LaineyB319
New Member
Hello,
Long story short, I rescued a rabbit from the side of the road. It was domesticated and I ended up finding out that another person that lived on my road released it. So I took it in and I've been caring for it for the last 3 weeks. I went to relocate it's area to my daughter's room. She is free roam in our bedroom, is litter box trained, and very sociable. When we went to go move her we had established that she had just had one kit under my bed. For obvious reasons I could not leave her nest just in a pile on my carpet under my bed. So I made her a nesting box inside of an unused closet and moved all of her food and supplies in there I kept her litter box in the same location in the bedroom. She definitely isn't happy about not having access back to under the bed. We have made sure there are no other kits anywhere in the room. When I found the kit it was 3 to 4 ft from the nest near the edge of the bed. Cold, it didn't look like it had been cleaned at all after birth it had dried up residue on it with all the fur stuck to it from her nest. I was able to warm it up with my body heat in my shirt and I made a nest in her box and lined it with her fur from the original nest. This was very unexpected. I have found out that she has had two previous litters and did not care for them. I have inspected the baby and it does not seem to be very wrinkly, but it does not have a full looking stomach. And this morning it was wandering out of the nesting box and squeaking wandering around in the closet. I'm wondering how to tell if she is caring for it and wondering if there is anything extra that I need to do seeing that there is only one kit. And I completely had to disturb her original nest so that worries me as well. Otherwise, she seems to be acting normal is a little bit more sensitive to being picked up. It almost looks like her nipples are non-existent. I am just looking for advice. I don't want to intervene and let her do her thing but I don't want to wait too long, if I end up having to help it.
Long story short, I rescued a rabbit from the side of the road. It was domesticated and I ended up finding out that another person that lived on my road released it. So I took it in and I've been caring for it for the last 3 weeks. I went to relocate it's area to my daughter's room. She is free roam in our bedroom, is litter box trained, and very sociable. When we went to go move her we had established that she had just had one kit under my bed. For obvious reasons I could not leave her nest just in a pile on my carpet under my bed. So I made her a nesting box inside of an unused closet and moved all of her food and supplies in there I kept her litter box in the same location in the bedroom. She definitely isn't happy about not having access back to under the bed. We have made sure there are no other kits anywhere in the room. When I found the kit it was 3 to 4 ft from the nest near the edge of the bed. Cold, it didn't look like it had been cleaned at all after birth it had dried up residue on it with all the fur stuck to it from her nest. I was able to warm it up with my body heat in my shirt and I made a nest in her box and lined it with her fur from the original nest. This was very unexpected. I have found out that she has had two previous litters and did not care for them. I have inspected the baby and it does not seem to be very wrinkly, but it does not have a full looking stomach. And this morning it was wandering out of the nesting box and squeaking wandering around in the closet. I'm wondering how to tell if she is caring for it and wondering if there is anything extra that I need to do seeing that there is only one kit. And I completely had to disturb her original nest so that worries me as well. Otherwise, she seems to be acting normal is a little bit more sensitive to being picked up. It almost looks like her nipples are non-existent. I am just looking for advice. I don't want to intervene and let her do her thing but I don't want to wait too long, if I end up having to help it.