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Our rabbit chose to nest in here. The kits are 7 days old. When is it safe to handle them and clean? She ate her 1st litter and I am nervous about upsetting her with housekeeping. Once they begin to explore can they be moved to her cage? Or is leaving them to roam free in her room better?

I can’t thank you enough for all the information you have shared!

Thank you your response. All is well with the kits this morning. She did come out of her room this morning seeking him. He is thankfully going to be neutered in a couple of weeks so they may cohabitate. We plan to spay her as well. They are house rabbits and keeping them separate has been a...

My rabbit smelled the buck on me tonight. I am concerned she will eat her kits as she has done this before. She went looking for him. They are separated. Do I have anything to worry about?

My house rabbit ate her young. My other house rabbit who is a male found her and they mated and now she isn’t eating. What do I do to help?

Thank you so very much for your advice. The remaining little one however did not survive.

This morning I woke up to find our doe eating a kit. She had had 4. 1 is left unharmed. We removed the nest box and got supplemental supplies. Best practices for keeping it alive?

I bought a large wooden one for her because of her size. Our buck’s room is downstairs although he does hop freely in the house. I moved her cage to our office on the 3rd floor yesterday for her privacy. He doesn’t normally go up there and we found his presence was aggravating her. And yes-...

Hi. I am Susan and I have a lop and a giant chinchilla. The giant chinchilla showed up in our yard. I have learned they are a rare bred. Our indoor-outdoor rabbit was outside and the two spent the day together until I could get home and look for the owner. I discovered it was a female and...