So last night I picked up 2 free ad buns. Someone had had 4 "females" dumped on them (3 weeks ago) - 2 had been re-homed, but they were desperate to re-home the other 2 as they had no where to put them.
i got them home last night - one was timid (& a bit scratchy when I eventually caught her) & quite thin. The other (dark one) hardly moved at all, & was fatter. With my limited sexing experience :roll: , I decided the light one was female, but the dark one I struggled with - I guessed female, & she had nipples (as did the light one) & they were really scared & leaning on each other, so I decided to leave them together, & get a vets appointment(Friday) to get sexes confirmed, then spay female if one turned out to be male.
This morning, I went out to do water/hay - only the dark one could be seen, so I went in the sleeper compartment - laying on top of loads of fluff definitely 3, maybe more kits. I shut them back up immediately.
The buns have been on a CARROT/LETTUCE ONLY diet for a few weeks - so last night I gave them a tiny handful of excel, a few chopped carrots, & a big pile of hay. All was gone this morning.
I rang Bunnymadhouse (at 7am - Sorry Angie ) & she said that if they're recent births, there may be blood on the Mother. There was blood on both!!! :shock: Definitely more on the dark one, but I don't want to remove the mum - but the light one was behaving more hormonally. Until seeing blood on the dark one, I was convinced the light one was mum.
There's loads of threads on here about litters, so I'm happy with the whole not touching/rubbing hands in litter bit, but I'm really stuck on deciding which is the mother, & removing the other. I had to drop some buns at vet this morning ( :roll: See other thread!), but no vet was in - might see if one can come out...
Also, as far as the diet is concerned, I gave more pellets this morning, & loads of veg & hay (I'm hoping someone will cover the kits?), is it more dangerous changing their diet so fast, or should I just risk it under the circumstances.
Any advice greatly appreciated. I don't know what I'm doing.
This will also teach me to look on free ads.
Pics of Mum & Auntie
i got them home last night - one was timid (& a bit scratchy when I eventually caught her) & quite thin. The other (dark one) hardly moved at all, & was fatter. With my limited sexing experience :roll: , I decided the light one was female, but the dark one I struggled with - I guessed female, & she had nipples (as did the light one) & they were really scared & leaning on each other, so I decided to leave them together, & get a vets appointment(Friday) to get sexes confirmed, then spay female if one turned out to be male.
This morning, I went out to do water/hay - only the dark one could be seen, so I went in the sleeper compartment - laying on top of loads of fluff definitely 3, maybe more kits. I shut them back up immediately.
The buns have been on a CARROT/LETTUCE ONLY diet for a few weeks - so last night I gave them a tiny handful of excel, a few chopped carrots, & a big pile of hay. All was gone this morning.
I rang Bunnymadhouse (at 7am - Sorry Angie ) & she said that if they're recent births, there may be blood on the Mother. There was blood on both!!! :shock: Definitely more on the dark one, but I don't want to remove the mum - but the light one was behaving more hormonally. Until seeing blood on the dark one, I was convinced the light one was mum.
There's loads of threads on here about litters, so I'm happy with the whole not touching/rubbing hands in litter bit, but I'm really stuck on deciding which is the mother, & removing the other. I had to drop some buns at vet this morning ( :roll: See other thread!), but no vet was in - might see if one can come out...
Also, as far as the diet is concerned, I gave more pellets this morning, & loads of veg & hay (I'm hoping someone will cover the kits?), is it more dangerous changing their diet so fast, or should I just risk it under the circumstances.
Any advice greatly appreciated. I don't know what I'm doing.
This will also teach me to look on free ads.
Pics of Mum & Auntie