happypreso
Alpha Buck
Hi, my female rabbit Star had one litter (now just over 8 wks) and then had an accidental meeting my male rabbit which ended up in a second litter being born on Christmas Day (so they are about 2 and a half wks now).
The first litter is all fine, two out of the three have gone to a new home and the remaining baby is currently on her own but will be rehomed on Sat.
The second litter are just starting to move around a little and one little baby has come out into the 'open' part of the hutch exploring a little and I have noticed that one eye is all okay and the other eye seems to be closed. I thought he just had some 'stuff' in there first but looking closer it does seem that the eye is tightly close (almost like there isn't an eye).
So, I have a few questions ... first one being should I handle and check the others? (i have always been looking at the babies but not handled them yet - i dont want mum to reject them now).
2) do I do anything special for the baby i have noticed? should a vet check him out?
3) should I keep him/her instead of rehoming this one?
and 4) is there anything more I need to know/need to ask?
My situation would be (when it all gets back to normal!) that the mum & dad would be back together again (all being well!). They will have the two tier hutch (currently mum & babies are in there) and the run of the garden day time as they always have done.
I was thinking about keeping one of the babies anyway, so my gut instict is to keep this little one to ensure that it will have a good life. Could I bond this one with the mum & dad at a later date? I have enough hutches/run to cope in the meantime but ideally it would be nice if they could all live together .... I would of course check the sex and have him/her neutured when the time comes (I am planning to get the mum done too once things have settled down).
Or would I be better to keep the little one seperate and either keep another baby (so he/she is not on its own) or get a rescue bun maybe? (three out of the four babies are already spoken for).
what to do? has anyone any experience of a little one with a closed eye?
U/D - just checked the others and there is another one with only one eye. I have just had a good look at at and it is like the eye is open but covered with fur/white? does that make sense? any ideas anyone?
The first litter is all fine, two out of the three have gone to a new home and the remaining baby is currently on her own but will be rehomed on Sat.
The second litter are just starting to move around a little and one little baby has come out into the 'open' part of the hutch exploring a little and I have noticed that one eye is all okay and the other eye seems to be closed. I thought he just had some 'stuff' in there first but looking closer it does seem that the eye is tightly close (almost like there isn't an eye).
So, I have a few questions ... first one being should I handle and check the others? (i have always been looking at the babies but not handled them yet - i dont want mum to reject them now).
2) do I do anything special for the baby i have noticed? should a vet check him out?
3) should I keep him/her instead of rehoming this one?
and 4) is there anything more I need to know/need to ask?
My situation would be (when it all gets back to normal!) that the mum & dad would be back together again (all being well!). They will have the two tier hutch (currently mum & babies are in there) and the run of the garden day time as they always have done.
I was thinking about keeping one of the babies anyway, so my gut instict is to keep this little one to ensure that it will have a good life. Could I bond this one with the mum & dad at a later date? I have enough hutches/run to cope in the meantime but ideally it would be nice if they could all live together .... I would of course check the sex and have him/her neutured when the time comes (I am planning to get the mum done too once things have settled down).
Or would I be better to keep the little one seperate and either keep another baby (so he/she is not on its own) or get a rescue bun maybe? (three out of the four babies are already spoken for).
what to do? has anyone any experience of a little one with a closed eye?
U/D - just checked the others and there is another one with only one eye. I have just had a good look at at and it is like the eye is open but covered with fur/white? does that make sense? any ideas anyone?
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