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BINKYBUNNY FORUMS

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- 05/30/2014 at 8:15 PM
  lotsalove
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  Back in March my apartment manager gave us two domestic bunnies that were abandoned. She knows we have lots of pets that we have rescued. We built them a hutch that they shared. A month later we discovered we had a male and female and now had 4 baby bunnies. We quickly went to get another hutch and separated the male and female. Everything had been fine with the babies and the mommy. Now 4 weeks later we notice that the mommy bunny is building another nest (I guess we didn’t separate them fast enough). But today when I went in to feed the bunnies I noticed the mother was charging at the babies. She kept doing it every time the babies got near her nest. I got scared an pulled all the babies out.
  
  My worry now, is do the 4wk old bunnies still need their mother. Do they still need to nurse. They eat pellets and hay and drink from the water bottle on their own. I don’t know if I should put them back in with the mom or keep them separated. Please help.
- 05/30/2014 at 9:36 PM
  Roberta
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  You did the right thing… They should be OK if they are eating… Try to pick up any extra cecals Mummy leaves about and put them in with the babies… The enzymes and bacteria fro those are Very important at the moment… Speak to your vet and see if they have any milk supplement available, you may not need it but if any one is looking sickly it’s good to have it handy… Mummy is probably about to deliver the next litter.
- 05/30/2014 at 9:58 PM
  LongEaredLions
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  I agree. She probably was being protective of the new babies. I don’t know much about babies, but I just wanted to give some ((((safe delivery vibes)))).
  Make sure to get everybody separated and spayed/neutered as soon as they are ready so this doesn’t happen again!
- 05/30/2014 at 10:04 PM
  Kokaneeandkahlua
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  Yes definitely you did fine. I don’t think it’s ideal to separate them that young, but really you don’t have a choice and rabbits are very precocious. I would give a good vet a call to see if you need to supplement them with anything-and give mom all the food you can-that’s a tremendous strain to have two litters and nurse them, she’s going to need loads of calories!
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