rpuckett
Well-Known Member
Let me start this thread by saying hello to everyone, and now straight on to business.
I know I haven't been back in a while, and the last time I was here I was talking about how my newly adopted bun had a white spot in her eye, and doing a bit of research on that. After medication and lots of TLC, she seemed to recover. The spot in her eye stopped growing and she went back to normal behaviorally.
Prior to her being ill I had been socializing her with my male/female duo, being of course that I adopted her from the shelter and signed papers to the effect of her being spayed prior to being allowed to take her home. I am sure you can tell where this story is going.
After a bit more than a week she started getting a bit hateful with the other two so I separated her again, and she started building a nest. Well, this wasn't the first nest she had built so I didn't think much on it. But imagine my surprise when my husband texted me urgently from work that he was coming to pick me up from work early.
To my surprise, this seven year old rabbit has had eight babies! She was supposed to be spayed! AHHHHH!!! This is incredibly stressful for my whole family as we have never had a liter of any animals. But they are also adorable and such. They were born on 12/10/13. At first I checked on them and they were all about the same size. But today when I came home from work I noticed that there is now one who is much bigger than the rest and one that is much smaller.
I have been able to suppliment a bit of goat's milk, but have been scared to feed more than a few drips because I know over feeding can be deadly to them. But how do I know? Two are pretty fat, the rest have full tummies, and the little one worries me. He doesn't seem to have much will to eat, I just don't know if I should force him or if he will eat on his own. I haven't seen the mom feed them but I know she only does that early and late and also that if she wasn't producing some milk they would all be dead. How can I get all these babies thriving until they get a bit more fragile so that I don't have to fret about them?
If TL;DR surprise babies, one much smaller than the rest, not eating so good, what can I do and/or how to help save baby!
PS, I don't think it is a peanut as both parents are mixed breeds. Hoping someone out there has some magic tonight, because I am really stressed.
I know I haven't been back in a while, and the last time I was here I was talking about how my newly adopted bun had a white spot in her eye, and doing a bit of research on that. After medication and lots of TLC, she seemed to recover. The spot in her eye stopped growing and she went back to normal behaviorally.
Prior to her being ill I had been socializing her with my male/female duo, being of course that I adopted her from the shelter and signed papers to the effect of her being spayed prior to being allowed to take her home. I am sure you can tell where this story is going.
After a bit more than a week she started getting a bit hateful with the other two so I separated her again, and she started building a nest. Well, this wasn't the first nest she had built so I didn't think much on it. But imagine my surprise when my husband texted me urgently from work that he was coming to pick me up from work early.
To my surprise, this seven year old rabbit has had eight babies! She was supposed to be spayed! AHHHHH!!! This is incredibly stressful for my whole family as we have never had a liter of any animals. But they are also adorable and such. They were born on 12/10/13. At first I checked on them and they were all about the same size. But today when I came home from work I noticed that there is now one who is much bigger than the rest and one that is much smaller.
I have been able to suppliment a bit of goat's milk, but have been scared to feed more than a few drips because I know over feeding can be deadly to them. But how do I know? Two are pretty fat, the rest have full tummies, and the little one worries me. He doesn't seem to have much will to eat, I just don't know if I should force him or if he will eat on his own. I haven't seen the mom feed them but I know she only does that early and late and also that if she wasn't producing some milk they would all be dead. How can I get all these babies thriving until they get a bit more fragile so that I don't have to fret about them?
If TL;DR surprise babies, one much smaller than the rest, not eating so good, what can I do and/or how to help save baby!
PS, I don't think it is a peanut as both parents are mixed breeds. Hoping someone out there has some magic tonight, because I am really stressed.