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We did try to hold the mama and let baby suckle to see if he would get anything. Her nipples were so small though it was hard for him to even latch on.

I bought things to make formula. Colostrum, kitten milk replacer, and lactose free heavy whipping cream. Baby unfortunately didn't make it. For future reference, how long can newborns go without being fed? Mama was super malnourished and the other 3 kits came out underdeveloped. And...

The rabbit I'm fostering was a feral who has a healing laceration on her leg. It is also infected but getting better by the week. I've had her for 2 weeks and on the weekend she surprised me with babies. She had three underdeveloped stillborn babies and one TINY alive baby. The baby...

If a mama rabbit gave birth less than 24 hours ago, it is okay to bring mama and her baby to the vet? Currently the nest box has one baby and is in the kennel. Her water and pellets are also in the kennel. I have a little area secured outside the kennel for her litter box. The vet told me to...

The bunny I'm caring for right now has a deep and infected laceration on her leg so the vet sent us home with a cone. She's eating and drinking her food normally but she left a few cecotropes this morning, I assume she can't eat them straight from her bum. How do I feed them back to her? In a...

I agree, there's so many websites with conflicting info. Some say kale is super high in oxalates and some say that it contains it but in very low levels... I'll just stay safe and offer it as a special treat every couple of weeks.

Usually the bunnies get romaine/green lettuce and cilantro. And sometimes I switch it up by adding kale, bok choy, watercress... rarely spinach but they get it as a treat every so often. What's your opinion on kale? They don't get it all the time but it is one of the veggies I regularly pick up...

My personal rabbit and rabbits that I take care of get fed LOTS of veggies. Momo and the one I'm caring for right now (Phoebe) both weigh around 4-5 pounds and they get two bowls a day, each bowl being around 2 ish cups sometimes more sometimes less. I've never had problems with their gut but...

I think they did mean it was from last year. How can I tell if it's mouldy? I feel like it has a bit of an odour.

I ordered hay to be delivered to my house. It was mentioned to me that it was an older harvest and therefore a discounted price, I always received very nice hay from these people so I didn't think too much of it. The hay is very yellow and doesn't have a sweet smell. It doesn't smell like much...

I have a very tiny rabbit. She was 3.5lbs her last vet appointment but since then I think she's gotten fatter (which is a good thing because she was a skinny feral). I heard that rabbits typically eat their size in hay per day. My rabbit eats probably 4x or 5x her size in her. In the morning I...

I was going out to eat lunch with a coworker. As I stepped out of the car, I noticed a little black ball in the small green space in front of the restaurant. I went over to inspect it and suddenly I had the cutest bunny I had ever seen sitting at my feet. She was young, vet said 3 months when I...

Yes, she is spayed. Just awful because my entire room is covered in x-pens to block her from chewing up cords. Do you have extra advice for protecting cords? I'm going to start taping them up to minimize how much is hanging around but they can't be protected if she's chewing the plastic covers...

My rabbit Momo, in the last week, has started to dig all the contents of her litter box onto the floor. I don't mind the hay, since hay gets everywhere anyways, but it's not fun to be cleaning up urine soaked paper bedding and wood pellets everyday. It's also important to note that she has a...

We are starting a rescue for feral rabbits. We know we will be taking in a lot of pregnant bunnies. Because we have volunteers coming by to care for the rabbits, I don't think it would be a good idea for all of them to handle the babies. We are being advised by other rescues, but because they...