Okay, my son's rabbit escaped while pregnant and it had it's kits under the shed, in a hole, down a tunnel. Needless to say, hard or impossible to get to. She has never raised her babies. The first two litters she killed, even with peace and quiet and a good diet and plenty of water. I even added vit and min. block the second time. but she did show the improvement that she did pull hair the second time and only chewed a little on the babies(you know a missing tail or foot or two). But she still let them die within two days. I promised my son we would give her one more chance since she did show improvement. I blamed the first two times on being new to it and stressed from our move. Now we have her caught. I can't tell if she is nursing or not. I want to say no because her nipples don't seem to be nursed on, but that isn't always a sign. She does have a bag, but it has only been a week since she kidded. Needless to say, I don't know whether to turn her loose again or not. She does have some thining of her underbelly fur and stays at night by the shed. I would definitely turn her loose either way, but she keeps going to the neighbors house and to the store parking lot where I am afraid someone will keep her or run over her, or she will get into the neighbors garden and cause a problem(the neighbor likes her though and has been leaving her treats out). Also we have copperheads and killed one by the shed last night. Anyway, I am at a loss on what to do with her. Should I risk the babies dying if there are any?
