HGG Community Forums

Right now, through various means, I have four does and one buck. All of the does (besides the one who just kindled) are most likely pregnant because where I got them kept bucks and does together.

Thankfully, I have the space for 14 of them at one time! :D

Ooh cuteness overload.

One of my work colleagues has a house rabbit who's always in trouble for nibbling her papers and notes when she works at home.

Looking forward to seeing more pictures as they grow up.

Looks kinda like there might be a little dutch mix in there too. I also had bet rabbits the breeder before me inbreed them a lot and caused problems. I have a ? for you @IcedBank have you very had rabbits randomly go really skinny in the winter when they have been well feed and have been wormed, they were also in a warm hut? For some reason I lost about 5 rabbits during different years because of that. One sadly had to be put down by the vet it got so bad and the others happened so fast we couldnt act in time.

@Iced Bank Thank you I would of never of guessed earmites. This also happened to one of my does she had earmits and got really skinny and her hind leg looked like it was broke, my parents and I searched the cage for signs that might have cause this but nothing. (she was never dropped just happened one day and never got better) I know her leg wasn't broke cause she could move around well and she didn't have any signs of distress. Have any ideas of what was wrong? She didnt have too bad of a problem with sore hocks either if that could of been the problem.

@Iced Bank Thank you so much I have wandered about this for many years. The bunny I was talking the appeared to be hurt was the one that had to be put down when I was about 9 years old. :(

Sad news. :(

She pushed her drinking bowl, filled with frozen water, over the nest. Two kits froze solid (Black with star and the dutch, I think) and one is VERY very cold and may be dead (The blue one) I'm trying to revive, but she was seperated from the warmth of the others and under an ice thing.

The other four are fine.

I'm not sure.

Everything I've read says that if the quicks of the toenails has blood, it's too late.

She started to look like she had blood in them, but then it vanished. So I'll give her an hour in my heat box and see how it goes.. I really hope she makes it. :/


Edit: Considering taking the litter from her, so she doesn't do this again, and just bringing her to them for feeding times until they are a bit more sturdy. So this doesn't happen again.

awhh they are so cute. How are the ones you are trying to save?

@icedbank sorry about your loss. May if possible get a water bottle instead of a dish so she doesnt tip it over. All my rabbits had bottles. It would be a lot easier then having to hand raise them, just a suggestion. :)

She's got a water bottle, but it's really cold so it froze over. So I've been using a dish to add water.

From here on I remove the dish until I give her water to drink (three or four times a day) and will remove it when she's done with it.

There's a cat under my shed.. Next to the rabbit cages. Possibly stuck, possibly just staying warm.

I'm worried it'll spook Darla.. She's been burying them even deeper now.

It's going to get down to -17 tonight.

I moved Darla and her babies inside. took the whole nest and rebuilt it in a new cage and put them in my room. The first thing she did was check on the babies and give them a quick feeding. I figured, at worse, I'd have to roll her on her back to let the kits nurse once a day until they are old enough to go to her.

Darla seems to enjoy the change. She's running around kicking up her heels playing with the toys.

Does only feed them once a day, usually the morning. Pull the nest box and bring it inside, bring them out first thin in the morning to nurse. A few of those little guys are getting kinda skinny. If you run into a hypothermia situation again, run the babies under gently flowing water for 10 -15 minutes (no less). Ive saved many a kit that was drug out of the nest box that way.

This is her and the nest I made them last night.


The new nest.


Female 1, unchaned. Bit bigger.


Male 1, has developed a 'beauty mark' above his eye.


Male 2, spotty back male


Male three.. No new markings.

I can't wait until they fuzz out some more.

Some of the white ones are getting black markings on their ears. It's adorable! n.n

So, my room has become a rabbit coloney.

I have four does in my room, Darla, Rosie, BB, and Cinnibuns. The former three are all likely pregnant. Rosie's been making a nest for two weeks, BB's amassed a sizable nest herself, Cinnibuns has been collecting hay as well.

BB has also taken to burying herself in hay. I thought she'd escaped at first, until closer inspection revealed she was under the hay I added today.

It is currently 4 in the morning and FINALLY Darla went and tended her litter.

I gave them a 'proper' nestbox and she took to it well. Which is mildly surprising as she rejected them before and chose to bury the kits in bedding and hay. Immediately after the box was in she jumped right in and groomed a kit or two, then took a drink, and hopped back in.

I'm fairly certain that Darla is the patron saints of mother rabbits. Moving nests twice, locations, a cat nearby and having me mess with her and her babies... I don't know of many rabbits who would tolerate it.

No new pictures today, mostly because I've been caught up in watching other animals do stuff.

Mainly my Black Lionhead doe. She's been off feed today and is as big as a house. She's due the 25th, but I'm thinking she might have her litter early. Poor momma just lays stretched out most the day. She had a nest build up, then smashed it down, so I put in a nesting box.. So far she's seemed to be more interested in using it as a litter box.

I'm really excited to see what she gives me in terms of color. Hopefully her litter wont be too big, but I think Darla would be willing to foster a few kits, if needed.

Awhhh I want to hold and cuddle those cuties :x :x

So, unfortunately, my mother rabbit (Darla) Prolapsed her Uterus and is still recovering. She may not make it.. It led to her milk drying up, which led to a very uncertain future for these babies. I gave them some Bene-bac to establish an early gut flora and started them on Goatsmilk mixed with kitten formula. Then, my doe, BB had her litter. I slipped Darla's babies in with hers and she cleaned and licked them like her own. BB had six kits, three blakc, one agouti, and two white spotted.

The three black kits are very runty and weak, so I've never expected them to survive. Which is why I chose to foster the older four with the younger litter. I'm hoping that Darla pulls through and comes back into milk so they can both help raise the combined litter, but things aren't looking up for the poor girl. And while BB is perfectly healthy and expected to have many more kits, this could be Darla's last litter so it's very important they survive.

Wait, what?

A Prolapsed Uterus means her Uterus was expelled from her body. Not that she had more kits? BB is Black Buns, which is a different rabbit.