Rabbit those... a cross-question around kindling?
I have a Californian Doe that i think may be trying to kindle outside of her box on the wire floor of her hold... What should i do? I really don't want the babies to die
Answers:
good question. I had two rabbits that mate and we had an unexpected pregnancy. I came home from work one darkness and all of a sudden saw babies! We thought they were both males! Boy were we mistaken!
I did hold a breeding box, but she had already had the babies inside her cage on the telecommunication flooring. Luckily there was a pile of hay!
We had lost one of the babies outside the hold, I dont know if it was kicked out of the cage or it squirmed out or what. It was a pretty gruesome verbs.
None of the babies actually survived. I was upset. :(
Sorry I dont have an actual answer for you.
Good luck.
Add another box with diferent bedding she may not like the box she has Has it be used with other rabbits? Is it big enough for her?Or just cover her coop floor with hay so that if she does have them outside the box it will not kill them later pick up the hay and babies at the same time and put them in the box but also wash your mitt with a mild smelling soap. cause if she is being picky she may slight them. Source(s): bred rabbits for 2 years.
Are you using a proper nestbox (see kwcages.com for examples)? And is it jam-packed with several inches of shavings and lots and lots of fresh straw?
If you have that covered, there may not be anything you do. But no situation what, leave her alone. If you were in her shoes you would not want someone trying to cause a nest and bothering you.
That doesn't mean you should not check on her. If she does deliver the kits (baby rabbits) on the wire, meekly place them in the nestbox after first petting her. If she has pulled any fur, place it on top on the kits surrounded by the nest.
If she doesn't deliver them in the nestbox, she may or may not take care of them It's hit or miss. Many does lose their first litters. Source(s): I'm a licensed registrar for the American Rabbit Breeders Association
http://www.arba.lattice
http://www.blueribbonrabbitry.com
Whenever I get worried that a doe would ignore her nest box, I stuffed her cage with a 2-3 inch adjectives layer of straw. Worked like a charm: kept the kittens warm everywhere they landed, and since the doe tended to hollow out the nest, there be enough of an incline to keep the kittens in one place. Then I would move the nest into the box, and keep hold of the straw there until I felt the kittens would be okay without the extra safekeeping net. Or the straw got unsanitary.
If she's already kindled on the wire, newly move the nest into the box and move the box onto the site where the nest was---provided the babies are warm at the time.
If you find cold, stiff babies, some might still be alive. You never know until you warm them. You can go in swimming them in warm water or rest them on a piece of plastic rigged to be a marine bath. They need to be completely warm up to that time you put them back in the nest.
Keep an eye on them. If she pushes them out of the box, or otherwise makes trouble, you can transport the box out of the cage and bring it to her twice a day so she can nurse, until the kittens are resilient enough to be moved out alone with her.
If it is her first litter later she may not know that the box is where she should kindle. make sure you put the box in here about a week before her due date.so she can get used to it. If she does kindle outside of the coop you can always put the baby in the box and 98% of the time the mom will step into the box and nurse them.
ooh. that's a tough one. I would say to put hay on the bottom of the cage, but as you know, near wire that doesn't last long. well, most first litters die. I have a rabbit with a litter about a week ago, and they all died. Maybe latter, you could try sublevel nestboxes. But, many litters pass, and rabbits die, but even after years of experience, you can't save every litter most of the time.
This is a tough one! But it may be comforting to know that usually the first litter of a inexperienced doe doesn't make it, i have have three litters with my doe and the first litter didn't make it despite that she had a thoroughly warm nesting box. Source(s): My Doe
I breed rabbits and have had this happen heaps times. The best thing you can do is make a nest in the nest box for her. keep hold of a very close eye on her and put the babies in the nest as soon as they are born. Putting a heat light on them might be a good idea if you live where it is cold. sometimes they live- sometimes they don't.
Pick the babies up and place any ones that are moving, even if ever so slightly in the nestbox, even if they are very cold to the touch. Make a nest in the center, next pull fur out of the mother to cover them up. The warmth of the babies laying together beside the fur covering them will keep them alive. Check back each hours of daylight for the next few days to see if there are any dead babies within the nestbox and remove them as soon as you find them.
There are several reasons why she might do this:
1. Odor in the nestbox
Possible Causes:
- Use of smelly nestbox bedding such as wood chips or hay.
- Not cleaning the nestbox out thoroughly.
- Moldy nestbox bedding
- Putting the nestbox in too soon and she poops and pees surrounded by it
- No holes in bottom of nestbox to allow urine to drain out
2. The nestbox is too big or too small
3. It's her first litter and does tend to mess up on their first litter.
Solutions:
1. Use non-moldy straw for your nestbox bedding. It has little to no smell and can be molded easily by the doe. Straw seem to work the best.
2. Build the nestbox 1-2" wider than the doe and 1-2" longer than the doe's length when she is laying down. Make the nestbox tall enough so she can seize in and out easily. The top of the back two-thirds of the nestbox should own a top. The board at the front entry should be about 5" tall. If the nestbox is too big, then the doe doesn't discern like she has a place to hide. She will try have her babies in a place where she feels close to she can hide. If it is too small and it is hard for her to get contained by and out then she may not go in it.
3. Use pegboard for the floor of the nestbox to allow the urine to drain out so it doesn't seize an ammonia smell in it. Or you can use about a 3/16" drill bit to drill holes in the floor of the nestbox.
4. Make sure the nestbox have been cleaned out and allowed to sit in the sun for a day or so to give support to disinfect it and get the smell out of it before using it. Sunlight is a natural disinfectant.
5. Make sure in attendance isn't a halfway tight space between the nestbox and the sides of the pen, especially if the nestbox is a little on the big side. Remember she wants a place to coat. If the nestbox is too big she might pick a place between the nestbox and the side of the pen to try having them in since it is tighter and she feels approaching she can hide more.
6. If it is cold, be sure to not only put straw bedding in the nestbox, but put an inch or so of straw bedding beneath it too. This will help keep the babies a little bit stove, especially if the doe scattered them across the pen and they are already cold.
7. Put the nestbox in 2 days before she is due to hold them. They normally have them right at 30 days. I normally put the nestbox contained by on the 28th day. This helps prevent the doe from pooping or peeing in the nestbox until that time she has her babies. Source(s): I've been raising and showing rabbits for going on 25 years. I've raise Californians, New Zealands, Satins, Dutch, Checkered Giants, and Florida Whites and have raised several thousand rabbits in that time time of year.
i've had this happen once too. and u should just hang on to an eye to her. there may be nothing u can do wher it is he first time. if u touch the baies she will kill them. i've lucked out a couple of times adn be able to touch the babies to move them cuz my rabit rusted me adn knew she needed help and that i could serve her. brush her and take her fur and make a nest of fur inside he nesting box so u cna somewhat help her know that's what it's designed for. put treats contained by but not much oor she wont have enough room to give birth. and dont stress her to much by making her stir in. but a treat in and leave it/ she put away it after she gives birth and will be greatful of it. she be REALLY HUNGRY rite now and after so give her lots of food even if the babies do live. still confer her food to bring her strength up. Source(s): life experience
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Answers:
good question. I had two rabbits that mate and we had an unexpected pregnancy. I came home from work one darkness and all of a sudden saw babies! We thought they were both males! Boy were we mistaken!
I did hold a breeding box, but she had already had the babies inside her cage on the telecommunication flooring. Luckily there was a pile of hay!
We had lost one of the babies outside the hold, I dont know if it was kicked out of the cage or it squirmed out or what. It was a pretty gruesome verbs.
None of the babies actually survived. I was upset. :(
Sorry I dont have an actual answer for you.
Good luck.
Add another box with diferent bedding she may not like the box she has Has it be used with other rabbits? Is it big enough for her?Or just cover her coop floor with hay so that if she does have them outside the box it will not kill them later pick up the hay and babies at the same time and put them in the box but also wash your mitt with a mild smelling soap. cause if she is being picky she may slight them. Source(s): bred rabbits for 2 years.
Are you using a proper nestbox (see kwcages.com for examples)? And is it jam-packed with several inches of shavings and lots and lots of fresh straw?
If you have that covered, there may not be anything you do. But no situation what, leave her alone. If you were in her shoes you would not want someone trying to cause a nest and bothering you.
That doesn't mean you should not check on her. If she does deliver the kits (baby rabbits) on the wire, meekly place them in the nestbox after first petting her. If she has pulled any fur, place it on top on the kits surrounded by the nest.
If she doesn't deliver them in the nestbox, she may or may not take care of them It's hit or miss. Many does lose their first litters. Source(s): I'm a licensed registrar for the American Rabbit Breeders Association
http://www.arba.lattice
http://www.blueribbonrabbitry.com
Whenever I get worried that a doe would ignore her nest box, I stuffed her cage with a 2-3 inch adjectives layer of straw. Worked like a charm: kept the kittens warm everywhere they landed, and since the doe tended to hollow out the nest, there be enough of an incline to keep the kittens in one place. Then I would move the nest into the box, and keep hold of the straw there until I felt the kittens would be okay without the extra safekeeping net. Or the straw got unsanitary.
If she's already kindled on the wire, newly move the nest into the box and move the box onto the site where the nest was---provided the babies are warm at the time.
If you find cold, stiff babies, some might still be alive. You never know until you warm them. You can go in swimming them in warm water or rest them on a piece of plastic rigged to be a marine bath. They need to be completely warm up to that time you put them back in the nest.
Keep an eye on them. If she pushes them out of the box, or otherwise makes trouble, you can transport the box out of the cage and bring it to her twice a day so she can nurse, until the kittens are resilient enough to be moved out alone with her.
If it is her first litter later she may not know that the box is where she should kindle. make sure you put the box in here about a week before her due date.so she can get used to it. If she does kindle outside of the coop you can always put the baby in the box and 98% of the time the mom will step into the box and nurse them.
ooh. that's a tough one. I would say to put hay on the bottom of the cage, but as you know, near wire that doesn't last long. well, most first litters die. I have a rabbit with a litter about a week ago, and they all died. Maybe latter, you could try sublevel nestboxes. But, many litters pass, and rabbits die, but even after years of experience, you can't save every litter most of the time.
This is a tough one! But it may be comforting to know that usually the first litter of a inexperienced doe doesn't make it, i have have three litters with my doe and the first litter didn't make it despite that she had a thoroughly warm nesting box. Source(s): My Doe
I breed rabbits and have had this happen heaps times. The best thing you can do is make a nest in the nest box for her. keep hold of a very close eye on her and put the babies in the nest as soon as they are born. Putting a heat light on them might be a good idea if you live where it is cold. sometimes they live- sometimes they don't.
Pick the babies up and place any ones that are moving, even if ever so slightly in the nestbox, even if they are very cold to the touch. Make a nest in the center, next pull fur out of the mother to cover them up. The warmth of the babies laying together beside the fur covering them will keep them alive. Check back each hours of daylight for the next few days to see if there are any dead babies within the nestbox and remove them as soon as you find them.
There are several reasons why she might do this:
1. Odor in the nestbox
Possible Causes:
- Use of smelly nestbox bedding such as wood chips or hay.
- Not cleaning the nestbox out thoroughly.
- Moldy nestbox bedding
- Putting the nestbox in too soon and she poops and pees surrounded by it
- No holes in bottom of nestbox to allow urine to drain out
2. The nestbox is too big or too small
3. It's her first litter and does tend to mess up on their first litter.
Solutions:
1. Use non-moldy straw for your nestbox bedding. It has little to no smell and can be molded easily by the doe. Straw seem to work the best.
2. Build the nestbox 1-2" wider than the doe and 1-2" longer than the doe's length when she is laying down. Make the nestbox tall enough so she can seize in and out easily. The top of the back two-thirds of the nestbox should own a top. The board at the front entry should be about 5" tall. If the nestbox is too big, then the doe doesn't discern like she has a place to hide. She will try have her babies in a place where she feels close to she can hide. If it is too small and it is hard for her to get contained by and out then she may not go in it.
3. Use pegboard for the floor of the nestbox to allow the urine to drain out so it doesn't seize an ammonia smell in it. Or you can use about a 3/16" drill bit to drill holes in the floor of the nestbox.
4. Make sure the nestbox have been cleaned out and allowed to sit in the sun for a day or so to give support to disinfect it and get the smell out of it before using it. Sunlight is a natural disinfectant.
5. Make sure in attendance isn't a halfway tight space between the nestbox and the sides of the pen, especially if the nestbox is a little on the big side. Remember she wants a place to coat. If the nestbox is too big she might pick a place between the nestbox and the side of the pen to try having them in since it is tighter and she feels approaching she can hide more.
6. If it is cold, be sure to not only put straw bedding in the nestbox, but put an inch or so of straw bedding beneath it too. This will help keep the babies a little bit stove, especially if the doe scattered them across the pen and they are already cold.
7. Put the nestbox in 2 days before she is due to hold them. They normally have them right at 30 days. I normally put the nestbox contained by on the 28th day. This helps prevent the doe from pooping or peeing in the nestbox until that time she has her babies. Source(s): I've been raising and showing rabbits for going on 25 years. I've raise Californians, New Zealands, Satins, Dutch, Checkered Giants, and Florida Whites and have raised several thousand rabbits in that time time of year.
i've had this happen once too. and u should just hang on to an eye to her. there may be nothing u can do wher it is he first time. if u touch the baies she will kill them. i've lucked out a couple of times adn be able to touch the babies to move them cuz my rabit rusted me adn knew she needed help and that i could serve her. brush her and take her fur and make a nest of fur inside he nesting box so u cna somewhat help her know that's what it's designed for. put treats contained by but not much oor she wont have enough room to give birth. and dont stress her to much by making her stir in. but a treat in and leave it/ she put away it after she gives birth and will be greatful of it. she be REALLY HUNGRY rite now and after so give her lots of food even if the babies do live. still confer her food to bring her strength up. Source(s): life experience
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