Mafofalofal
New Kit
Hi all,
I am an utter newbie to the forums, so please be gentle with me
I have two rabbits, one male (Flake) and one female (Biscuit) I only realised that they were opposite sex when Biscuit had her 1st litter of kits. Sadly they all died. As she had the kits in the middle of the night, I couldn't get her a hutch of her own until the next morning, so inevitably she had another litter, (They were of course seperated the morning after her first litter but it was a little too late)
Anyway, she had 9 kits this time, we did lose one, but the other 8 are now 4 days old (her first litter were all dead by this point) And they are all fat with milk, lovely and warm and very wriggly! She is being a wonderful mother this time round, she even built her nest 48 hours before birthing (not 2 hours before like last time)
I am trying not to interfere too much with the kits, I only check on them to make sure they haven't fallen from the nest during feeding, and to make sure that they are all warm and being fed properly.
as I dont have the space for 10 rabbits I am going to have to sell the majority of them on when they are old enough, so I thought I should double check their breed. (The place we got them from didn't know)
After research I am torn between 2 breed, Rex and English Spotted. And I was hoping that you guy could help please.
here are the pictures:
Biscuit:
Flake:
Their babies:
Hope you can all help.
Haley.
I am an utter newbie to the forums, so please be gentle with me
I have two rabbits, one male (Flake) and one female (Biscuit) I only realised that they were opposite sex when Biscuit had her 1st litter of kits. Sadly they all died. As she had the kits in the middle of the night, I couldn't get her a hutch of her own until the next morning, so inevitably she had another litter, (They were of course seperated the morning after her first litter but it was a little too late)
Anyway, she had 9 kits this time, we did lose one, but the other 8 are now 4 days old (her first litter were all dead by this point) And they are all fat with milk, lovely and warm and very wriggly! She is being a wonderful mother this time round, she even built her nest 48 hours before birthing (not 2 hours before like last time)
I am trying not to interfere too much with the kits, I only check on them to make sure they haven't fallen from the nest during feeding, and to make sure that they are all warm and being fed properly.
as I dont have the space for 10 rabbits I am going to have to sell the majority of them on when they are old enough, so I thought I should double check their breed. (The place we got them from didn't know)
After research I am torn between 2 breed, Rex and English Spotted. And I was hoping that you guy could help please.
here are the pictures:
Biscuit:
Flake:
Their babies:
Hope you can all help.
Haley.