1 born 1 week early, still born, could there still be others?

[bnttyra]

My daughter exposed her doe to her buck 18 days ago. Yesterday she checked on her doe and found a still born aborted kit. We quickly moved the doe to the large pen with a nesting box and material even though she was early.

How often do does abort 1 kit and still have healthy kits closer to their due date? These are Holland Lops and should be due around the 26 or 27th.

 

[jhough42]

Sorry no one replied to you. Did she have any more kits? In my experience, if they abort that's it...there won't be any more that litter. In my rabbitry, I would have given her 24 hours then immediately bred her back. They are very fertile after kindling and it's a very good time hormonally to breed a doe that for some reason won't be raising a successful litter. Let me know how it turned out! Have you raised Hollands before? There are some unique concerns with that breed.

 

[bnttyra]

We rebred and she had 6 kits on February 5th. One didn't make it but the others are now almost 4 weeks old and going great!

 

[Bunnylady]

Live, healthy, thriving baby bunnies is great news!

 

[bnttyra]

Yep! She is keeping one for a 4H project and my son is also keeping one. The others she is selling to other 4H members, already has 2 sold.