Kaye's bunny journal

[TAH]

We weaned our rabbits at 4-weeks old.
Sorry you lost the kits.

 

[promiseacres]

Most of the time it's almost impossible to know if they are eating them as they will immediately ingest them after they have them. If she's healthy and have regular stools I would assume she does this in private.

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

Why do you think she's weaning them? Since they generally only nurse 2x a day they may be nursing then at other times when they sneak extra she may be hopping away

 

[Kaye]

@promiseacres I know she is because she's getting aggressive. She has done this before. Her last litter was weaned at 4 weeks and were horrified of her. She would lunge and bite them. And she's never only nursed 2xs a day unless I have moved her kits. Her buns are nursed a lot more than that. She goes against most of my other rabbits. I need to get in touch with her previous owners (or their mother, rather) and find out if she has always weaned at 4 weeks.
And I know Mocha's not eating them because they look different than they should (I should have put this in my post. I'm sorry). I have talked to a veterinarian and she thinks I need to add more fiber to her diet and gave me a list of things to try.
She also said that I shouldn't be overly worried about Elsa weaning her kits so soon and that it could just be because she does nurse more than she has to.
And thanks for being the only person to give any advice.

 

[promiseacres]

Just throwing out ideas. I have never had a doe get aggressive with the kits. crazyness. Got to love when they throw curve balls, think they do it to drive us crazy. How's the kit with the bad legs?

@promiseacres I know she is because she's getting aggressive. She has done this before. Her last litter was weaned at 4 weeks and were horrified of her. She would lunge and bite them. And she's never only nursed 2xs a day unless I have moved her kits. Her buns are nursed a lot more than that. She goes against most of my other rabbits. I need to get in touch with her previous owners (or their mother, rather) and find out if she has always weaned at 4 weeks.
And I know Mocha's not eating them because they look different than they should (I should have put this in my post. I'm sorry). I have talked to a veterinarian and she thinks I need to add more fiber to her diet and gave me a list of things to try.
She also said that I shouldn't be overly worried about Elsa weaning her kits so soon and that it could just be because she does nurse more than she has to.
And thanks for being the only person to give any advice.

 

[Kaye]

It's still doing just as good as the other. When they eat it puts it's leg over mom or the other kit. It moves just as fast as the other, but looks a little crazy doing so

 

[Kaye]

Mocha Loppé is one strike away. She bit me. Again

 

[TAH]

Which one is mocha?

Try putting a towel over her face and holding her till she stops fighting. Make sure she doesn't know it's you till you remove the towel. This worked for my girl!

 

[Kaye]

This is Mocha

 

[TAH]

!!

LOVE her!!

 

[Kaye]

She's very pretty. She doesn't mind being petted, but she bites when you pick her up. Like after holding her for a moment she just decides to bite me. The first time I didn't even count because she had been with me for a total of maybe 20 hours. Just nervous about being in a new place. Well that time she lunged and bit my hand, not enough to bring blood, but still hurt. Next was when I was getting ready to brush her. She bit my arm. This time she flipped around in my arms and bit my neck!! Bunnicula