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- 03/17/2018 at 5:14 AM
  Chanjot
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  Hi, I have a female rabbit who probably gave birth yesterday night to three rabbits. In the morning when we discovered it we provided the newborns with comfortable place to stay put. The mother had big nails and probably because of it the newborn was injured and died
  Another died to because of unknown reason where his skin turned blackish blue
  Then we saw that the mother was not feeding them and soon tried to feed the newborn by holding the mother and placing his mouth on her nipple. The baby seems very weak and also has wrinkled skin. How do we know uf he is being fed or not? And also any other things to take care of the newborn or the mother?? Pls reply asap
- 03/17/2018 at 12:53 PM
  Bam
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  I’m sorry two of the babies died. That’s very common with first time mothers. They don’t know quite how to be mothers.
  Its good that you hold the surviving baby to be fed. A bunny typically feeds her kits 1-2 per day, for a couple of minutes each time. Rabbit milk is extremely fat so the kits don’t have to feed often. Between feedings, the kits lie by themselves, wrapped in the mother’s fur. The mother doesn’t lie with them like cats and dogs do. You should give the kit a nest box so it doesn’t crawl away and get cold, because that becomes fatal very quickly. Is the kit wrapped in mama bun’s fur? The mother should pull out fur from under her chin when the babies are due, because the fur comes loose at that point in time.
  
  If the baby’s tummy is nicely rounded after feeding, it’s getting enough food. That the skin is wrinkly is normal, as long as the tummy is rounded.
  
  Tis is just a reminder of our forum rules: Binky Bunny doesn’t allow discussions about intentional breeding. If you are planning to breed bunnies, there are forums that better cater to your needs. Rabbits Online is an active forum that’s frequented by people with a lot more bunny breeding experience than most of us here have. This is a link to Rabbits Online, the relevant forum-section: http://www.rabbitsonline.net/forums/the-rabbitry-and-show-room.20/
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