Emergency! (unexpected litter)

[graceandsnowball]

My doe gave birth and I was completely unprepared. She gave birth on the wire cage with layer of fur and alfalfa. What do I do? please help

 

[KeltonB]

See if this helps...I was recently caught off guard as well!

http://www.rabbitsonline.net/f27/surprise-litter-hope-i-did-right-thing-73759/

Did she pull fur that you can use to line a nesting box?

 

[minmelethuireb]

Basically, get a cardboard or wood box (box size - a bit bigger than the mommy rabbit), pick up the nest with the fur/hay, and put in in the box in the area where the nest was.

 

[tonyshuman]

Moved thread to the Rabbitry and made title more descriptive.

Hope things are going well for mama and the babies.

 

[woahlookitsme]

Agree with above how are they doing? You want to check on the babies daily to make sure they are alive and well. Mom will not care. Most of us give pets to mom before messing with her kits. She will feed them 1-2 times a day and usually in the early morning or late at night.

 

[CanucksStar17]

Put a box in her cage and pack a lot of hay in it then pound your fist in the hay and make a little burrow in it, but the fur in the nest and put the babies in it they should be fine! If they got cold you can warm them up with a hot water bottle (But be careful the babies could get to hot) or if you have a heating pad you can warm them up a bit that way to but make sure they don't get to hot another way I sometimes like to do it is put them in you shirt but it would be my last choice! I would advise before you touch the babies you should pet the Mum and get her smell on your hands then when she smells her babies she will just smell herself Good Luck keep us posted on how your babies are doing

 

[Nancy McClelland]

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