Naomi-Rose
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Hi, I am new to this forum and do not really know how to use it... but I think I am doing it right.
So I am VERY concerned that my baby bunnies are unhealthy. I honestly do not know how old they are but they still have their eyes closed. The parent rabbits stay at my grandparents and when they gave birth we were surprised as we were told when we adopted them they were 2 girls. THe problem is that we do not know which rabbit is the mother and father but neither of them were eating at all and they were jumping on top of the babies and trying to bite them. We called a vet and she advised we remove the rabbits bring them to our house and try and hand rear them. So we did.
My grandmother first noticed the babies on Tuesday and it is now Monday night so they are at least 6 days old...they have fur. We have been feeding them 6mLs of the formula by dropper 2 times a day in roughly 12 hour periods. The problem is, sometimes they do not sit still to eat or even after the formula is on their lips they do not "lick and swallow it"... is it normal for them to be squirmish and not always want to eat?
We were also told we had to stimulate their genitalia's until they produced urine and a stool. They all produce urine but we can not get them to produce a stool as we dont now how to get them to "go". Rubbing isn't seeming to do the job and we are worrying.
I also think they look to skinny and doing research online they do not look fat enough. But I don't know... You can feel their back bone and their necks sag down with skin.
I can't even tell you what kind of rabbits they are as we adopted them from a shelter. Nor can we go to the vet as we live nowhere near one.
Can anyone help??
I am trying to post images but can not seem to do it...
Please help if you can.
Thank you for reading this.
-Naomi-Rose
I am thinking I could email photos to people if they think it will help?? Or if I give you my family email address, send me a message so I can send you photos??? I dunno... I am just really worried.
***Thanks soooo much to GrahamL for uploading the pics to the "thread" (is that what is is called? Haha)
So I am VERY concerned that my baby bunnies are unhealthy. I honestly do not know how old they are but they still have their eyes closed. The parent rabbits stay at my grandparents and when they gave birth we were surprised as we were told when we adopted them they were 2 girls. THe problem is that we do not know which rabbit is the mother and father but neither of them were eating at all and they were jumping on top of the babies and trying to bite them. We called a vet and she advised we remove the rabbits bring them to our house and try and hand rear them. So we did.
My grandmother first noticed the babies on Tuesday and it is now Monday night so they are at least 6 days old...they have fur. We have been feeding them 6mLs of the formula by dropper 2 times a day in roughly 12 hour periods. The problem is, sometimes they do not sit still to eat or even after the formula is on their lips they do not "lick and swallow it"... is it normal for them to be squirmish and not always want to eat?
We were also told we had to stimulate their genitalia's until they produced urine and a stool. They all produce urine but we can not get them to produce a stool as we dont now how to get them to "go". Rubbing isn't seeming to do the job and we are worrying.
I also think they look to skinny and doing research online they do not look fat enough. But I don't know... You can feel their back bone and their necks sag down with skin.
I can't even tell you what kind of rabbits they are as we adopted them from a shelter. Nor can we go to the vet as we live nowhere near one.
Can anyone help??
I am trying to post images but can not seem to do it...
Please help if you can.
Thank you for reading this.
-Naomi-Rose
I am thinking I could email photos to people if they think it will help?? Or if I give you my family email address, send me a message so I can send you photos??? I dunno... I am just really worried.
***Thanks soooo much to GrahamL for uploading the pics to the "thread" (is that what is is called? Haha)
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