pregnant doe is bleeding and having diarrhea. help please!!

[Haley Renee]

my pregnant doe is spotting/bleeding. started with just a little yesterday and this is nearly 10-15 minutes of bleeding just now. she also just began to have diarrhea. i'm fairly new to rabbit breeding, is this normal? does anyone know what the cause is?
(i dont know her exact kindle date, i purchased her pregnant, but it should be around the 24th)

 

[Latestarter]

Aside from the obvious... anytime there's blood, there's some sort of issue... Where is the blood coming from? Have you taken temp to determine if she's fighting an infection (fever)? @Bunnylady @Samantha drawz @animalmom anyone else? If the blood is part of the diarrhea I'd be thinking Cocci.

 

[samssimonsays]

She could be having birth complications or Cocci. I have never had bloody stool with Cocci and we battled it every year with at least one litter. I would be more apt to say she's having issues passing babies. If you put gloves (Latex) on and put your pinky to feel for babies is one way I was told to check when one of my does had similar issues. The loose stool would be a huge concern though.

 

[Haley Renee]

Aside from the obvious... anytime there's blood, there's some sort of issue... Where is the blood coming from? Have you taken temp to determine if she's fighting an infection (fever)? @Bunnylady @Samantha drawz @animalmom anyone else? If the blood is part of the diarrhea I'd be thinking Cocci.

the bleeding & diarrhea are separate. ive moved in a nesting box, in case shes close to kindling. i've felt her ears, and theyre normal/cool. shes quite squirmish so i can fully examine, but im pretty sure its vaginal bleeding. im about to pull her out and give her a good look over, since ive just been told it could be a stuck kit.

 

[Haley Renee]

just checked her out. shes not bleeding, and the diarrhea has currently stopped. her vagina looks fine and we havent seen/felt any stuck kits.

She could be having birth complications or Cocci. I have never had bloody stool with Cocci and we battled it every year with at least one litter. I would be more apt to say she's having issues passing babies. If you put gloves (Latex) on and put your pinky to feel for babies is one way I was told to check when one of my does had similar issues. The loose stool would be a huge concern though.

just checked her out. shes not bleeding, and the diarrhea has currently stopped. her vagina looks fine and we havent seen/felt any stuck kits.

 

[samssimonsays]

I would think about having a vet see her if she starts again. They don't just start and stop that sort of thing in my experience.

I had a doe do something very similar to this so IF it is complications to birthing. She was in labor but kits were too big to pass. she was a French Lop and there were verified 10 babies via the x-ray she had. They gave her a shot of Oxytocin and it didn't work. They told me she needed a C-section or would die. Not true. Eventually they will pass the kits, dead but pass them. She passed hers 3 weeks later. I will tell you what I was told by breeder friends and an old timer vet, "Keep an eye on her for any smell or symptoms of fever (you will know it is a rotting like smell) If that occurs she has an infection". If she develops an infection, her chances are slim.

 

[Haley Renee]

if she developes a smell, do you mean the kits are dead, or she'll die soon after?

 

[samssimonsays]

Both.

 

[Haley Renee]

we have her in a box in the house right now, and shes extremely curious and active. shes eating fresh grass and seems to be doing well.

 

[Bunnylady]

If a doe can't/doesn't pass all of the kits in a litter, it is possible for the undelivered kit(s) to mummify inside of her. A fetal mummy usually acts like an IUD, preventing pregnancy in that horn of the uterus. Most does with mummies inside them are basically infertile. However, occasionally a doe may be able to conceive on the other side. I have had the odd doe deliver normal, healthy kits, and pass a fetal mummy at the same time. They are very strange looking things; all shriveled up and sorta snake-like in appearance.