How can i make my baby bunny pee?
Use a cottonball slightly dipped in warm water. Then rub their bottom area. Do this after each feeding until they're able to start going on their own. I'm fostering kittens right now and you have to do this with them too.
How to feed 3 weeks old bunnies?
It is best to see if you can find a breeder who has a doe with a litter the same age, and see if they are willing to foster the litter. Rabbit kits do not do well when bottle fed because no available milk replacer is ideal for them. If you are unable to locate someone with a lactating doe willing to take them, read on. Do not feed them apple or any other fresh fruit or vegetable. While they can begin to nibble hay and pellets now in addition to their mother's milk, that cannot constitute their whole diet at that age, and they will need to be bottle-fed milk replacer for about another 5 weeks before they are fully weaned. They will have just barely begun to eat solids at 3 weeks and their digestion will not be able to cope with a solid-only diet. Do not give them cow's milk, unless you'd like them to die. Goat's milk or Kitten Milk Replacer are the two best options available, though neither is ideal. You will feed only twice daily. Detailed instruction is here: http://www.rabbit.org/care/orphan.html
What do i feed 2 week old baby bunnies?
try feeding them kitten milk (you can buy in pet shops) but make sure that you don't give it to them to quickly as there stomachs can't handle it, i would suggest feeding it to them trough a syringe, im not sure how much exactly because it depends on the size of the rabbit. but i would recommend feeding them around 3-4 times a day. then start weaning them when they are a little older onto solids when they are 3-4 weeks.
Do My 3 week old Baby Rabbits need help?
My rabbit had a litter 3 weeks and 1 day ago, she died 3 days ago leaving 7 baby rabits in her nest. I have read that they can be weaned at 3 weeks, is this correct. We have been giving them chopped carrots and they seem to be eating them OK. This morning when I went to the nest some were crying, does this mean they need milk and if so what should I do? Any suggestions about care of these I would appreciate.
4 week old baby bunny..is this normal behavior?
i have 2 4week old bunnies and out of no where they have like spazzems or just run from one place to another really fast. i was concerned that they have rabies because i got them from my grandfather who keeps them outside at his upstate house. he has about 5 big ones, 7 medium and 4 4-week old babies. i took 2 and they r in a normal sized cage in my house. out of no where they will like spaz out and run around crazy. my dad said that if they had rabies then they would be running around nonstop and what not but they do sleep and eat. is it just that they r babies and all babies have those spazzems and run around from one spot to another super fast? he also said that if its rabies that they would've died within a week of having rabies. he doesnt want to take them to the doctor because he thinks im over reacting and a rabies test would be a lot. i am just wondering if this craziness is normal behavior or if its seizers or spazzems. i looked at youtube videos of other 4week old bunnies and some were running crazy like them too. heres an example of kind of how they act sometimes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEcYkZhlVlc its faster than how those were running and tthey would run then stop then run then stop and so on. they seem healthy as far as eating and sleeping is this normal? am i over reacting? thank you so much for your answers! please give me tips if u have any also!
What is the ideal temperature for baby bunnies?
House rabbits should be protected from extremes of both heat and cold; that being said, protecting them from high heat is the more urgent concern. Per Ellen Nordman, rabbits, being covered with a fur coat, tolerate and are able to deal with cold temperatures better than hot ones, though they certainly should not be left out in freezing or near-freezing temperatures either. Any temperature above 85 degrees Fahrenheit is very dangerous for a rabbit to endure on a sustained basis, because they don't have much in the way of heat regulation except their long ears. Therefore, it's very important to, first of all, always keep your bunnies indoors during hot weather, to have good air conditioning in your home if at all possible, and furthermore to keep emergency cooling supplies such as frozen water bottles (which rabbits will snuggle up against) and well-chilled floor tiles (which bunnies like to lie on) as standbys on hot days. Oscillating electric fans also work well to keep rabbits cool, but make sure they don't blow directly on the bunnies, which don't do well with direct drafts.EDIT: Brian Fey posted a good answer; baby bunnies need to be kept very warm. I’d add that for house rabbits, since digging a nesting hole in the floor/carpet isn’t usually a realistic option, you need to build the expectant mother a nestbox, separate from her usual litterbox, which she can use for kindling and nesting her babies. Fill the box with fresh hay for cushioning and food and put it in her habitat; when her time comes, the doe will pull fur to further line the nest for warmth, and if she’s having trouble, you can help by grooming her to retrieve more fur and add that to the nestbox.
Baby Bunny /Hypothermia?
my friends 4 week old baby bunny somehow feel out of the nesting box and was outside all night alone. Is suffering from hypothermia. Put the bun in a warm towel next to a hot water bottle. I have Lactated ringer solution from my last sick bun, will giving it sub q solutions be ok?
When can i give my rabbits away? (4 days old baby bunnies)?
Baby bunnies are- Trying solid food around four to six weeks, but not weaned until about eight weeks, when they should also be separated by geneder and the males removed from the mother/sisters. Though they can be sold at this age, a 'good' breeder will not sell until ten to twelve weeks, to make sure the rabbits are drinking, eating, pooing and growing. So basically, your bunnies have a long way to go before they're even half ready for new homes.
Why are my four week old baby rabbits dying?
My four week old rabbits are dying one by one and it seems to be from a internal problem. A week ago they were fine, but now they are getting smaller and smaller and when I find them dead they have diarrhea and sort of jelly yellow stuff coming from their back ends. There were six, the runt died of something else 2 1/2 weeks ago, but two of them have died of the problem I mentioned above. Another one is about to go and I can tell because it isn't moving around much and its breathing heavily. They are still nursing and they are eating pellets, some carrot but barely any, and also barely any dandelion too. I don't give them carrots and dandelions, but when I feed it to the mom, they get to it a little bit. I don't think it is the carrots and dandelions though. It seems to be that they aren't getting enough nutrients or something. I was wondering if anyone could tell me what this is and how/if I can prevent it.
Can you domesticate a wild baby rabbit into a pet?
Well first off you are not domesticating it. You are simply taking it from the wild. To domesticate it you would have to breed it for years and years and years in captivity and have serious changes to it. If you did take a baby rabbit out of the wild then good luck. People in the rehabilitation business - professionals who help animals for a living) have a hard time keeping them alive, so you have little to no chance at all. Baby rabbits and bunnies are incredibly fragile. If anything is out of the ordinary- isn’t fed right, isn’t surrounded by the right things, or even over-stimulation can lead to it dying of shock. Less than a third of baby bunnies make it through rehabilitation. It is cruel to take these bunnies out of the wild for personal reason not only because it’s wrong but also because it will likely kill them.