Sabine
Well-Known Member
I am posting this on behalf of a breeder friend of mine who breeds Netherland Dwarfs like me.
He recently lost a baby that was just over 1 week old for no reason he could see (no peanut or max factor etc) and yesterday he spotted that one of the babies in a recent litter of two was wet around the bum in the evening. They are also a about a week old. he dried it off and put it back but found it dead in the morning. Now the second baby is displaying the same symptoms. He is very weak and can barely sit and appears to have diarrhea. It looks rather hopeless.
I have never lost babies as young as that so can't draw from my experience so I was wondering if anyone here could help.
What could cause this and is there anything that can be done to prevent it? The mothers of each litter are fine and show no signs of disease.
Both does were bred in his own rabbitry so it can't be anything dragged in from the outside.
Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.
He recently lost a baby that was just over 1 week old for no reason he could see (no peanut or max factor etc) and yesterday he spotted that one of the babies in a recent litter of two was wet around the bum in the evening. They are also a about a week old. he dried it off and put it back but found it dead in the morning. Now the second baby is displaying the same symptoms. He is very weak and can barely sit and appears to have diarrhea. It looks rather hopeless.
I have never lost babies as young as that so can't draw from my experience so I was wondering if anyone here could help.
What could cause this and is there anything that can be done to prevent it? The mothers of each litter are fine and show no signs of disease.
Both does were bred in his own rabbitry so it can't be anything dragged in from the outside.
Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.