Thank you for the reply. I just decided not to do my plan. She is a broken black lionlop doe with only 3 kits. The gap at birth between her kits and the other ones (6 kits) is only 1 week.How old are the babies you are wanting to "Adopt" to her? And how many babies does she have already? What breed is she? How old are the babies she has now?
That is nice! Will she continue nursing everytime I give her new kits?A nursing doe will continue to produce milk as long as she nurses and gets plenty of fluids. My best guess and experience, within a week or so of weaning the kits she will dry up.
good to know that.One month after kindling should be ok. As long as she's still producing milk, the important questions are what Augustus&HazelGrace asked...
Thank you for the reply. I just decided not to do my plan. She is a broken black lionlop doe with only 3 kits. The gap at birth between her kits and the other ones (6 kits) is only 1 week.How old are the babies you are wanting to "Adopt" to her? And how many babies does she have already? What breed is she? How old are the babies she has now?
That is nice! Will she continue nursing everytime I give her new kits?A nursing doe will continue to produce milk as long as she nurses and gets plenty of fluids. My best guess and experience, within a week or so of weaning the kits she will dry up.
good to know that.One month after kindling should be ok. As long as she's still producing milk, the important questions are what Augustus&HazelGrace asked...
At their 20th day? Ive checked it and didnt observe any swelling. Ive been comparing with my other doe thou with 1 month old kits with pinkish nipples, hers is whitish. Does that imply something, may be she isnt producing milk anymore.Hm, I would check the doe for mastitis, as I've read in the past milk infected with the wrong bacteria can kill whole litters.
Might cost a lot while I can just buy plenty of bunnies with a vet's price. You have any guess for this?You could take a kit that just died to a vet for necropsy. If you planned for this doe to have any more litters then that would be advisable.
If they lasted 20 days before starting to die then I tend to think they were getting enough milk. It’s not unusual to maybe lose 1 in a litter but to lose that many is not normal.
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