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OK, I know that normally you never want to wean that early but...
I have this momma rabbit I posted about Herehttp://www.backyardherds.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=9987 .
She is showing signs of being healthier, & the babies are 4 weeks and eating food well. I have momma and babies both eating rabbit pellets and calf manna.
I wasn't going to re-bread this rabbit at all because of being puny. But due to a mistake, she got bred yesterday.
I am now trying to decide if it is too much for her to have nursing babies while being pregnant since she isn't very healthy.
The thing is, I don't know that she is still nursing them anymore anyway. I never see them nurse anymore and I saw them nursing a lot a week ago but when I feel under her, I can't feel that she has milk like I can with my other doe. If she is nursing them, it can't be much.
I am thinking I should just move her and the smallest baby to another cage and leave the other babies where they are and continue feeding them calf manna with the pellets.
Has anyone else weaned at 4 weeks with success? I just feel so bad about this.
I have this momma rabbit I posted about Herehttp://www.backyardherds.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=9987 .
She is showing signs of being healthier, & the babies are 4 weeks and eating food well. I have momma and babies both eating rabbit pellets and calf manna.
I wasn't going to re-bread this rabbit at all because of being puny. But due to a mistake, she got bred yesterday.
I am now trying to decide if it is too much for her to have nursing babies while being pregnant since she isn't very healthy.
The thing is, I don't know that she is still nursing them anymore anyway. I never see them nurse anymore and I saw them nursing a lot a week ago but when I feel under her, I can't feel that she has milk like I can with my other doe. If she is nursing them, it can't be much.
I am thinking I should just move her and the smallest baby to another cage and leave the other babies where they are and continue feeding them calf manna with the pellets.
Has anyone else weaned at 4 weeks with success? I just feel so bad about this.