Kaye's bunny journal

[Kaye]

Annabelle had her kits the night before last. She had 5. We lost 3/5 last night. We still have two, but I wish they all would have made it. Two of the deceased were darker like the dark one in the picture, and one was identical to the lighter one. Maybe it's just because of the fact that this is Anna's first litter. I hope. Anyway... wish these two luck!!

 

[mygoldendoe]

Aw best of luck to your remaining ones!!

 

[Kaye]

Annabelle lost all of her kits. I'm pretty sure that she squished the dark one and I have not a clue what she was doing with the lighter one. She picked it up and took it to the other side of the cage. It died after this even when I moved it back into the nest she would move it back to the other side. Three strikes and she's out. This is her first litter and I honestly hope that is the entire reason they were lost

 

[mygoldendoe]

Aw sorry to hear that. maybe you'll have better luck with her if she has a second litter..

 

[Kaye]

I really hope so! She had some very colorful kits. I wish I could have gotten more pics of them

 

[Kaye]

So the little black kit is splay legged. It seems to not bother him at all. I'm tempted to try the 'cork' method and try to fix it. Not sure about this, though

 

[promiseacres]

Sorry she lost the litter. I have found that my new mamas tend to want to hang out in their nest boxes and tend to squish their kits, especially in the winter. Therefore I remove the kits in their box and only return in for feeding morning and evening for the first couple of weeks. Never had a splay leg yet but would lean towards culling it myself.

 

[Kaye]

If it causes any other problems I will have to cull it. For now he's doing just as well as the other with no splay leg.

 

[Kaye]

So I have been noticing that Mocha does not eat her cecotropes. I'm not sure why she doesn't. I know of people who try to discourage their buns from doing this. I have never, but I have always known why they do this. Why would she not?? I have always thought that this was a very important part of rabbit digestion
@Bunnylady

 

[Kaye]

And Elsa has been weaning her two kits. Already. Maybe it's because she's always had small litters... they're huge little fluffs, so maybe that's why. Idk. I have all the weird animals. She weaned her last litter at 3 weeks, completely weaned at 4 weeks. I feel like that is way too soon