Babies age

Im sure someone here will be able to answer this. Last week I took on two female bunnies that each had a litter, one with five babies, the other with eight babies. The man who brought them here told me they were 5 days old but I think they were older than that. All of the babies in both litters have now opened their eyes. The babies in the larger litter are slightly bigger and tonight one of them was out of the nest and hopping around and even started to nibble on some hay, I dont think it will be much longer before the smaller litter does the same. Any idea how old they are? Its been over 2 years since I last had an unweaned litter here and I cant remember what age they start to do things

10-11 days I think for opening eyes

Tamsin said:

10-11 days I think for opening eyes

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What about eating solid food though? I noticed the younger ones eyes open a couple of days ago but they could have been before that.

My wild babies were mouthing at hay by about 2.5 weeks but they couldn't really chew it until about 3 weeks.

Their ears were still semi closed/laid back when they first opened their eyes.

Tam

Tamsin said:

My wild babies were mouthing at hay by about 2.5 weeks but they couldn't really chew it until about 3 weeks.

Their ears were still semi closed/laid back when they first opened their eyes.

Tam

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The ears were half up on the one that came out of the nest today. They only arrived late Wednesday night, I didnt desturb them to much until they settled in so for all I know their eyes could have been open before that. The one out of the nest tonight definatly looked like it was chomping on a bit of hay. Maybe I should take some more pics when I get a chance.

If it helps, this was day 10/11, when they opened their eyes:



day 16:



day 19:

Thanks for that. The older litter look a lot like your 16 day old pics, the younger litter look inbetween the first 2 pics so maybe around 14 days which would make them older than he told me they were. At least I have a rough idea how old they are now

sgprescue said:

The ears were half up on the one that came out of the nest today. They only arrived late Wednesday night, I didnt desturb them to much until they settled in so for all I know their eyes could have been open before that. The one out of the nest tonight definatly looked like it was chomping on a bit of hay. Maybe I should take some more pics when I get a chance.

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i definitely think more pics are essential Cheryl :wave:

Check out raven-guest's threads as she was posting her Conti babies every day for 3 or so weeks.

Neil

Diddeen said:

i definitely think more pics are essential Cheryl :wave:

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:lol: I will prob take some pics on Wednesday. I just got a new camera last night as I managed to drop and break my other one so I havent figured out how to use it yet

My free ad babies opened their eyes on day 10 & tried to eat Mum's tea on day 11:lol: :lol: