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

[samssimonsays]

Now every instance is different but this was my experience and what was wrong via veterinary diagnosis.

In my case, the bleeding was her in labor. she was panting, visibly pushing and in a birthing trance, and you could see her having issues passing the kits. After 1 day of this I got her into the vet. They told me it was a false pregnancy and I pushed that it was not. They did the X-ray and sure enough, she was pregnant. The babies will die if they are not passed shortly after labor sets in. Bleeding in pregnancy is always a sign of trouble.

As long as she is normal, eating and drinking with no more bleeding I would let her be. Try not to handle her too much as she sounds like a more skittish rabbit from your other post and the handling will stress her out immensely. Keep her in a quiet area and away from high traffic from humans and other animals if at all possible. If she starts again, a Vet examination may be required.

 

[Haley Renee]

whats the likelihood of her not passing the kits? she still has a week to go from her "due date", so everything is in the air right now. shes seeming better, eating and drinking lots, and not bleeding currently.

 

[Bunnylady]

If she's a week out from her due date, we are talking miscarriage - kits can't survive being born that young. The kits gain size rapidly during the last few days; the only way a doe would not be able to deliver kits that are a week premature would be if there was something blocking the exit, like maybe a twisted uterus (and I'm not sure that happens in rabbits).

 

[Haley Renee]

Is there anything i should/can do? or do i just wait it out and see what happens?

 

[alsea1]

I had two does spot like that. I did not realize what was happening to my rabbits.
At necropsy I found that there was a uterine torsion problem. I had never had this occur before.
One was a middle aged new zealand and the other was a giant chin.
I hope that your bun is okay. There really is limited help for rabbits as the cost is so prohibitive. Also they really don't seem to tolerate most meds very well.
If you have access black berry leaves are good. The tannins in the leaves help with diarrhea.
I am growing an herb garden for my buns so that I can try to work on the health from that direction.

 

[Haley Renee]

I had two does spot like that. I did not realize what was happening to my rabbits.
At necropsy I found that there was a uterine torsion problem. I had never had this occur before.
One was a middle aged new zealand and the other was a giant chin.
I hope that your bun is okay. There really is limited help for rabbits as the cost is so prohibitive. Also they really don't seem to tolerate most meds very well.
If you have access black berry leaves are good. The tannins in the leaves help with diarrhea.
I am growing an herb garden for my buns so that I can try to work on the health from that direction.

thank you so much for the advice!! we have wild blackberry bushes all over here.

I havent started my herb garden yet but its on my to-do list. (We just purchased land and a fixer-uper house so we're dividing our time between the house and the animals )