StacySasnett
New Kit
Hello,
I am new to having baby bunnies in the house as I did not intend to breed. It's kind of a funny story. My husband and I picked out two male lion head bunnies at the pet store this last Christmas and we named them Smith & Wesson, they were about nine weeks old. I was cleaning out the cage on 3/20/14 (as I do weekly) and found a litter of 6 babies which absolutely scared the daylights out of me because I had two MALE bunnies! I did enough research to determine that I must keep them until 6 weeks of age and can then wean them from momma and find new homes for them. I made an appointment for the buck to be fixed and the earliest date I could get is 4/26/14. I was not smart enough to separate them and on 4/21/14 she kindled another litter of 5 kits! The first litter appear to be doing very well and healthy as far as I can tell.
So I have two litters! 5 kits are 1 day old and 5 kits are 4 weeks old (one did not make it from the first litter) I realize there is a lot I do not know about this whole business, but first things first. Can the momma nurse both litters???
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!!!!
Sincerely,
Stacy
I am new to having baby bunnies in the house as I did not intend to breed. It's kind of a funny story. My husband and I picked out two male lion head bunnies at the pet store this last Christmas and we named them Smith & Wesson, they were about nine weeks old. I was cleaning out the cage on 3/20/14 (as I do weekly) and found a litter of 6 babies which absolutely scared the daylights out of me because I had two MALE bunnies! I did enough research to determine that I must keep them until 6 weeks of age and can then wean them from momma and find new homes for them. I made an appointment for the buck to be fixed and the earliest date I could get is 4/26/14. I was not smart enough to separate them and on 4/21/14 she kindled another litter of 5 kits! The first litter appear to be doing very well and healthy as far as I can tell.
So I have two litters! 5 kits are 1 day old and 5 kits are 4 weeks old (one did not make it from the first litter) I realize there is a lot I do not know about this whole business, but first things first. Can the momma nurse both litters???
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!!!!
Sincerely,
Stacy