Rabbit Birth

[Cameron_8]

My rabbit is giving birth right now, I see 4 so far. Any tips or things I should know?

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Leave her alone and keep her area darker and quiet

 

[nuthatched]

Does she have a nestbox?

 

[EverythingDucks]

Leave her be or the babies may end up all over the cage. Try not to be too noisy too.
Are they in a nest box? What breed?
Is this your first time with rabbits?

Oops, I see some of these questions have just been asked

 

[Cameron_8]

Does she have a nestbox?

She has a long box with a small opeing filled with hay and straw, it is fully enclosed.

 

[Cameron_8]

Leave her be or the babies may end up all over the cage. Try not to be too noisy too.
Are they in a nest box? What breed?
Is this your first time with rabbits?

Oops, I see some of these questions have just been asked

Shes a mini rex and the dad is a lionhead, and this is my first time with rabbit birth.

 

[ChocolateMouse]

Rabbits are VERY self sufficient. Leave her alone, go have some tea and check on them in the morning. All you really need to watch for is unfed babies.

Here's what an unfed rabbit looks like;

Note the way the skin is tight on their body, very wrinkly, and they're very skinny. Their tummy will look almost hollow and shrunk in between the legs.
Compare to;

This baby is well fed from the same litter. Its tummy is wide and round to the point that it sticks out. A well fed kit doesn't have rolls, they have rounds. Their skin is largely smooth and not stretched tight.

Again, consistently underfed VS fed at 1 week.

Rabbits are notoriously hard to bottle feed properly so it's up to you whether you want to consider a kit that's not feeding a failure to thrive or try to hand feed.

 

[cassie]

Yes. As others have said, LEAVE HER ALONE. Stressed rabbits may kill their litter.