Rabbit help

[Rin]

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Thats brilliant, you'll have to slowly separate again around 10 weeks, if you aren't getting the neutered, or you could leave them together till his plums are visible

Ahaha, that made my morning, "plums". ;D Will do though

 

[storminstaffs]

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Thats brilliant, you'll have to slowly separate again around 10 weeks, if you aren't getting the neutered, or you could leave them together till his plums are visible

Ahaha, that made my morning, "plums". ;D Will do though

lol thats what i always call them haha

 

[currycomb]

not only missed her, be he will learn from her how to eat solids. easy on the pellets, heavy on hay and a bit of grass. they can get a blockage from not being able to fully digest the pellets because they don't have enough bacteria in the gut to digest solids. i bought a tube of probotics and gave to all bunnies the day before weaning and the day of weaning, and it seems to have stopped the enteritis i was loosing babies to.

 

[Rin]

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This is a fact, I stood there for 5 mins watching him trying to shove her out of the way of the water bottle and the second she had her fill and left it he tried it to see what the fuss was about

 

[sunflowerenvy]

if you have goat milk on hand [means if u have a nanny] then give it to him
or
No to cows milk. You need to use either puppy formula or kitten formula fed with a nurser bottle for kittens. Feed every 4-5 hours and you will need to stimulate the bladder and bowels using a warm dampened paper towel. just like a kitten.The baby rabbit will need to also feed pellets if over 4 weeks old. you could moist the pellets with the goat milk



"Along with a days supply of hay and straw, fresh veggies are to be given in an amount the size of the rabbit after 8-10 weeks old. Fruits can also be given as well, just keep amounts to a small portion of their diet, more as a treat. Here is a guide for what and how to feed your little guy/gal rabbit. Food lists on the last pages.

What to feed babies that are in the weaning process and teenagers up to 6 months of age?
-Birth to 3 weeks--mother's milk
-3 to 4 weeks--mother's milk, nibbles of alfalfa and pellets
-4 to 7 weeks--mother's milk, access to alfalfa and pellets
-7 weeks to 7 months--unlimited pellets, unlimited hay (plus see 12 weeks below) (babies are ready for new home by 8 weeks)
-12 weeks--introduce veggies (one at a time, quantities under 1/2 oz.)".

but a gave my rabbits almostly alfalfa hay and fresh veggies. but i got them 5 months old and one live to his old age of 8 yr old,

 

[ack123]

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That looks like it came from the HRS website. Please do not give the bunnies fresh veggies. Esp very young ones. It will only make them sick. 12 weeks and under do not need them. Fact is most adult rabbits don't even need them at all. I would continue to use the advice that bunny lady and the rest of us have given you. Fresh goats milk would be a good idea though. also I wouldn't moisten the pellets. In my experience wet pellets can also cause some GI problems.

 

[Rin]

Nah hes not consuming any milk now anyway. Mostly hay from the looks of it and poops are defo normal. Stood there watching him drop them and they look 100% normal again. He just needed a womans guidance ;D I'm too lazy to check who suggested it but thank you and thank anyone else who backed up the idea. It's mostly what saved him, he doesn't even beg me for milk anymore. Just reaches up into "position" then gets back down to snuggle her.

As for fruits and veggies, nah. I don't intend to. I based their diet off what was suggested by 4H guidelines. Only as many pellets as they will eat in a 24hr period and tons of hay always being offered. Because its two of them I had to stuff a box full of hay which they reach in to gobble so hay wont run out.