Just discovered baby bunnies,PLEASE HELP...U/D 1 baby gone!

[**lexi**]

Hi,
mum and babies seem to be doing well,but one baby has obviously been bitten by mum,it has a wound to its ear and bite marks and bruises to its body....im quite concerned about this and dont know why this has happened.
what should i do? if anything

 

[AllForTheAnimals]

she may be over grooming the kit as first times does often do I was lucky and my entire first litter of kits lived you can't do much for him but I would just keep an eye on him I couldn't find the formula so I would suggest just to either leave them with mum or use the warm bottle thing and let the nurse twice a day how old did you say they were again? as I can tell you more if I know the age hope everything goes well as so far it hasn't for me four of my kits died in the past three days and one in my hand

 

[FudgeMallow]

Hi ive had 2 surprise litters from my rabbit. Even though she was a first time mum she was excellent with her babies. Sadly 2 babies died from the first litter as they had crawled/been pushed out of their nest. From the second litter 1 of the 3 babies had been getting bullied from the mum and when he was about 4 days old i went to check on them and noticed he had a little drop of blood on his tail and when i picked him up (mum is really friendly and didnt mind) i noticed that his mum had bitten the top of his tail of as there was teeth marks. when i put him back in the nest mum came over and kept nudging him out of the nest. I kept putting him back and she stopped doing it. Later on i went to check on them again and e was out the nest cuddled up in the opposite corner, i picked him up and noticed tiny little bruise like marks on his body.
At this point i was scared for him and didnt what to keep him with his mum. So i got a medium sized cardboard box and put a towel in the bottom and bought the hamster bedding from a pet shop and filled the box with that and hay and added a small amount of hay/fur from the nest and put him in there. I kept him indoors so he could keep warm and everyday i would keep mum distracted with veggies and treats while the baby got fed and had a plump little tummy. i would them use a cotton bud dipped in warm water to wipe his bottom to help him pee (as mother rabbits do this for them), once he had peed i would clean up the mess and dry him and put him back in his box. He is now 6 months old and live with his brother who i gradually introduced him to once they had both been neutered. I feel if it weren't for me mummy rabbit would of killed him so i have given him a chance to live.
I hope that your rabbit isnt bullying her baby as looking after them is hard work and takes up a lot of time.
Good luck with your bunnies :wave::bunny:

 

[Lauralou]

she may be over grooming the kit as first times does often do.

i did start a reply like this but thought i might be wrong so didn't post it but definately agree about the overgrooming thing. i really would leave mum to it, she'll know what she's doing. :wave:

 

[AllForTheAnimals]

i did start a reply like this but thought i might be wrong so didn't post it but definately agree about the overgrooming thing. i really would leave mum to it, she'll know what she's doing. :wave:

yeah at first it's hard to tell if it is on purpose but most the time it is just over grooming but I still like to keep an eye on them