hi...i have x2 9 month old giant lop rabbits, 1 male, 1 female, who have both been brought up together from 7 weeks old...they used to share a hutch together ( as the male gets very lonely and depressed on his own)...its only recently that we have brought him a new hutch to have as we breeded them and she was expecting...
Now this is her second litter as the first all died, i kept finding them all over the hutch...still in 1 piece, thankfully!!!...The second litter she done all the right things i.e pulled her fir out, built the nest...it wasnt until i was cleaning the hutch out ( hutches are outside)...that i found she had her babys and were all alive(6 of them)...i was over the moon...but they were in the nest that she had built which was by the opening of the bedroom part...they were all covered over and when i checked them i could feel the warmth, so i knew they would be fine, or so i thought!!!...
I didnt want to interfere too much as she can be quite stroppy at times....i only went out there just to feed her...now 2 days later, i went to feed her in the morning and found the babys were uncovered and they were all dead...not harmed in anyway just cold and all huddled together...as you can imagine i was distraught ...I knew that i had to get them out of there before they started smelling...i put my latex gloves on and carefully emptyed her nest out...to my surprise i found another 1, baby number 7..which looked like it had got lost under all the hay and died...then as i reached the back of the hutch i found another baby, number 8, dead and looked like it was still in its birthing sack.. through looking at breeders sites for info there was a solution that maybe cos she knew there was 2 dead babys in there, then thats maybe why she had abandoned the other 6 :?...
Me and my partner have both agreed that if she was to have another litter that we are to bring her in and nest and possibly assit in raising them and helping her out abit as we obviously dont know if she knows what shes doing....
so hopefully 3rd time lucky and see how it goes...if it fails again then we are getting her done so she cant have any more and reunite her with the male as they are very close...
Anyone out there thats been through a similar situation then please let me know as to what to do...any advice would be great as i would really like her to keep a litter next time...Beckz
Now this is her second litter as the first all died, i kept finding them all over the hutch...still in 1 piece, thankfully!!!...The second litter she done all the right things i.e pulled her fir out, built the nest...it wasnt until i was cleaning the hutch out ( hutches are outside)...that i found she had her babys and were all alive(6 of them)...i was over the moon...but they were in the nest that she had built which was by the opening of the bedroom part...they were all covered over and when i checked them i could feel the warmth, so i knew they would be fine, or so i thought!!!...
I didnt want to interfere too much as she can be quite stroppy at times....i only went out there just to feed her...now 2 days later, i went to feed her in the morning and found the babys were uncovered and they were all dead...not harmed in anyway just cold and all huddled together...as you can imagine i was distraught ...I knew that i had to get them out of there before they started smelling...i put my latex gloves on and carefully emptyed her nest out...to my surprise i found another 1, baby number 7..which looked like it had got lost under all the hay and died...then as i reached the back of the hutch i found another baby, number 8, dead and looked like it was still in its birthing sack.. through looking at breeders sites for info there was a solution that maybe cos she knew there was 2 dead babys in there, then thats maybe why she had abandoned the other 6 :?...
Me and my partner have both agreed that if she was to have another litter that we are to bring her in and nest and possibly assit in raising them and helping her out abit as we obviously dont know if she knows what shes doing....
so hopefully 3rd time lucky and see how it goes...if it fails again then we are getting her done so she cant have any more and reunite her with the male as they are very close...
Anyone out there thats been through a similar situation then please let me know as to what to do...any advice would be great as i would really like her to keep a litter next time...Beckz
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