sorry to bother you .. but i can see some of you have had loads of experience with rabbits .. I have 2 female lops .. should i say HAD .. 2 females .. one had babies today !! i found 2 dead .. outside the nest .. i can t see into the nest to see if there are any more . What do i do .. Just leave it ??? presume she only had 2 ?? i can t hear anything the only way would be to try to stick our hands in .. she has built a burrow around a corner ... do the babies wander out ?? its freezing also .. worried incase there are more and they die .. I have removed the male . he is being castrated on Tuesday .. HELP!!! xxx Dawn p.s rabbits are about 8 months old .. not brother and sister
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You do need to check the nest. Make sure that you have no strong smell on your hands, and then stroke her and rub your hands all over her. Get someone to feed her a treat to keep her occupied then have a quick peer in the nest. Check or any more dead bodies and also any placentas.
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Give her/them extra hay for bedding if they are outside. Mum will also need extra food as she will be feeding them. She will feed them once a day and leave them alone in the nest. When one of my fosters had babies I carefull checked the nest daily wearing plasic bags/rubber bands round wrists to hold them on. But stroked mum first. Good luck.
You will also need to keep dad away from the babies even after he has been neutered and it will be several weeks before he can go back in with an unspayed female.
You will also need to keep dad away from the babies even after he has been neutered and it will be several weeks before he can go back in with an unspayed female.
