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Date Posted: 21:28:11 01/20/04 Tue
Author: Ron Kriel
Subject: Re: Abandoned babies or not
In reply to: Ron Kriel 's message, "Abandoned babies or not" on 17:45:04 01/16/04 Fri

For what it is worth, it has now been almost six days since kindling (birth) and I have never seen the mother (doe) rabbit in with her babies. Nevertheless, they are still all alive, roly-poly and plump. So, by default, I guess the answer is that they have not been abandoned. There are two things for which I am grateful: (1) the nice article provided by my veterinarian regarding the missinterpretation that wild baby rabbits have been abandoned when in fact they have not and (2) that my rabbit was tolerant of my interference shortly after the birth of her babies.

Phew!

>Dwarf Banded Dutch babies were born yesterday around
>noon. I have not seen the mother in the nesting box
>at all since birth. I assumed they were being
>abandoned and proceeded to bottle feed them this noon.
> I had expected the babies to be cold snd listless
>after not being fed since birth; however, they
>appeared perky, round tummies and nice and warm. I am
>a mouse breeder and am used to both the mother and
>father being continuously in the nest with the babies.
> My veterinarian provided me with an article on wild
>rabbit babies which said that the mother rabbit only
>feeds her young in the early morning hours and then
>for only a short while, thus giving the appearance of
>abandonment. I have Bob Bennett's guide on raising
>rabbits but it does not mention care patterns.
>
>Thanks.
>
>Ron Kriel

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