They are not protruding, they feel like they are lodged in her stomach. She is not fixed yet, I just got her yesterday, the rescue captured her out of they wild. She will be fixed, and when healthy, introduced to my other buns who are also fixed.

I have an emergency vet appointment for tonight, I’m leaving in 15 minutes. I hope it goes well! Maybe the bumps are a symptom of stress?

Posted By LBJ10 on 3/04/2016 9:31 PM
Are the lumps poop in her intestines?

The lumps are too big. I’m at the vet’s, waiting for the veterinarian. A vet tech(in case you read another one of my threads, she will be watching Bobbi, Oreo and my other pets in August?) checked her out though. She wasn’t 100% sure, but said Molly could possibly be pregnant. I hope not, but it would be better than a lethal tumor. I will update you when the vet diagnoses her. Wish us luck!

I’m back from the vet already! They decided against doing an ultrasound, due to the risks of anesthetic. My vet palapatated(not sure how its spelt, hope you know what I’m talking about!) Molly, and confirmed that she is heavily pregnant. This is probably the reason she isn’t skinny, I just neglected to notice her bulging stomach. Now I’m staring at it, it is very big! Oreo is pretty heavy, but not as fat as Molly by far! Is there a way to tell when her due date is? My vet gave me some basic info, but I’ve never had to deal with a prego pet before! I’m pretty scared. Should I still force feed her? Should I feed her more? I am clueless. Also, as she was wild caught, could the kits have a wild father? If so, would they become tame? The rescue only had Molly in their care for a few hours, and they had an emergency at the same time, so no one really took a good look at her.

I was so oblivious I didn’t even realize how fat she is! I live in a small town, so my ‘rescue’ is more of an animal control thing. They only gave her a visual check up, because they had an emergency, and it was around 3 in the morning. They only had a few dog kennels, and no rabbit supplies, so they called me. They are aware that I have bunnies, as I was just at the rescue in the afternoon, signing papers for one of my foster hams.

I’ve notified them about the pregnancy, the lady I spoke to was the one who captured and named Molly. She felt awful that she didn’t notice Molly was pregnant.

I’m in the process of finding a nest box, will she build the nest, or do I have to build it?

I found a cardboard box, approximately 5″ bigger than Molly on all sides. I cut a square hole in the size, but left a 1″ lip as instructed by one of the links. I offered her plenty of hay( alfalfa, timothy and orchard) and she is currently building a nest. I also saw her eating the catgrass I gave her, so at least she’s eating again. She is pulling lots of fur off of her belly and dewlap, also on her thys. I found a baby monitor with a camera that I have to spy on ill/new pets without scaring them. I put it in her room, don’t want to cause her stress of me hovering around her, now I can hover over the camera upstairs?. She can’t access the cords either. She started drinking again too, emptied her bowl in about 5 minutes. She has unlimited water, pellets and hay. I gave her a handful of catgrass too. Oh, and plenty of veggies. Cucumber, carrots, kale, romaine lettuce.

I went into her room earlier to refill her water, so far she has only drank out of her dish, and she growled and bit me! It didn’t break skin, it was just a nip, but that was the first contact she’s had with me. Now she is in her nest box, she has been in there for about three hours, I’ve been watching the baby monitor.

Does the water dish pose a risk to the kits? I know it does with hamsters, as the pups can drown. She hasn’t even looked at the water bottle, so I’m worried that the bowl could pose a threat. It isn’t in her nest box, so they should be safe until they come out of the box. It is pretty shallow too, but definitely deep enough to become a hazard. There are no noises coming out of her box, but is it a possibility that she is kindling? I’m a newbie to babies, so I’m so nervous. On the other hand, I’m sure the kits will be so cute! I really want everything to be okay.

Posted By bam on 3/05/2016 3:01 PM
I’m glad she’s eating again, I was a bit concerned by her inappetance in your other thread =)

Yep, didn’t sleep very well last night. Now she is eating like a pig! She has eaten 4 large romaine leafs, one mini-cucumber, four small baby carrots, and three kale leaves. Along with almost half a cup of pellets, and one lb of hay. She used the rest of the bag for her nest. Is that too much food? I read to give her unlimited pellets, along with hay and water of course. Should I give her unlimited veggies? I took away the catgrass as she ate the entire plant, I have a few more plants, should I continue feeding her catgrass? Oh, I also gave her one plain pumpkin seed.

So Molly kindled this morning! She spent about three hours perfecting her nest last night, and gave birth to about eight kits this morning. She hasn’t fed them yet, but I’m pretty sure thats normal, and that rabbits will feed their kits in the evening.
She is still eating lots, and staying away from her nest box, which is good. I had my husband stand at one end of the room and distract Molly, while I opened the top of the box and checked the kits. They are alive, and healthy. They are so weird looking! Tiny, pink and hairless. They look like hamster pups, not rabbit kits! Molly is still extremely aggressive, she bit my husband and broke the skin. It isn’t a large wound, just needed a band-aid, but I’m hoping this aggression settles down once she is tamed and spayed.