs shouldn't be housed with rabbits anyway. I don't have any experience with baby bunnies but I would advise not to touch them and as others have said, make sure there's lots of food.

Gosh I bet that was a shock to find them. You've done the right thing taking the piggy out, as I'm guessing it could attack the babies. You might want to change your title to one which describes the situation, and more people will reply I'm sure eg 'Wild Bun x babies born, HELP' etc

Hiya, like other people said... take the guinea pig out.. guineas shouldnt really live with bunnies anyway, do a bit of a search online about it, its bad for the piggies so im lead to believe due to diff diets etc

as for the little babies, X-wild babies will grow up domesticated like your own, many people find pure wild abandoned babies,a nd hand rear them, and they are affectionate etc and they r pure wild...its nuture not nature if that makes sense.

if a baby falls out the nest then yes do put it back in HOWEVER.... make sur eyou rub mums fur ALOT as youre scent could cause her to neglect her young.xx

Half wild bunnies

Can anyone please tell me how to take care of new born half wild bunnies please

It sounds like you're doing ok. THe most important thing is to leave them alone really. Give mum plenty of greens and food and water and hay so she can take care of them. You probably won't see them for a while. Maybe check in a day or so to make sure there aren't any dead ones but try not to touch the nest or mum may reject or kill the babies.
THe fact that they are half wild shouldn't be an issue. :wave:

The mum will do all the work. Just treat her as normal and leave the nest alone. The babies will come out between 2-3 weeks and you'll need to increase the food as they'll be nibbling to. Once the babies are hopping around the hutch you need to start handling them several times a day. Picking them up, hand feeding, stroking etc. socialisation will be really important with part wild bunnies.

They can be seperated at 8 weeks and you'll need to get a vet to sex them and give vaccs. You might want to consider bringing them inside for more socialisation.

How wild they are very much depends on how much work you put in. Left to their own devices they may end up quite wild but well handled like normal pets. I have a full wild rabbit that was handreared as is as tame as a pet so it's perfectly possible to turn them into nice pet bunnies.

Tamsin