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Possible mummified kits?

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Jojuan

New Kit
Our doe is depressed, lethargic and oddly hunched over, but she doesn't seem to be in pain. Her appetite and water intake are normal. Elimination, too.

Outside, exercising in the yard, she will move as little as possible. We're suspecting mummified kits as she has failed to deliver after 3 consecutive breedings. Last fall, she managed to produce one monstrous dead kit - four days past-due - so perhaps there were others, but she was too exhausted to deliver. Now, it seems she is sterile. I'm baffled.

Has anyone had experience with this?
 
If she is hunched over and depressed, get her to a vet. Rabbits dont show pain like you would expect. She could have dead kits still inside her, and she could require an emergency spay.

How about you just dont try and breed her anymore?
 
GrahamL said:
If she is hunched over and depressed, get her to a vet. Rabbits dont show pain like you would expect. She could have dead kits still inside her, and she could require an emergency spay.

How about you just dont try and breed her anymore?
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