What are the primary causes of baby rabbits’ death? Learn the reasons from here or else you along with the babies will suffer a lot. I think that this is a very delicate issue and every owner or breeder should be cautious. Remember it is not disease but the laxity and ignorance on the part of owner that are more responsible for baby rabbits’ deaths. Let’s find out the causes bit by bit.

One of the most important causes of death is chilling. It's not strange for a first or even second time doe to have her kits on the wire or in the front of her nest box out in the open. You have to be careful in this aspect and save them from all kinds of dangers. How can this be done? You can easily check her nest box to make certain she hasn't dug a hole that goes all of the way to the bottom. During the winter season all including the baby rabbits remain in need of warmth and for that reason, you can use a nest box warmer that has a high competence to save an innocent baby rabbit from getting chilled and embracing death.

A problem is often witnessed and it is regarding the size of nest. Try to have a well-knit nest but not equal to the size of the doe. It must be four times greater of its size or else the mother will hardly get any space to move, not to speak of the babies. Result? Suffocation and mass death. In the nest there should also be the presence of plenty of hay stuff. This is essential for both mother and babies.

If one day you come across babies on the wire or scattered in the nest box, don’t consider them as dead. Apply brisk yet gentle rubbing and they might prove their aliveness. If there is any movement after a couple of minutes, take the kits into house without delay. Throw a towel into the dryer and fill a large zipper-type freezer back half full of very warm, but not hot water. Squeeze out the air and close, making a warm water bed for the kits. Cover them with the warmed towel. This can make them relieved and vibrant once more.

Apart from this, deficiency of sufficient milk in doe is another possible cause of baby rabbits’ deaths. You can cope with this situation also through letting other does enter the arena. Babies will be the greatest beneficiaries.