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Is it true that if you touch a rabbits babies she will abandon them'?
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∙ 14y ago
No, we touch our rabbbit kits all the time. Immediately following birth we pull them out one by one inspecting them all to make sure they are alive and well. We count them and place them back. We check them daily to be sure they are all eating and progressing as they should. The only time I had a mother kill her young is when I was forced to move her and her kits to a different cage.
A mother only kills her young if she is stressed or something is wrong or she senses danger. If you handle her all the time then you are not a threat to her or her young.
The other reason a mother will kill or eat her young is if there is something wrong with the kit.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 14y agoactually no. it wont. rabbits don't have scent and most mothers wont kick them out. but that doesn't give you permission. if you touch it or disturb the nest the mom might sense danger and abandoned the nest, its not usual but can happen. also the baby will and most likely die from shock of being handled by a human. the little ones don't usually bite but if the nest is abandoned or the baby is kicked out, you might need to rehabilitate it. if so try to only handle it when fed and only keep it as long as it needs which is when the little white blaze in the middle of their forehead goes away. if you keep them too long they can become aggressive because they aren't domestic and as they get older are more prone to defend because of instinct. if you think it is so cute, do the right thing and either don't disturb it or release it as soon as possible and get a domestic one :)
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∙ 14y agoIf your hands are clean and free of scent a mother rabbit will not abandon her babies (domestic rabbits - not wild rabbits they are much more sensitive). In fact, a domestic rabbit's babies should be checked not long after birth to make sure there are no dead kits in the nest. Clean hands free of scented soaps and lotions should be used. If you are still a little hesitant you could put a small dab of vanilla on moms nose so that all she smells is vanilla until long after whatever scent you may have left is gone. Your rabbits are more likely to accept you checking their kits if they are used to you AND they are in a quiet calm environment,
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∙ 14y agoNo, the mother won't adandon the babies, but don't do it anyway, she might be looking for a place to lay her.
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If you touch a rabbit under 6-8 months the mother will start to think the ones you hvae touched are not her little loved ones and if u don't leave them alone she may kill or just not feed them and they will have to be hand reared xx i xxANSWER: That's not necessarily true. If the mother is a new mother, first timer, 10 kits may be too many for her to handle. There could be something wrong witht eh kits, usually a mother rabbit's instincts are very good. She will abandon the babies if they will die later or will have diformities or are sick.Theres a number of reasons why a mother would abandon her kits.PS if you touch rabbits when they are born then your hands have to be SOOOO clean.
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