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Disappearing nipples ......

roarysmam

roarysmam

Young Bun
:oops:I dont mean mine:lol:

My doe gave birth to a litter of 6 (5 survived). They will be a month old tomorrow. I noticed today when I picked the doe up that her 'teats' seem to have disappeared. Is this normal? The kits are really healthly and running and jumping all over the place, so I am persuming that they are getting enough to eat. I have made sure there is plently of greens for mam, even though the kits help themselves to most of it, plenty of hay and water but am slightly concerned about her missing nipples!

Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks everyone xx:)
 
Baby bunnies grow up quick so they can stop taking milk from 4-5 weeks. It might be she has a little milk left and they are just not so prominent. When they are not pregnant/feeding rabbit nibbles are virtually invisible they are flat to the skin so hard to spot under the fur. If they are eating solids and bouncing around then I'm sure they'll do fine.
 
Thanks so much for the advice. Like I said the kits are healthly and full of energy and are now weighing the smallest at 11oz and the biggest at 12.5 oz so they seem to be taking plently of food on board:lol:, just worried incase mam was feeding them enough!

I never used to worry about my bunnies until I started coming on here!!:)

Thanks again xx
 
:lol: sounds like they are doing great :D They'll be giant in a couple more weeks. Don't forget you'll need to separate them into boy/girls at 8/9 weeks :D
 
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