gentle giants
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My friends dog dug up a rabbit nest in her yard, and knowing I raise rabbits she brought the two surviving kits to me last night. Unfortunatly, I don't have any nursing does right now, although I do have one due in the next couple of days if I can keep them going that long on my own.
Anyway, I want to make sure I am taking care of them right. I am using kitten milk replacer, and only feeding them every 12-24 hours, like a doe would do. I am using a one cc syringe, since they didn't seem thrilled about the bottle I tried. I got one cc down each of them this afternoon, and it took me an hour to do it. I am just dripping one drop at a time into their mouths, letting them swallow that, then another drop. I know about wiping their little bottoms, too, although I haven't gotten them to pee for me yet.
Is their anything else I ought to be doing for them until Juliet is due to have her litter? Will I be able to foster them on her? The orphans are probably about two to two and a half weeks, they are just getting their eyes open, but Juliet is a Flemish, so her kits will be big. I do worry about the orphans having some kind of disease, though. Any advice will help, thanks in advance!
Anyway, I want to make sure I am taking care of them right. I am using kitten milk replacer, and only feeding them every 12-24 hours, like a doe would do. I am using a one cc syringe, since they didn't seem thrilled about the bottle I tried. I got one cc down each of them this afternoon, and it took me an hour to do it. I am just dripping one drop at a time into their mouths, letting them swallow that, then another drop. I know about wiping their little bottoms, too, although I haven't gotten them to pee for me yet.
Is their anything else I ought to be doing for them until Juliet is due to have her litter? Will I be able to foster them on her? The orphans are probably about two to two and a half weeks, they are just getting their eyes open, but Juliet is a Flemish, so her kits will be big. I do worry about the orphans having some kind of disease, though. Any advice will help, thanks in advance!