where can I find info on baby rabbits? GRR HE REPLIED

Looking specifically for the age they leave their mother. I know it is 8 weeks, but someone is advertising 2 week old buns to go at 6 weeks old. Just wondering as I can't see anything on rabbit welfare site or rspca.

Thanks

See item 2 in the 'sale of rabbits' section near the bottom of the page...even the BRC (the rabbit equivalent of the kennel club I guess) say 8 weeks...

http://www.thebrc.org/codes.htm#sale

thank you

Grr


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welli am sorry love but they are my rabbits and i am the breeder ok so plz dnt tell me wot to do with them

I'm sorry you didn't get the response you wanted, but at least you tried.

Considering adding my own add warning agains buying baby rabbits before 8 week

I have no links but I once talked to a vet about these things.
She said the rabbits could be separated from their mother at 6 weeks as they no longer need milk, BUT this does not mean they are ready to leave home.
Their immune system isn't completely developed yet so she recommended taking the mother out of the cage so the babies would be used to being without her, but leave them in the same hutch for a couple of weeks extra.

Taking them too soon can stress them, and due to the fact that they're suddenly exposed to a brand new place and new bacteria isn't good for their immune system and could greatly increase the chances of them getting sick as adults. A breeder may not notice this, as the rabbits will be taken of their hands before this time, and if not its the case of a rabbit they intended to keep anyway so they would stay with the breeder for as long as they need.

This vet told me that most of the (adult)rabbits she got in for random diseases had been taken from their mother at 5-6 weeks of age, and if they had been with the breeder till they were of the recommended 8 weeks they may not have gotten sick

lottielouise said:

Grr


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welli am sorry love but they are my rabbits and i am the breeder ok so plz dnt tell me wot to do with them

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Reply telling him that he's a an idiot who needs to learn how to spell!

Thats a shame I think you should post your own ad

:evil: idiot!

well done for trying though.

smudge, bisc and matt were all sold to me too young. i didn't know at the time. smudge died, and bisc and matt have always had problems.

I believe its illegal to sell them earlier than 8 weeks? So could you involve the RSPCA? It might give him a good kick up the bum at any rate.

im sorry

I think I saw the same add

happybunny22000 said:

im sorry

I think I saw the same add

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Probably!

Not sure what to put in the ad though