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Wild/domestic babies

ash&crystal

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my rabbit who we thought was a male escaped one night :)() we recaptured him and put him back in his hutch, we then took him to the vts about five or six days after he had escaped and he was given mxy jab but we also foun out he had developed fleas from his little adventure we were given treatment and administered it. you had to administer it every two weeeks. as we were going on holiday a few weeks after that, we put him in boarding at a local pet shop, to have a phone call one week in to my holiday that he was a girl and had 6 babies! the only way she could of got pregnant is from escaping, however now we have had a text saying the babies had developed fleas from there mumand no treatment is for babies so young i do know that fleas are carriers of mxy but if she was given the jab while she was pregnant could the babys of got some. i have read up and apparently they would be jus like a domestic bunny even tough they are half wild
 
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Sorry not really much help but pregnant rabbits arent supposed to get the myxi jag, cant remeber why...

Hoping mum and babies stay ok
 
the vet new we thought she was a boy and she took a good inspection down there:oops: she was pregnant then aswell! and she stilll gave her the jab!!
 
how odd, how old is she?
I cant think of anything at the moment, just wait it out i suppose. You could allways ask a vet if they know of any flea treatment for babie buns.
 
The best way to remove fleas in such young animals in manually. Use a fine tooth cat flea comb, depositing the fleas in soapy water as you go to kill them. Rabbit fleas tend to congregate around the ears and should be easy to remove in such small babies with so little hair.

It will be very important to socialise the babies from a young age, with plenty of handling and exposure to normal pet noises/smells. Also separate them out into pairs at 8 weeks rather than keeping as a group - unless you plan to permanently keep them as a group. This will ensure they act as socialised pet rabbits not wild bunnies.
 
Yes i thought a comb could help. thanks for your help i will be home on saturday and i will be combing them when i get them home, also what rabbit pairs can you have,a mother daugther or brother sister or brother brother or sister sister or mother son?
 
the vet new we thought she was a boy and she took a good inspection down there:oops: she was pregnant then aswell! and she stilll gave her the jab!!

Your vet might not have been able to feel any babies and obviously if you didn't know she was expecting why would the vet think it. As Tamsin as said the babies will need alot of handling.
I bet they are really cute:love:
 
Yes i thought a comb could help. thanks for your help i will be home on saturday and i will be combing them when i get them home, also what rabbit pairs can you have,a mother daugther or brother sister or brother brother or sister sister or mother son?

Id keep a baby girl with the mum, and then pair the others into same sex pairs. Obviously you cant keep a brother/sister today because of mating ;) If you wanted to keep a male baby to go with mum, you'd need to seperate and get mum neutered, then re-bond them.

They will all need myxi jabs at around 8/10 weeks anyway, but if i were you id ask on here for a rabbit savvy vet near you so they can be sexed properly :) xx
 
I have a bun, Posy, who I think is probably a wildie cross. She has quite a different body shape, more atheletic and muscular than my other buns.

She is quite a handful and very lively, constantly on the go. She was 4 months old when I got her and I dont think she had been handled much as a baby. If she had she would probably be a bit calmer.
 
i am manually taking the fleas off mum everday. Because she cant be given the treatment while she iis feeding the babys. she gets some time in the run each day and enjoys it. i cant see any on the babys and am checking hem everyday.
 
Have you decided what you are going to do with the babies? You will be able to tell they have wild bunny in them when they are a bit older. They won't just look like domestic bunnies.
 
yeah they dont look domestic they look wild. I dont know who i am going to give them to but i am gonna find them good homes. they love being picked up, especially for being so young, so if a good home iis willing to take them i would give them to them
 
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