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Do you know how to check if your rabbit is male/female? You wouldn’t believe how many people were told their rabbit was the opposite sex that it really is. When they sell them so young it is very hard to tell the difference and they are usually wrong. I had two females and we ended up with two litters of babies! When they are fully mature it is easier to tell, you may want to take a look if you haven’t before. Most people trust the seller knows what they are talking about.
Were your rabbits fixed? Maybe she’s pregnant?
Don’t let him out to run around in case he hurts it again until he’s seen the vet. I’m sorry for your situation, I think your parents should pay and let you pay them back. That’s what I’d do as a mom. Good Luck!
It’s not preferred but I’ve used it on my rabbits. Anything else would be a prescription. The vet could probably feel the leg and see if the bone is out of place. If it’s not he may be fine if you wrap it yourself with the sticky kind of ankle tape for sprangs. Rabbit bones do heal fast.
Most of the time the mom doesn’t care if you touch the babies. But since yours does just leave them alone. As long as there is no way for the babies to escape through the bars in the cage and they look safe they should be o.k. What kind of floor do they have? If it’s bars or wire you may want to put cardboard down so their little feet don’t fall through the holes and break a leg. Also, I would get rid of the water dish and switch to a bowl so you don’t have another drowning incident. That would give you more room inside the cage anyway.
You’ll need to remove the males so they don’t create more babies. Hopefully the girls won’t fight over territory.
I used closet cubes. They come in a 20 pack. You hook them together with these little attachments then reinforce them with plastic ties. I wouldn’t use carpet as floors. My rabbit ate some and had to have surgery. You can buy straw mats on-line or from a pet store and use ties to attach them to the floor. My rabbit has never peed upstairs in his house so you don’t need to worry about raining pee downstairs. I think he knows since he climbed up he’s not on the ground?
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Have you picked up a baby and noticed it’s like a little jumping bean? You have to be real careful while holding them because they are blind and will hop when they feel the heat of your hand. They think it’s the mom and are jumping up for a nipple. The mom doesn’t move the babies, she just stands over them and they nurse. Then she leaves. The babies are possibly latching on to nurse and she leaves the nest with them still attached. Try making the nest walls taller so mom can get out but not babies. At about 2weeks old it’s o.k. for the babies to wonder, but before that it’s dangerous they can get into lots of trouble. Do you have hay in the nest? The nest should be changed when the babies are about a week with fresh hay. They babies may want to tryout eating some of the hay. When they are 10-11 days old the eyes will open. At 8 weeks they are ready for new homes. At 12 weeks they can get pregnant!
My outdoor rabbits can get in fights frequently. But they rarely if ever get scabs. When they were little they would bite each others ears and butts over finding out which of them is the boss. I think your rabbits are trying to decide who gets to be the top dog(bunny). But they are both dominant. Hopefully they will work it out soon or you may have to separate them. They shouldn’t be breaking skin, rabbits usually bite and pull fur out, but the ears are more vulnerable and will get scarred up. They could get infections from the sores so you don’t want them biting all the time.
try infants tylenol drops. Go by the weight of the bunny for dosage. If you wait too long for the vet they will have to rebreak it, why can’t you get in now? Rabbits are very susceptible to GI stasis (the stomach stops working due to stress/pain). Make sure he’s eating, if not get him some critical care and feed with a syringe.
It’s done with rabbits all the time, but they are rabbits! Chihuahuas are already so inbreed they shake all the time, they’re nervous little wrecks. Don’t ruin the breed by doing more inbreeding, the breed needs to be strengthened with some sturdier stock.
That happens so often you’d think they should sell the bunnies as "unisex" or "unkown" just in case. I hope you took the dad out of the cage before the babies were born. Because the mom can get pregnant the same day that she delivers the first litter.
I think that is so funny. Although when the baby went in the first time I think I would have put him back in his cage.
She’s probably bathing like chinchillas do. Or like I said before, trying to remove bugs/mites.
It looks like a Holland Lop. They can come in lots of colors. Rabbits usually live 7 years, or upto 15 for indoor fixed rabbits.