sandhills_rabbits
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My two Holland Lop females that I bred with my Holland male show bunny went into labor today.
The first female had three babes, and all were still-born. Right as Iwas tending to the sweetie her lost all her babies, my other femalestarted having contractions. She quickly delivered a baby, that wasalso deceased. When I examined the baby, I noticed that it's tongue wassticking out of it's mouth, and appeared very swollen. I thought thatthis indicated that the baby must have been alive, and didnt get enough(or any) oxygen?
After spending quite a few hours with my rabbits and trying to showthem how much I love them and how bad I felt, I decided I had better gotend to other things that needed to be done. I checked on the girlsperiodically to make sure each was doing well, and went back upstairs.This evening I once again went down to check the buns, and to feed andwater everyone because I didnt want them to wonder where their dinnerwas.
I glanced in the 2nd female's cage (the sweetie that only had one baby)and there was a black kit on the cage floor. She didnt have the baby inthe nest box, and was having nothing to do with it. The baby was COLDto the touch, and I knew that it was going to be gone, too. It wasnt!!!It was very, very cold, but still alive and breathing. We took itupstairs and warmed it up, and are just praying and praying that thislittle baby will make it. I ran to the store and stocked up on smallanimal bottles and kmr just in case the mama bunny (who's a first timemom) doesnt properly care for the little one.
If anyone has any advice whatsoever, feel free to let me know! I amdetermined that this baby will be my little black bunny that I've beenwanting forever, AND my miricle baby too! I really want to help herhave the best chance at life that she can, so any input would begreatly appreciated.
The first female had three babes, and all were still-born. Right as Iwas tending to the sweetie her lost all her babies, my other femalestarted having contractions. She quickly delivered a baby, that wasalso deceased. When I examined the baby, I noticed that it's tongue wassticking out of it's mouth, and appeared very swollen. I thought thatthis indicated that the baby must have been alive, and didnt get enough(or any) oxygen?
After spending quite a few hours with my rabbits and trying to showthem how much I love them and how bad I felt, I decided I had better gotend to other things that needed to be done. I checked on the girlsperiodically to make sure each was doing well, and went back upstairs.This evening I once again went down to check the buns, and to feed andwater everyone because I didnt want them to wonder where their dinnerwas.
I glanced in the 2nd female's cage (the sweetie that only had one baby)and there was a black kit on the cage floor. She didnt have the baby inthe nest box, and was having nothing to do with it. The baby was COLDto the touch, and I knew that it was going to be gone, too. It wasnt!!!It was very, very cold, but still alive and breathing. We took itupstairs and warmed it up, and are just praying and praying that thislittle baby will make it. I ran to the store and stocked up on smallanimal bottles and kmr just in case the mama bunny (who's a first timemom) doesnt properly care for the little one.
If anyone has any advice whatsoever, feel free to let me know! I amdetermined that this baby will be my little black bunny that I've beenwanting forever, AND my miricle baby too! I really want to help herhave the best chance at life that she can, so any input would begreatly appreciated.