hi all, having have a shock the other morning when going to clean out my buns cage, i am now the proud gran to 9 babies. (so much for buying 2 girls) would just like a bit of advice as to when to give the babies a good check, they are now 5 days old and mum is fine with me popping my head in and having a look , she has even let me touch 1,(it was out the nest so i had to put it back in)she will leave the nest to have a run in the garden. any advice at all would be gratedfully received :arrow:
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hi all, having have a shock the other morning when going to clean out my buns cage, i am now the proud gran to 9 babies. (so much for buying 2 girls) would just like a bit of advice as to when to give the babies a good check, they are now 5 days old and mum is fine with me popping my head in and having a look , she has even let me touch 1,(it was out the nest so i had to put it back in)she will leave the nest to have a run in the garden. any advice at all would be gratedfully received :arrow:
neeshkabeesh
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My advice? Separate the male and female NOW :lol:
hi
just had a look at your other post - did that lump on the mum's nipple turn out OK?
Sorry I don't know anything about baby rabbits though - sounds like they're doing fine so maybe running a search using the link at the top of the page would help? I would leave it all alone for a min of 2 weeks just to avoid stressing mum
just had a look at your other post - did that lump on the mum's nipple turn out OK?
Sorry I don't know anything about baby rabbits though - sounds like they're doing fine so maybe running a search using the link at the top of the page would help? I would leave it all alone for a min of 2 weeks just to avoid stressing mum
The babies should start coming out of the nest and exploring in about 2 weeks time and that's a good time to start handling them if the mum doesn't mind.
If you get the male neutered now you'll be able to put him back in with the mum when the babies leave. It takes 6 weeks after neutering for him to stop being fertile and the hormones to go.
Tam
If you get the male neutered now you'll be able to put him back in with the mum when the babies leave. It takes 6 weeks after neutering for him to stop being fertile and the hormones to go.
Tam
