Beatrix Potter
Mama Doe
hello
just incase some of you didn't see my previous posts, we found 4 baby bunnies on our allotment last tuesday (that almost got rotavated) believed to be about 4 days old. we tried leaving them outside the plot to give the mum a chance to find them, but unforutunately she missed them.
With temparatures dropping and them not having food I decided to take them to the vets for advice. I decided to hand rear them not having done this before had a practice session with one of the veterinary nurses.
Well its now wednesday and they're about 12 days old and doing great!
Now have quite a bit of fur on them and nice rounded tummies, teeth are real bunny teeth, noses are twitching, and ears are getting longer!
also eyes are starting to open! one opened his last night, I believe another one has today and the other 2 are almost there.
All feeding off the syringe really well, they are beginning to realise this is food and sometimes its hard to get them OFF the syringe! get themselves in the weirdest positions and are all desperate to wrap their feet around the syringe but all but one long legged fella is able too!
Suzanne
just incase some of you didn't see my previous posts, we found 4 baby bunnies on our allotment last tuesday (that almost got rotavated) believed to be about 4 days old. we tried leaving them outside the plot to give the mum a chance to find them, but unforutunately she missed them.
With temparatures dropping and them not having food I decided to take them to the vets for advice. I decided to hand rear them not having done this before had a practice session with one of the veterinary nurses.
Well its now wednesday and they're about 12 days old and doing great!
Now have quite a bit of fur on them and nice rounded tummies, teeth are real bunny teeth, noses are twitching, and ears are getting longer!
also eyes are starting to open! one opened his last night, I believe another one has today and the other 2 are almost there.
All feeding off the syringe really well, they are beginning to realise this is food and sometimes its hard to get them OFF the syringe! get themselves in the weirdest positions and are all desperate to wrap their feet around the syringe but all but one long legged fella is able too!
Suzanne