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My rabbit just had babies a couple of days ago I know that if you touch a baby rabbit when they are too young you leave your sent on them and their mother rejects them so when can i hold my bunnies?
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∙ 15y ago
my uncle breeds rabbits and he's very active with them and they know and like him/his scent he usually grabs one up right after birth and checks it,but then he doesn't mess with them for another 1-3 weeks if your rabbit will willingly come to you,lay beside you,run around you,be near you you can hold them after about 1 1/2 weeks but i wouldn't recommend any sooner because if you handle them too young you have a high chance of giving them an illness because they have a low immune system till about the same time they start to get their "full" coat
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How much baby bunnies can a mother have at one time?
She can have from one to 12 babies in one litter.
Why are bunnies small?
It's just the way bunnies are made and have adapted to the environment.
Can you leave the bunnies longer with the mother more than 8 weeks?
Yes, you can, but be sometimes the babies can become soley dependant on their mother and never learn or do things that other bunnies do when they've been separated, so it's best not to.
When can you put the baby bunnies in the cage with their father?
DO TOUCH THE BABIES... the mother has the potential to care for them if she feels the love by you. So please just touch the mother and help her do her job.
How should you protect a nest of bunnies with their mom still with them?
Just leave them alone and let nature do what it does. messing with the babies will cause the mother to abandon them.
When does a mother bunny visit their baby bunny?
A mother bunny visits her kits every so often, but does not always stay with them. It is in the natural habbit to stay away from them so prey does not find them as easily. If you have them in a cage, than they might be in the place that the mother sleeps, so she may spend more time with them. The normal amount of time spent with the bunnies is only enough time for feeding usually.!
Do you have to have a male and female rabbit to have bunnies?
Yes, you MUST have a female and a male rabbit who have mated in order to have babies. same as humans, you mother didn't have you with out your father
How long should the father rabbit stay away from mother and babies?
Until the babies are grown enough to leave the mother and separated into other cages. If you reintroduce the father he may get jealous of the attention the mother is giving to the babies and hurt the babies or kill them because he isn't getting the attention. Also, if you reintroduce the father when the babies are grown, the father might mate with the mother AND the females of the litter and then OOPS... more babies!
How long does the mother stay away from her baby bunnies?
how long can baby bunnies stay away from their mother?
Doe rabbit with babies pregnant again?
A mother rabbit can have two litters of bunnies at the same time I would suggest removing the father from the cage to prevent that from happening
Mother lovebird rejects a baby.?
If, in very rare cases, the mother lovebird rejects one of her babies you are forced to hand feed. Handfeeding is the process of basically hand feeding them with bird formula specially designed for baby birds. However, handfeeding a baby bird at day one is not recommended as it is not getting it's mother's nutrients. Possible reasons for the reject may be that the mother thinks the baby is too weak, you peeked into the nestbox too much, you pulled the babies one at a time for handfeeding, etc.
Will a girl rabbit feed and take care of baby bunnies even if she does not have any or if they are not hers?
If a female rabbit does not have babies of her own, then she is most likely not producing any milk. It is rare for a mother to just spontaneously begin to lactate without having gone through a pregnancy. If the mother already has babies and the babies are close to the same age, then the mother will take the orphined babies. It is always important to monitor the rqabbit closely with the new babies and make sure she is showing no agression toward them.
