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Hi. My bun, Joe is 15 day old. So last day, I noticed a gel like round something sticking down there just after he peed. Also, his pee smelled REALLY BAD. REALLY FOUL. He pees a normal pale yellow. He has also started nibbling on pellets. I think he is the jolliest baby bun I ever came across. But that urine thing is confusing me. Afterall, he is almost a newborn. His mum is absolutely fine and peeing normal. Any advice/facts please?
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Posted By Mikey on 4/25/2017 1:57 AM
At 15 days he should NOT be eating pellets. He isnt separated from his mother, is he?He nibbles on hay and pellets and that day he nibbled on boiled rice also.
He isn’t seperated from his mother. He gets two feedings per day under my supervision. He is always in a clean environment. -
My vet says babies may begin nibbling at pellets as soon as two weeks after birth. However, they should not stop nursing for a full eight weeks after they’re born. During this period, the babies will slowly decrease nursing and increase their consumption of pellets, but it’s important that they continue to nurse as well as the mother’s milk provides antibodies against pathogens. If they are weaned(nit feeding from mommy) too soon, their immune systems might not yet be strong enough without these antibodies.
Until they’re weaned, the babies will be highly susceptible to illness and bacteria, especially E. coli, which can kill a kit in a matter of hours. You should thoroughly wash your hands anytime that you need to handle the babies until they’re weaned. After that, try to handle them often because it will lead to tamer adult rabbits down the line.
For the strong smelling urine it could be one or two reasons she said that the mother is eating a lot of fatty foods like red leaf, kale, or treats/alfalfa causing her milk to be loaded with extra nutrients the babies cannot absorb yet. For now the best thing is to ensure that she feeds at least twice a day (check tummies) and ensure that they don’t leave their box until fully weaned (place escape artists back into nest sometimes mommy won t pick them up). You can also clean the box and place the babies on a warm fleece (a few minutes in dryer) or towel and save mommies nesting fur. Avoid strong smells like vinegar and just use water to prevent things like nest eye (babies peeing on each others eyes) you can use warm water to clean their eyes to prevent this.
String smelling pee is from excess waste and just means their k8dneys are working
On a strange note ensure mommy has food, she may decide that tiny bun looks yummy for nutrients it’s sad but it happens.
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Posted By BanditCamp on 4/25/2017 2:45 AM
My vet says babies may begin nibbling at pellets as soon as two weeks after birth. However, they should not stop nursing for a full eight weeks after they’re born. During this period, the babies will slowly decrease nursing and increase their consumption of pellets, but it’s important that they continue to nurse as well as the mother’s milk provides antibodies against pathogens. If they are weaned(nit feeding from mommy) too soon, their immune systems might not yet be strong enough without these antibodies.Until they’re weaned, the babies will be highly susceptible to illness and bacteria, especially E. coli, which can kill a kit in a matter of hours. You should thoroughly wash your hands anytime that you need to handle the babies until they’re weaned. After that, try to handle them often because it will lead to tamer adult rabbits down the line.
For the strong smelling urine it could be one or two reasons she said that the mother is eating a lot of fatty foods like red leaf, kale, or treats/alfalfa causing her milk to be loaded with extra nutrients the babies cannot absorb yet. For now the best thing is to ensure that she feeds at least twice a day (check tummies) and ensure that they don’t leave their box until fully weaned (place escape artists back into nest sometimes mommy won t pick them up). You can also clean the box and place the babies on a warm fleece (a few minutes in dryer) or towel and save mommies nesting fur. Avoid strong smells like vinegar and just use water to prevent things like nest eye (babies peeing on each others eyes) you can use warm water to clean their eyes to prevent this.
String smelling pee is from excess waste and just means their k8dneys are working
On a strange note ensure mommy has food, she may decide that tiny bun looks yummy for nutrients it’s sad but it happens.
Mommy is eating a LOT of fatty foods. It is my mistake. At first she wasn’t making much milk for the baby. there’s only one kit. The mommy gets boiled rice and oats. in veggies she gets bell peppers, carrots, cabbage, cucumbers. she also gets fresh grass, alpha alpha mixed with chamomile. If fatty foods can cause this, then definitely it is possible in my case.
I wash my hands always when handling Joe. He is always in a clean environment. No eye infections. He is always wrapped up in his fleece blanket resting and when left alone, starts running all over my bed. Yes, he stays with me all the time. I make sure he gets two feeds per day. Do I need to see a vet?
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