The pet store owner just wants to make money off of you. I would clean out the nest and put new hay in there. If you have a box keeping them in I would take it out and just put lay in there for them to sleep on. They should follow mom around at 2 weeks and copy her to learn what to eat and drink. For now though they are probably just drinking milk, and only testing out the food. I wouldn’t give them back to the store until they are 7 weeks minimum. She isn’t supose to sell them before 8 weeks, but they sometimes fudge on the age and sell sooner because they are so cute when little. If I were you I would have both rabbits fixed so they can live together without worrying about making babies. Rabbits can get pregnant at any time. Even the day they deliver the babies they can get pregnant the next day, which is very unhealthy for them. It may be hard to put the two rabbits back together without them fighting, now that they each have their own territory, they won’t want the other in with them. If they are fixed you will have less of a problem.

some of the fur out of it to put in the new bed/nest area when you make it because it will have their’s and mum’s scent on it already and it is warmer for them.

tweetluc, here’s my story. We had two females (we thought) then found babies in the cage. I knew nothing about it and the male was still in there a couple more days. I searched the internet and found out they can get pregnant the same day they deliver. I removed the male and had him fixed. The mom had 6 healthy babies but at 2 weeks I noticed they were losing weight. I started bottle feeding them, apparently the mom was pregnant and stopped giving milk because her body needed the energy for the next litter. When the next litter was born, another 6 babies, I removed the first litter and put them with the dad. I had a divider in the large cage so they would stay on their own side. (I found out later that it wasn’t a good idea putting the babies with the dad because he might hurt them). They got along fine probably because he saw them everyday through the divider in the cage. After another two weeks the new babies were also getting thin. I started bottle feeding them. It turns out the mom got sick with GI stasis caused by the stress of two back-to-back litters. I took her to the vet but she still died. So hopefully your mother rabbit is not pregnant again, it could be very stressful to her. Hopefully she doesn’t die like mine did. If she does have another litter I would remove the first litter so she doesn’t have to feed 2 litters and has plenty of milk for the new babies. Good Luck!

Sue- I will be cleaning the rabbit cages out tomorrow. The babies are doing really well. They are eating the timothy hay. But I have never seen them drink the water. They are 3 weeks old told. We have found different homes for them other that the pet store. People would really try to breed brother and sisters? couldn’t that cause birth defects? The babies are SO cute. I 5 year old wants to keep them all. 2 Keep me very busy though. The pet store owner said she wanted to buy the babies back for 10 dollars, and then would turn around and sell them for 40. We had no problem finding homes ourself. Of course we didn’t make a profit but I have rather enjoyed watching them grow and wouldn’t mind having one more litter but how long should I wait? Also has 3 weeks can I handle them to much? My daughter wanted to take them to school for show and tell but I worried about taking from mommy and out of the house for a period of time. At this stage they dont bite though and would be easy to show, of course I wouldn’t be having them handled by everyone, just showed to the kids.
My husband has had a friend at work that insists that he read they can be taken from mom as soon as they are moving on there own. But I don’t feel comfortable giving them up until I see they are consistantly eating and drinking the water on their own.

cleaned the cages out again today. mom doesn’t even mind me putting my hand in there today. she even let me take her out and hold her. took two of the babies over to the neighbor and showed them. She didn’t mind. She even let me put my hand in the den and pet the babies at the same time as her. When I went to feed them 3 of the babies ran straight to the bowl real fast and ate by mom. there is one black one that is real fistey. He jumps and does back flips and when I go to pet them he runs to the food bowl and hops in it every time. I get a kick out of him. He is the one that is always following mom around to. The bunnies seem to love to be held. I wouldn’t dare give them away without making sure they are drinking from the water and eating properly. I told my husband that the guy from work didnt know what he was talking about. My 5 year old still insists we are keeping every last one. Even after she helped me clean the cages. It has been a real joy taking care of them and an experience for both my children who are 5 and 2. I dont know if I told you the mom is tinkerbell and the dad is peterpan.I have notice it looks like mom has put on a bit of weight after the babies.

Hi Lucy. I can’t remember, did you get the male fixed? (If not do it soon, she may be pregnant again!) It’s hard to put rabbits back together because they are so territorial. Even if they were best friends a month ago, they will now fight over who’s house it is. It’s best to reintroduce them on neutral territory. Maybe start out with letting him smell her from outside her cage. Then let her have a turn smelling him from outside his cage. Then maybe block off a room (bathroom?) and let them explore it together. Have a laundry basket or something that you can drop over one of them if they start fighting again. Gradually let them play together more often longer periods of time. Put some of his droppings in her litter box so she gets used to his smell. Then in a couple weeks maybe try putting them back together again. I hope it works out for you.