What kind of an establishment is this??

[anderson8505]

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I love that commercial!!!!

Congrats on the kits. All's fair in love and childraisin'???!?!

 

[BlueLagoonRabbitry]

I raise rabbits and rarely do domesticated rabbits forget their young if you touch them.

That saying is a big hoax

 

[dainerra]

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not because I touched them. I had to move her nest out of the chicken coop. They are sharing a run with the chickens and she decided that the coop was a better place to have her babies than the nice bunny hutch.

 

[dainerra]

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2 days old

 

[rebel-rousing-at-night]

Very cute!The second one looks like a tort.

 

[Gypsi]

Wow, those are some really cute chicks! Who'd a thought?

 

[CYGChickies]

When I was a kid my parents only let me handle one baby rabbit a day for no more than about sixty seconds. The babies always jumped around under the fur especially if you reached in. These meat rabbits had some San Juan and cottontail in them so they may have eaten the babies from them being handled I don't know I was 6-7. I was recently visiting a Rabbitry to pick up rabbits I'd gotten from him and he had three litters in nestboxes. He let me hold a week-old Dwarf Hotot! I had hearts for eyes for hours haha!

We'll keep handling down to a minimum for our does' first litters but as long as the doe doesn't try to tear an arm off after that it'll be a routine to check for problems. My Lionhead is due this evening/tomorrow morning and we're nervous wrecks waiting for her! She's playing it coy too only getting in the nest box to rearrange when we arent looking and not pulling fur yet!

CYG

 

[dainerra]

for pet rabbits, I know a lot of breeders actually recommend daily handling. If you are breeding for show/meat, a lot of breeders weigh the kits every day to check growth progress. I think that the don't handle rule is an old wives' tale. I think it developed because most people don't realize how little time a mother rabbit spends in the nest. They actually only feed the babies a couple times a day and only for a couple minutes. Otherwise, they stay away from the nest so as to not attract predators.

Wild rabbits might abandon babies, just from a fear of human scent, but that is probably pretty rare. Usually, though, she will just move the babies to a new nest if she thinks there is a danger.

A domestic rabbit that is used to being handled won't eat her babies just because they are handled. Twilight doesn't mind them being handled. Sometimes she watches, but most of the time she just looks to see if I brought a treat.

 

[goobhen]

How precious! Very pretty babies! I have never seen a baby rabbit that young before, they have always had hair! Too cute!!
Good luck with your babies!