Elizabethb
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LONG story SHORT: NURSING Mom -> Received last night -> AWFUL case of ear mites. -> two 22 day old babies -> mom is skin and bones -> mom also has a previous broken leg/hip I'm scared she will accidently hurt the babies. -> should I keep the babies in with her or take them out. (to reduce the risk of spreading the ear mites, and let her get some much needed nutrition)
Alright, I have a few questions. first, I have two neutered rabbits, and one spayed rabbit, so getting this rabbit wasn't planned. She is possibly pregnant(Has been exposed) and has a litter of two(there were six more, but the previous owner gave them away even though they're only 22 days old) right now.
You can feel EVERY bone in this poor rabbit's body, and she had a BAD case of ear mites. The babies seem to be doing alright, eating and drinking on their own, however this mom is killing herself feeding them. I still have them in a cage with the mom.
Should I separate them even though they are only 22 days old so Flora can get the nutrition she needs? (I got her yesterday and have her on a junior feed with higher protein because she's lactating still.
The mom also seems to have had her leg previously broken at her hip, and it's turned in, and then turned out again, so she doesn't have good control over it. I'm very concerned she's going to hurt the babies by accident.
The hip bone seems rotated into and the knee seems to rotate out.. if that makes sense.
Any thoughts on if I should remove the babies or leave them in? also, with her leg, she doesn't seem to be in pain, and the vet I've talked to wants to re-break it to set it again. I personally think it would be VERY traumatic on a rabbit.
Here are some pictures. Her ear was SO heavy she could not hold it up, it has now flopped down. However, the dead mites/tissue has since then been removed and cleaned(I got at least half a cup of *gunk* out of her ear in the first sitting. And I stopped 1/3rd of the way through because I couldn't do it to her anymore. She was being SO good and sat there to let me get this crap out of her ear), and she's getting medicine in her ear.
Thanks for reading!
Alright, I have a few questions. first, I have two neutered rabbits, and one spayed rabbit, so getting this rabbit wasn't planned. She is possibly pregnant(Has been exposed) and has a litter of two(there were six more, but the previous owner gave them away even though they're only 22 days old) right now.
You can feel EVERY bone in this poor rabbit's body, and she had a BAD case of ear mites. The babies seem to be doing alright, eating and drinking on their own, however this mom is killing herself feeding them. I still have them in a cage with the mom.
Should I separate them even though they are only 22 days old so Flora can get the nutrition she needs? (I got her yesterday and have her on a junior feed with higher protein because she's lactating still.
The mom also seems to have had her leg previously broken at her hip, and it's turned in, and then turned out again, so she doesn't have good control over it. I'm very concerned she's going to hurt the babies by accident.
The hip bone seems rotated into and the knee seems to rotate out.. if that makes sense.
Any thoughts on if I should remove the babies or leave them in? also, with her leg, she doesn't seem to be in pain, and the vet I've talked to wants to re-break it to set it again. I personally think it would be VERY traumatic on a rabbit.
Here are some pictures. Her ear was SO heavy she could not hold it up, it has now flopped down. However, the dead mites/tissue has since then been removed and cleaned(I got at least half a cup of *gunk* out of her ear in the first sitting. And I stopped 1/3rd of the way through because I couldn't do it to her anymore. She was being SO good and sat there to let me get this crap out of her ear), and she's getting medicine in her ear.
Thanks for reading!