Baby bunny.... HELP!

My kids won 2 “male” bunnies at an Easter egg hunt this year.... fast forward to yesterday afternoon. We were cleaning out their cage and found 1 baby. I started researching online what to do. It was chubby & looked good last night. This morning it was moved to the far opposite part of the cage. I was worried the kids were making her nervous checking on it, so I left it be. Tonight, when feeding her, we picked the baby up to check it and it has cuts and bloody spots on its belly (almost its genital area), legs, and back feet. Its also moved again from this morning. It’s also mostly uncovered. It still looks chubby in its belly but there is some wrinkles in its skin. Any ideas on what to do? I feel so bad for the little thing! Help!

Also, we tried adding a box to her cage and put the baby & as much of the “nest” that we could salvage in there with the baby, but she turned it over, dumped the baby out, scattered it everywhere, and was chewing up the box.

What type of flooring is in the cage? The kit is most likely crawling around. It really needs to be in a secure place, like a nestbox. Typical nestboxes are made of wood and are more difficult for the doe to move. I would try the box again and anchor it so she can’t turn it over. Give her other things to chew on and maybe she won’t target the box. Until the kit opens its eyes (10-14 days old) it’s more vulnerable to getting hurt

The kit needs a nest, it needs to be kept warm. If there isn't enough plucked fur and you can't pluck enough off her you can use cotton wool, dryer lint or such for the inner layer of a nest, lots of hay surrounding it. If the kit isn't warm it's digestion might not function properly, and single kits have a quite hard time keeping warm. You can also put a bottle of warm water or suitable heating pad to one side of the nest, the kit will find it's goldilocks zone near or far the bottle.
They don't really need a box, if that doesn't work, a corner will do, just pad it well with hay, so much that the corner is the lowest point of the nest.

Most important thing though, the buck must be seperated. If you didn't do that before she gave birth be prepared for another litter in 4 weeks.

majorv said:

What type of flooring is in the cage? The kit is most likely crawling around. It really needs to be in a secure place, like a nestbox. Typical nestboxes are made of wood and are more difficult for the doe to move. I would try the box again and anchor it so she can’t turn it over. Give her other things to chew on and maybe she won’t target the box. Until the kit opens its eyes (10-14 days old) it’s more vulnerable to getting hurt

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We took the male out as soon as we found the baby. We put baby in a wooden box last night and remade it’s nest as best as possible. This morning it’s still in it’s nest but mom has bitten off both back feet. I’m trying to find a vet in our area that sees bunnies. But I’m afraid it’s not looking good of anyone being open around here. (ER doesn’t see bunnies). I also text a friend of our who is a vet tech and see if they have any suggestions. I feel so bad for the poor little thing.

Oh, I'm sorry about that. There isn't any magic a vet can do in such a case, if I were in your sitiuation I would consider to euthanise the kit.

A friend of ours works for a equine vet and said they would put it down for us.