Mi Bunny

Those who lack experience with bunnies, behavior of a mother rabbit around her kits may seem unusual. Usually pet owners think that this is a problem, but in most cases this is not true. Actually people get worried because the mother rabbit is almost never seen with her babies. Hence the owners think that the mother is rejecting her babies, and is not feeding them properly. But like most mothers, the mother rabbit does not spend a lot of time with her children. This has been attributed to the domestic mamma bunny’s genetic instincts since staying with her babies in the wild would mean putting their lives at risks. All Adult rabbits have a scent, which is easily tracked by predators, while the kits do not have any scent.

In the wild, mother rabbits stay away from their babies, apart from providing necessities and this is normal behavior for them. The mothers don’t normally visit the nest box for checking their offspring during the day. Usually they keep a watch from a distance since these kits need to be fed by their mother once or twice a day. The mother nurses them only when she feels it is safe, and this usually happens at dawn or dusk.

You can stress the mother by crowding her too much, which also makes her feel very unsafe. To check that a kit is well fed, you should check its tummy since most nourished baby bunnies would have quite a distended tummy. If these bunnies are not well fed by their mothers then they would have tummies with a sunken appearance. So their skins would be wrinkled, and responses while being handled would be very weak or nonexistent. In such cases, you should call for professional health to ensure that they recover well.

hi guys
my 2 rabbits just kindled in the last 2 days my californian had 8 kits on the 6th and my new zeland had a large litter this morning, i think maybe around 16 kits judging by the size of the nest and amount of pink in there.

im just wondering if she will be fit to feed so many kits I havent seen her in with them yet but there seems to be a lot of her hair in the run so i guess she's been in and out do you think i would be succesful or advised to transfare 2 or 3 kits in to the californian? and if so what would be the best method to do it

thanks
conor