Hi! I am raising a baby bun. The baby is domestic, I took it from mom because 10 out of the 11 had already died. So im hand feeding and have been since couple days old. The bun is drinking several cc every 3-4hrs of kitten replacement milk. Is this around the correct amount? and when should I introduce pellets and hay? :bunny:
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2 week old bun
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abbymarysmokey
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The amount of milk sounds about right...basically give as much as he/she will take.
As Sky-O has said, water, hay and pellets need to be available too. Junior pellets tend to be best because they are small enough for tiny babies to eat, and are high in nutrition. I can't recommend a brand because I think you have different brands in the US compared to what we have in the UK
Well done BTW...I've hand reared a couple of times and know what hard work it is...keep up the good work!
in response to everyone that helped, thank you very much for all your advice. I do have to note this in case anyone reads this post and follows what ive done. My bun was doing very well, and i added hay and pellets and water and was slowly weening it, and my local pet store was out if the liquid krm and i bought powder. the bun rejected at first, and we had a morning feeding, and within minutes of him eating it, he developed diarrhea, then dehydration, shock, and I ended up loosing it. I am very upset about my loss, i struggled hard to save this bun, and the change of formula type was too much and ended in death. so if anyone is doing the same, do note a change in formula type can be too much. thanks again to all who helped, and good luck to everyone hand rasing babies. my baby would have been okay if I had only known the change would be to difficult for his immature system
