jil101ca
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Yesterday morning I noticed that Big Sis didn't seem herself. I've been watching her very close asshe is a full sister to the doe I lost on Dec 31. She isnot moving,not eating, not drinking, not feeding her 7 days old kits.She had 10 but the little funny coloured one didn't make it. He died the night before this all started.She is not grinding her teeth and I am amazed at the body condition she has lost in justunder 2 days.The kits are also losing their chubbiness very fast.
I don't know if I am doing right but I have forced feed her a slurry and electrolyts and hand fed the babies after trying to get them to nurse off her, it appears that she has no milk left, the babies went from nipple to nipple kinda of franticly.It took a lot to get the babies to nurse from a bottle. I am assuming this because it is so different for them.When we (hubby helped)were done.their little bellys had something in them(slightly round)but not as fat as I hink they should be. How much is enough for them? do their bellys need to be as fat (bursting)as when she was feeding them? It took us almost 3 hrs to feed them.
I'm afraid she is dying and don't know what else to do. the vets around here won't even look at her, they don't do rabbits. any help would be appreciated, please...Her sister died when her kits were 4weeks.
I don't know if I am doing right but I have forced feed her a slurry and electrolyts and hand fed the babies after trying to get them to nurse off her, it appears that she has no milk left, the babies went from nipple to nipple kinda of franticly.It took a lot to get the babies to nurse from a bottle. I am assuming this because it is so different for them.When we (hubby helped)were done.their little bellys had something in them(slightly round)but not as fat as I hink they should be. How much is enough for them? do their bellys need to be as fat (bursting)as when she was feeding them? It took us almost 3 hrs to feed them.
I'm afraid she is dying and don't know what else to do. the vets around here won't even look at her, they don't do rabbits. any help would be appreciated, please...Her sister died when her kits were 4weeks.