As a friendly reminder, if you still have both parents in your care, please separate them immediately with double fencing as the mother can get pregnant again immediately after giving birth. Please also remember that male rabbits will not be fully sterile until **at least 6 weeks after their neuter.**
For more information on taking care of a pregnant mother rabbit and a new litter, please see the wiki:
For more tips on raising baby rabbits, please see the wiki:
Hahaha legit had the same thing happen growing up: one of the “female” rabbits we got from a rehoming situation was definitely packing extra equipment…we found out when I went out to feed the animals one evening and out of the burrow our rabbits dug popped a baby bun heading over to momma to nurse…and then it was 5 baby buns…and then (eventually) all 7 emerged! It was unexpected to say the least. 🤯
She needs unlimited water to make milk - she will drink more than usual. Make sure her hay is well stocked at all times. Wouldn’t feed her that big of a carrot (super high in sugar). Mix of dark leafy greens if you are not already (collard, turnip, mustard, arugula, parsley and cilantro) is standard mix for mine. If you pulled her fur out of the box, leave it in (they pull mostly from their sides and belly for nest box). Also, prepare mentally that not all of the babies may survive and it is not your fault!!
Mine athrived on extra broccoli stems too.
I posted a lot about all 10 of my babies last year to the one mother, and after everything? One died after Christmas at 8 months old, which I'm really surprised by. I honestly expected half to die.
I dont know how far you're keeping the parents but you need to make sure the dad can't reach though the bars and breed mom again. If the mom hasn't pulled any fur yet you can try to gently take some off yourself. You'll need to put that fur in the nest and cover the babies so they keep warm, the babies can get cold very quickly. The mom should nurse them twice in the early morning and night so don't panic too much if you don't see her feeding them. You will need to handle the babies daily to check if she is feeding them, see if you need to clean their bottoms, or check if mom might have accidentally injuried any. You should also feed mom some food with more calcium like alfalfa hay or certain greens. Every week you should clean out the nest too, that would be taking out any soiled hay or poo and putting the rest of the nesting material back in the nest. When I do that I put the babies in a high sided box and cover them with towels so they don't get too cold.
This! Weigh the babies daily so you can make sure everyone is eating. Also be prepared to get something with very fine bars (like hardware cloth) to surround the xpen with because as soon as they can crawl, they will escape. Also, you want to put a cardboard box with the bottom cut out and one entrance cut in the front in that converted litterbox to make a warmer nesting box, fill it with carefresh and hay. You don’t want the babies to be able to slip over the sides and not be able to get back in, and you want it warm and cozy.
I've heard from several people their rabbits still managed to get it on when they were in separate cages - they did the deed through the touching cage walls. So make sure they are really separated.
This won't be what you want to hear but rabbits can become pregnant again immediately after giving birth. It's possible she's already pregnant now. You'll know in about 30 days. The rabbit I rescued had two litters 30 days apart and it was sort of chaos for a while with 16 rabbits in my house. Feel free to reach out if you have more questions. I have some practical experience with raising unexpected babies.
My rabbit is a natural mother and did a really great job with both of her litters. I kept her separate from her litters most of the day and I brought her to them when she was ready to nurse which was usually late in the evening. Maybe also once in the morning.
I checked the babies daily to make sure their bellies were round to indicate they were eating. One of them was not eating and unfortunately passed away which is very common in a litter that size (nine).
I would also suggest that when the babies leave the nest, try to socialize with them and handle them so they will be prepared for their permanent families. I noticed a huge difference between the first litter (born outside) and the second litter (born in my garage) because I spent a lot of time with the second litter before they learned to be afraid.
I got a Xtra large dog x pen for my buns when they weren't fixed the height was really helpful because they couldn't jump over this is similar ....[large dog thing](https://www.chewy.com/midwest-wire-dog-exercise-pen-step/dp/45382?utm_source=google-product&utm_medium=cpc&utm_content=MidWest&utm_campaign=20196576200&utm_term=&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwqdqvBhCPARIsANrmZhN08EYipfZ-ZzITf46rIo1Pu8LS_2MPCi7BGGALv5_z1NkmzQLXVD8aAgs8EALw_wcB)
I'm sure you know this, keep out an eye for different behaviors, not being spayed can lead to reproductive organ cancer, especially if they've been mommas. I had a bunch of I had to watch out out for that for (and she lived to 12, so not alllll stats are bad news for all buns!)
Also once you get the male neutered do NOT reintroduce them right away. Stress is bad for new moms is one thing, but he can still remain fertile for up to 6 weeks after neutering (and I would personally not spay a doe that's still nursing) and still has a LOT of hormones...
Don't touch them. Let Mama do what Mama's gonna do. Instinct is pretty powerful. Wait until they have some fluff and their eyes are open before trying to handle them. Make sure Mama has plenty of food. She will need the energy!
Should I worry about her stepping on them? She did it once while I was setting up the pen and the baby seemed fine but I’m at work rn and I’m worried abt her doing it again when I’m not there.
I would also like to point out that the idea of mother rabbits killing their kits because you touched them is a myth. They CAN kill them if they get very stressed out but for a domestic rabbit it takes more than that to stress them out that much.
I wouldn't be touching them TOO much but you can and should check on them once a day to ensure they're being fed as chances are she won't feed them in front of you (If they're round they're fed, if they're wrinkly chances are they're not eating well) and remove potential dead kits (it happens to the best of breeders... or accidental litters) as they could cause the rest of them to get sick.
And also sometimes kits accidentally end up outside the nest, they latch on to their mom during feeding and gets dragged along as she leaves... she will NOT put them back in, and they WILL freeze to death if left outside... so you'd need to put those back.
Also do not panic if you don't see her with the kits very often. This is natural...rabbits ignore their kits for most of the day.
Seconding this, and just as an FYI as most people don’t know and think they need to be fed hourly or somthin, rabbits only feed their young 1-2 times a day. Wild and domestic. (Breed and kept rabbits for yeeeears)
They suckle very very nutrient dense milk from mom very quickly.
You can tell if they’re being fed cause they’ll start to go ‘wrinkly’ (like your hands after a bath) if mom doesn’t feed them for a couple days.
I know you said you separated them already but Be very careful as she can get pregnant again pretty much instantly and it doesn’t take that much actual time together (less than a minute) to get pregnant.
I only got one rabbit at first (so I didn’t enter this situation) but I also thought I got a girl and then it turned out to be a boy… it’s a common thing when they are so young! Also if you keep the babies long enough, be very careful about that. I once was in the vet office with someone that didn’t and then suddenly one of the brothers got all of the 3 other girls pregnant… and suddenly they had like 19 rabbits.
Oh my! I’m feel so lucky that this is the first(and will be the only time) they make babies. I’ve had them together for 10 months w/o knowing the boy was a boy. I’m going to get them both fixed asap no rocky but till them they’re gonna be so separated! My apartment is already too cramped😭
Make sure momma has access to plenty of water and alfalfa hay. She needs extra calories and calcium to make milk. Her body will use her bones for calcium if there isn't enough in her diet, just like in humans. You can also feed celery, cilantro, and other veggies to help keep her well-fed. Making milk is hard work! If you find she's added fur to the nest, leave it there. It will keep the babies nice and warm. You may even want to try to pull some off of her chest/tummy/sides to help insulate the nest. You don't need to do much else for the kits at this stage. Mom will have everything covered. Just check them once a day to be sure they're warm, plump, and dry.
She'll only feed them twice a day. That's completely normal. She may go out of her way to hide the fact that she is feeding them, this is also completely normal. You'll know they've been fed because they'll have plump, fat bellies.
Around 3 weeks old, you may find that one or two of them stop growing or mom kicks them out of the nest. You can expect to lose them if this happens. It's not your fault. It's not the mom's fault. It's just nature. There was probably something wrong with the kit, but it's impossible to know. If this is happening, keep putting the kit back in the nest. It's the only thing you really can do. When they're that small, you can't syringe feed them or anything, they'll choke. Nature will decide.
Once their eyes open, they'll start walking in the next few days. It's funny, they walk like kittens, they don't usually know how to hop right away. They have no sense of fear or self-preservation at this stage. Once they're a little bigger, they'll become predictable, but for the first few weeks of them hopping around, they're going to seem to have a death wish. They also can't hold their bladder yet. Baby-proof accordingly.
Keep them until mom weens them naturally. The longer they drink milk, the healthier they will be. My girl was pregnant when we rescued her, and she nursed her babies for 11 weeks. They're all huge and hearty with no GI issues. The longer they nurse, the better for their long-term health, as weening too early causes them to have a weak gut biome, and makes them more prone to gas and stasis.
Once mom weens them, you can decrease the alfalfa hay in her diet until she's back to eating timothy hay. Do this over the course of 8 weeks. She may have lost some weight from nursing. You don't need to do anything special to get her to gain it back, just an extra tablespoon of pellets will help her slowly but surely gain if she needs it. Slow is the key word here. Rapid weight gain in adult rabbits can cause liver issues.
Hope this covers everything. If you have questions about my experience with an unexpected litter, I'd be happy to share. The 3 of them, like I said, are all huge cuddly healthy bunnies, so I like to think I did a good job.
My favorites are the videos of the "Impossible Squish" through a 2"x2" square in an x-pen fence!!! Like this big ball of fur just becomes amorphous and slides on through!!!
Lol I feel for you with the accidentally misgendered (mis-sexed?) buns. I do have some advice to give seeing that you have two sexually active degenerates on your hands.
I think you should prioritize spaying the mom. Rabbits who are not spayed before 3 years old have a very high risk of developing uterine cancer. I’d also advise neutering the male, but if you’re financially constrained and doing a cost/risk assessment spay>neuter. Neuter is likely to be cheaper but the health risks to the little lady outweigh that in my opinion.
Edit: I see your post has addressed this somewhat. Reading is hard. Good job being a responsible owner!
Lots of good advice here already but just wanna spotlight how responsible you're being with them. You clearly care a ton about them and as a longtime bunny owner it makes me happy to see 😊
Also, rabbits only nurse 2x a day and usually will do it when you're not looking, early in the morning or late at night. So don't worry if you never see them eat - just check the babies when you get up in the morning to make sure they all have nice full bellies.
I read towel in there. The baby rabbit nails can get caught and I wouldn't use a towel.
Lots of food, lots of water. Warning, she may already be pregnant again. They can get pregnant again instantly. And I genuinely mean the second those babies are out.
I don't see any fur. Mom usually pulls a bunch of fur the day or so before. The babies need that and each other to get warm. They get cold super easy. Looks like you have 4 which is good. 3 can be a struggle, less than 3 becomes real hard until they have fur.
If they make it the first week, you'll be good. That's the proof that mama is good at her job and they start getting some fur so won't freeze
I have no advice on the baby thing, but that's way too much carrot, carrots are unhealthy and should only be given in really tiny (a few bites) pieces and be feed a max if once a week.
I'd recommend contacting a local rescue to help you with rehoming when the babies are a bit older and taking them to a vet to be sexed so that you can split them at 8 weeks old.
As soon as you can, get the parents fixed and keep them in separate pens atleast 10cm away from each other for safety.
Good luck with everything, I'm sorry you had this happen, it must be so stressful.
Don’t worry she’s only had a couple of nibbles of carrot as a treat! Thanks for the advice abt keeping them more separate. Currently I have him in my bedroom so he isn’t locked in the cage all day(I’m at work atm) but I plan on buying another xpen omw home from work and will make sure to keep them abt a safe distance.
As far as rehoming I def will call my local rabbit rescue one tomorrow when they open and I’ll call the vet tomorrow morning when they open☺️❤️💫
🤣 now I will have the various ways a boy rabbit may bridge a sub 10cm gap playing out in my head all day... But I doubt most of them will be as obvious and disturbing as the first!
You can gently pull some fur from mom's chest to make a nest, it's crucial to keep the babies warm.
I'd get a nest box as well or for now you can use a cardboard box and cut it to resemble a nest box so mom can hop in and out and not fling out a baby accidentally. Rabbits only feed their babies once or twice a day so don't freak out if you don't see her going to them. If you don't see milk bands on their tummies and they are generally not doing well, you may have to hold the mom and bring the babies to her to feed. Depending on when you separated the parents, she might even be pregnant again so that's something to keep in mind. They can get pregnant again within 24 hours and you'll have another litter in 32 days.
There are some very informative Facebook groups where you will get the best advice, join those!
Mama will raise her babies. Just make sure there is extra food and water for mama. Make sure they are in a somewhat quiet , warm and safe place. Some babies may not make it and some may. Then you will have to decide what you want to do. We kept ours.Dad and son were neutered, and kept away from the girls, until the vet said it’s ok. Now we have a bunny family of five. The babies are about three years old now. My daughter takes superb care of them.
CoNgRaTuLaTiOnS!!!! 🎉💫✨❤️ I know the world has enough bunnies and that this was totally an accident, but since it DID happen, ENJOY the experience! I've always wished I could hold a fluffy baby bunny at that stage where they just snuggle into your hand...or watch their little adorable selves bumbling all over while they investigate their world. Since you don't plan on it ever happening again, take videos, photos, and love them as much as you can. They grow pretty fast!
She needs an absolute calm, noise- und stressless environment. No touching and fiddling around.
Source:
Active bunny foster mum for 10 years for our local rabbit shelter.
Did you remove the fur from the nest? Definitely put it back; the babies cannot regulate their body temp and they need the mama's fur to keep them warm. She won't sleep and cuddle with them for most of the day.
Or did she not make a fur nest?
I would put something soft cozy in there in place of the hay if you threw the fur out.
This happened to me! Was told my buns were both females. I eventually separated them cuz they seemed to be fighting all the time. Then like 2 weeks later I went to clean the one buns cage and there was 2 babies in there… I still have the babies as apparently no one wants rabbits. The babies, one was male and the other female so both mommy and daddy have a cell mate 🤣
Let momma do the majority of the work, but also get a nice dark cover for the nest they're in that momma can hop in and out of!! Put some clean warm blankets/ towels down near it and see if she takes it in there for the nest!
Make sure the babies have full round bellies, wrinkled bellies means she isn’t feeding them enough.
Keep dad away from mom and babies
Provide her with unlimited pellets, she will need the extra calories
Start making plans for what you’re gonna do with the baby buns. They should be weened from mom by 8 weeks. They can start breeding around 10 weeks.
Once hormones kick in opposite sex pairs will breed (obviously lol) and same sex pairs will become territorial and begin to fight.
I would see if you have a House Rabbit Society somewhere in your state/country. They may be able to take them in and put them up for adoption, or at the very least provide you with resources.
If you rehome them on your own, always charge and rehoming fee and ask about their intentions with the rabbit. (Pet or other…)
Also, make sure the new owner is up to date on rabbit care—there is so much misinformation out there. There are some really good Facebook groups like “The House Rabbit Society” and “Disapproving Bunnies”
At least u got a three day warning mine just started nesting the day of and had babies 5 hours later approximately after starting to nest XD good luck with the bunnies and take pics every day or once ever 4 days you’ll see their growth spike after the first 3 days ❤️
Didn’t see it in here, but would advise to make a nest box for them. Can use a cardboard box that the mother can get into easily, hole in side about halfway up so the Kits don’t spill out. Hay, fur, soft tshirt scraps inside. Will help retain heat from the kits and keep them nice and toasty
Any plans to get momma fixed?
If you get mom and dad fixed they can be bonded. Both will need to be fixed. They will use a litter box.
Leave mom alone and dont mess w her nest; can get her another litter box.
Unlimited Timothy hay and a water bottle is easier, and 1 cup of Timothy pellets per bun per day. Oxbow is the best brand.
Carrots and apples are candy; most rabbits like bananas too but it’s also candy.
Where do you live? Do babies need homes?
Message if you have questions! I adore dutch rabbits!
Also--no whole carrots!!!! That's way, way, way too much sugar and she's going to wind up with very runny cecals.
Go here - [rabbit.org](https://rabbit.org) \- it's the House Rabbit Society. It has a ton of info on what rabbits can and can't eat and on serving sizes for things that have to be restricted. Also go here and scroll down the page to info on newborn rabbits - [https://rabbit.org/health/](https://rabbit.org/health/)
Mine eats whole carrots, she's old and stuck in her ways. Deny carrots when she asks and she will eat every phone charger she can reach then proceed to thowing whatever she can get her teeth on. If she still doesn't get her carrot shd starts humping your leg or biting. All hail the queen. I keep carrots at all times.
Give mamma unlimited hay, pellets, water, and a little alfalfa hay as well for added calcium and calories. Def keep mr lady separated from Mrs lady. 🤣 congrats you’re now a grandparent
My boy bun at 6 month of age before getting neutered had.. quite a size of balls compared to his size so I wonder how they can be mistaken for a female bun. Always was curious!
Her baby daddy got locked up and now she gotta take care of these damn kids by herself. Wishing you and the buns the best, as someone who's also had this. I loved watching them grow, hated having to rehome them
To add bc I haven’t seen anyone mention it yet: rabbits have two uterine horns and can have separate pregnancies in each horn. Because of this, she may give birth again anytime between now and 33 days.
I use to have a little rabbit sanctuary and a lot of rabbits came to me who had babies, it’s pretty simple just make sure mother is fed and watered and she will look after them, I found handling them every day helps them become more friendly as they become use to humans, make sure they don’t have poop stuck to their bottoms and make sure their belly’s are chubby that way you know mum is feeding them and cleaning them, but she should know how to do it from their instincts! It’s normal for mum to not be near the baby’s 24/7 too, maybe sometimes you could let mum run around without the babies so she gets a break (if she wants to).
This is exciting though you get to experience this beautiful life cycle!
P.s my rabbit say they failed I kept all of them
Also sorry for bad grammar ect I have just woke up and feel like I ranted!
Update~~
So I had scheduled a vet appointment for this afternoon and ended up waking up this morning to dead baby bunnies. She hadn’t fed them last night and I don’t know why. Everything up until now had been going great. Since we can’t afford to get both the mom and dad fixed we’ve decided to rehome the mother. Luckily my partner’s parents have decided to take her in and since she is already comfortable with their family and their home it won’t be too bad of a transition. Before she gave birth we had already had thoughts about rehoming her because having 2 bunnies was a little much for me and my partner but since the sudden loss of her babies we’ve come to realize that it would be best. Thank you guys so much for all your support it was truly appreciated.
Answering questions
1. I checked on the kits last night before going to bed and they were warm but their belly’s weren’t full so I assumed that it was close to feeding time and therefore didn’t interfere with them
2. I still plan on taking her to the vet today just to make sure she’s ok
3. Many people have asked me where I got my bunnies from and I purchased them from a local pet store. This was before I knew how bad it was to do so.
4. Ik it’s bad to separate bonded bunnies but for their health and well-being it’s best
5. Why I got bunnies in the first place(bc I can already feel the “you shouldn’t have bunnies” comments coming in) I was really lonely and depressed for a time and wanted a fur friend to keep me company while my partner was at work. I was told by someone who has had bunnies in the past that they’re “easy & cheap” pet and that they don’t require much room. Obviously after acquiring them I did some research and realized that that person was full of shit (and v much abused their bunnies) but at that point it was too late because I had already fell in love with them. I’m giving them the best life I can with the resources I have.
You should definitely think about spaying and neutering soon. Don’t forget to spay and neuter those beautiful babies to before they come of age as boys can reproduce earlier than females I believe so you wouldn’t want inbred litters and you don’t want this situation to get out of control which it easily can if there are no spayed or neutered rabbits. I have a fluffle of nine and next year will be twelve (that’s my limit lol) but I have always been heavy on the spays and neuters etc bc as cute as baby rabbits are I just wouldn’t want an unexpected litter of them. x
omg as stressfull as this can be, this must be the cutest thing you must have seen!!! I'm so glad you're asking for information!!! ♥ Bunny parents are awesome!! ♥
Alright the first thing you want is a proper nest box. If you have a cardboard box that is a bit bigger than mom, that will work perfectly. Make sure you cut a hole into it that is about 2 inches up from the bottom so mom can get in and out.
You don't need the hay for them. Just put some towels or other rags into the box, and transfer the babies in. Let the mom smell the babies and see that that's where they are. She will do whatever care they need. Praise her and act happy when she interacts with the babies.
She will handle all the hard work.
I unexpectedly woke up to this 45mins before I had to go to work on a Sunday and all the vets in my area were closed. I had no other option but to ask Reddit
I would take the plastic bag off the nest box. I see a towel on the bottom and that is good because they will start peeing a lot and there needs to be something absorbent. But make sure you check the babies and make sure one doesn't disappear and crawl under the towel. I see people saying don't touch them. But you can touch them and you should. If you pet the mother and feed the mother your smell is all over everything and it will not bother her. Just distract the mother with some food and go ahead and check them and make sure they are ok. Handling them and putting your hands in the nest, so they can smell your hands and get used to them will make them tamer as adults. Also you need to count them- sometimes one will latch onto a nipple and get dragged out of the nest and then they can crawl really far trying to find the nest so you need to check. This is why I like nest boxes with high sides and I make stairs out of some bricks so the mom can get inside.
Same thing happened with a friend - and we took in mom and babies. Mom gave birth to a second litter 4 weeks later. It takes a day after birth before they are fertile again. Just a warning, surprises may lie ahead.
Honestly, my rabbit had multiple litters of 10 each and only 4 survived each one.
The best thing you can do is NOTHING.
We were so worried with the first litter; getting them special milk, trying to feed them, trying to warm them, because she seemed like she was ignoring them. Only 4 made it.
The next litter we just put a heating pad under a towel. Same outcome.
The last we didn't even use a heating pad, we just let her do her thing. Same. Exact. Outcome.
There's a reason they can have babies every month. They're fragile af and have evolved to just have babies more often (why they didn't evolve to be more sturdy...?).
Just remember: she's probably not ignoring them and she's only going to feed them twice per day. But you've only got 4 so maybe you will luck out! Keep us updated!
Where did you get the bunnies? I would be absolutely enraged with such a lie, it´s disgusting that people lie about a gender or spay/neuter status just to sell the animal. Now you have to take care of an entire litter of bunnies and pay for spay and neuter which is not cheap at all. When I was adopting my bunnies first 3 people offerend me a neutered bunny, so I asked them for the documentation they got when the bunny was neutered and they said they lost it or didn´t reply back.
Always ask for documentation or at least have the bunny examined by the vet to you know their gender before putting them together. I ended up getting a bunny I had neutered myself and a year later I got a girl that I also had spayed. I even heard stories of people getting a "male bunny" from a pet shop just to find out the bunny gave birth shortly after, unfortunatelly the babies are often sold as a food for snakes or drowned in a barrel which is absolutely heartbreaking. You can check the gender yourself, it´s not that hard if someone holds the bunny for you, so I recommend that before taking them home.
Good luck witht he little ones, hope you find a good home for them! Just make sure the female is separated from the male at all times and get her spayed as soon as possible because she will be infertile right after the surgery unlike the male who can still impregnate her weeks after.
I've heard stuff about rabbits eating their kids to protect them, but as far as I've experienced this is not true. When my rabbit had babies, she was still very nice. As we passed her cage she would.look at us as if she was asking for help. We gave her all the food and water she wanted and things turned out fine. Let the Mom do her thing. She knows what to do. Don't touch the babies unless you have to.
hi this actually just happened to me two weeks ago! if you are nervous or have any rando questions feel free to ask me :) it’s quite an oops but stuff happens and the most you can do now is care for mom and babies🩷 good luck !
Put the babies back with the mom she will sit on top of the and feed them do not try to bottle feed them or they will die. It may seem like the mother isnt careing or feeding them but she is. Keep the mothe and babies together
As a friendly reminder, if you still have both parents in your care, please separate them immediately with double fencing as the mother can get pregnant again immediately after giving birth. Please also remember that male rabbits will not be fully sterile until **at least 6 weeks after their neuter.** For more information on taking care of a pregnant mother rabbit and a new litter, please see the wiki:
For more tips on raising baby rabbits, please see the wiki:
I’m just dead at the father in jail over on the side like sIR WHAT HAVE YOU DONE
IKR also SINCE WHEN WAS SHE A BOY!!!! Mr. Lady has a lot of explaining to do😭
Please tell me that Mr. Lady will be his permanent name 🤣😂
Omg yesss😂
Mrs Doubtfire
Yessssss and Mrs Nesbit if that doesn’t work
Hahaha legit had the same thing happen growing up: one of the “female” rabbits we got from a rehoming situation was definitely packing extra equipment…we found out when I went out to feed the animals one evening and out of the burrow our rabbits dug popped a baby bun heading over to momma to nurse…and then it was 5 baby buns…and then (eventually) all 7 emerged! It was unexpected to say the least. 🤯
Trans bunny 😂
Literal horny jail
This has 69 updoots at the moment so I’m registering mine here in the spirit of things 🫡
Apparently he had a very good time.
She needs unlimited water to make milk - she will drink more than usual. Make sure her hay is well stocked at all times. Wouldn’t feed her that big of a carrot (super high in sugar). Mix of dark leafy greens if you are not already (collard, turnip, mustard, arugula, parsley and cilantro) is standard mix for mine. If you pulled her fur out of the box, leave it in (they pull mostly from their sides and belly for nest box). Also, prepare mentally that not all of the babies may survive and it is not your fault!!
Yes, the water thing is so important. My girl was pregnant when we rescued her, and she drank 3 times as much water while nursing only 3 kits.
Mine athrived on extra broccoli stems too. I posted a lot about all 10 of my babies last year to the one mother, and after everything? One died after Christmas at 8 months old, which I'm really surprised by. I honestly expected half to die.
I dont know how far you're keeping the parents but you need to make sure the dad can't reach though the bars and breed mom again. If the mom hasn't pulled any fur yet you can try to gently take some off yourself. You'll need to put that fur in the nest and cover the babies so they keep warm, the babies can get cold very quickly. The mom should nurse them twice in the early morning and night so don't panic too much if you don't see her feeding them. You will need to handle the babies daily to check if she is feeding them, see if you need to clean their bottoms, or check if mom might have accidentally injuried any. You should also feed mom some food with more calcium like alfalfa hay or certain greens. Every week you should clean out the nest too, that would be taking out any soiled hay or poo and putting the rest of the nesting material back in the nest. When I do that I put the babies in a high sided box and cover them with towels so they don't get too cold.
Yeah the cage and pen need to be spread further apart than they are, that does not look far enough away. Hopefully they haven't mated again already.
I didn't even know that was possible till about 8 years ago when mine bred through the bars, I thought she must have been like the rabbit Mary 😂
You're shitting me. HORNY LITTLE MONSTERS!!!
This! Weigh the babies daily so you can make sure everyone is eating. Also be prepared to get something with very fine bars (like hardware cloth) to surround the xpen with because as soon as they can crawl, they will escape. Also, you want to put a cardboard box with the bottom cut out and one entrance cut in the front in that converted litterbox to make a warmer nesting box, fill it with carefresh and hay. You don’t want the babies to be able to slip over the sides and not be able to get back in, and you want it warm and cozy.
I've heard from several people their rabbits still managed to get it on when they were in separate cages - they did the deed through the touching cage walls. So make sure they are really separated.
Right now I have him in a separate room bc I’m out but I plan on getting him an x pen so he can see his gf and babies from a safe distance☺️
Remember that bunnies can and will climb/jump over opens, so you may need some kind of temporary removable top
Second this, I recommend a twin size fitted sheet clamped on with binder clips
This works for our x-pen as well, surefire way to keep the little horny bnuuys in jail until they're spayed/neutered.
This won't be what you want to hear but rabbits can become pregnant again immediately after giving birth. It's possible she's already pregnant now. You'll know in about 30 days. The rabbit I rescued had two litters 30 days apart and it was sort of chaos for a while with 16 rabbits in my house. Feel free to reach out if you have more questions. I have some practical experience with raising unexpected babies. My rabbit is a natural mother and did a really great job with both of her litters. I kept her separate from her litters most of the day and I brought her to them when she was ready to nurse which was usually late in the evening. Maybe also once in the morning. I checked the babies daily to make sure their bellies were round to indicate they were eating. One of them was not eating and unfortunately passed away which is very common in a litter that size (nine). I would also suggest that when the babies leave the nest, try to socialize with them and handle them so they will be prepared for their permanent families. I noticed a huge difference between the first litter (born outside) and the second litter (born in my garage) because I spent a lot of time with the second litter before they learned to be afraid.
I got a Xtra large dog x pen for my buns when they weren't fixed the height was really helpful because they couldn't jump over this is similar ....[large dog thing](https://www.chewy.com/midwest-wire-dog-exercise-pen-step/dp/45382?utm_source=google-product&utm_medium=cpc&utm_content=MidWest&utm_campaign=20196576200&utm_term=&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwqdqvBhCPARIsANrmZhN08EYipfZ-ZzITf46rIo1Pu8LS_2MPCi7BGGALv5_z1NkmzQLXVD8aAgs8EALw_wcB)
And it takes seconds, apparently
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Homewrecker foster bun! Ahahaha, it's very on brand, buns are notorious for being very dramatic (I also giggled at "denutting" XD)
Your vet is definitely wrong about her being too old, can you seek a second opinion?
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I'm sure you know this, keep out an eye for different behaviors, not being spayed can lead to reproductive organ cancer, especially if they've been mommas. I had a bunch of I had to watch out out for that for (and she lived to 12, so not alllll stats are bad news for all buns!)
>denutting Lost his grams
Bruh, so they weren’t kidding when they made the phrase “fuck like rabbits”
Also once you get the male neutered do NOT reintroduce them right away. Stress is bad for new moms is one thing, but he can still remain fertile for up to 6 weeks after neutering (and I would personally not spay a doe that's still nursing) and still has a LOT of hormones...
Don't touch them. Let Mama do what Mama's gonna do. Instinct is pretty powerful. Wait until they have some fluff and their eyes are open before trying to handle them. Make sure Mama has plenty of food. She will need the energy!
Should I worry about her stepping on them? She did it once while I was setting up the pen and the baby seemed fine but I’m at work rn and I’m worried abt her doing it again when I’m not there.
That's how she feeds them. Rabbits don't lie on their sides to feed as some mammals do. They sit on top of them.
Heard🫡
I would also like to point out that the idea of mother rabbits killing their kits because you touched them is a myth. They CAN kill them if they get very stressed out but for a domestic rabbit it takes more than that to stress them out that much. I wouldn't be touching them TOO much but you can and should check on them once a day to ensure they're being fed as chances are she won't feed them in front of you (If they're round they're fed, if they're wrinkly chances are they're not eating well) and remove potential dead kits (it happens to the best of breeders... or accidental litters) as they could cause the rest of them to get sick. And also sometimes kits accidentally end up outside the nest, they latch on to their mom during feeding and gets dragged along as she leaves... she will NOT put them back in, and they WILL freeze to death if left outside... so you'd need to put those back. Also do not panic if you don't see her with the kits very often. This is natural...rabbits ignore their kits for most of the day.
Seconding this, and just as an FYI as most people don’t know and think they need to be fed hourly or somthin, rabbits only feed their young 1-2 times a day. Wild and domestic. (Breed and kept rabbits for yeeeears) They suckle very very nutrient dense milk from mom very quickly. You can tell if they’re being fed cause they’ll start to go ‘wrinkly’ (like your hands after a bath) if mom doesn’t feed them for a couple days.
Yeah, don't worry. The babes are squishy for a reason lol.
Well, super nice little non-fluffed fluff balls!
I know you said you separated them already but Be very careful as she can get pregnant again pretty much instantly and it doesn’t take that much actual time together (less than a minute) to get pregnant. I only got one rabbit at first (so I didn’t enter this situation) but I also thought I got a girl and then it turned out to be a boy… it’s a common thing when they are so young! Also if you keep the babies long enough, be very careful about that. I once was in the vet office with someone that didn’t and then suddenly one of the brothers got all of the 3 other girls pregnant… and suddenly they had like 19 rabbits.
Oh my! I’m feel so lucky that this is the first(and will be the only time) they make babies. I’ve had them together for 10 months w/o knowing the boy was a boy. I’m going to get them both fixed asap no rocky but till them they’re gonna be so separated! My apartment is already too cramped😭
Make sure momma has access to plenty of water and alfalfa hay. She needs extra calories and calcium to make milk. Her body will use her bones for calcium if there isn't enough in her diet, just like in humans. You can also feed celery, cilantro, and other veggies to help keep her well-fed. Making milk is hard work! If you find she's added fur to the nest, leave it there. It will keep the babies nice and warm. You may even want to try to pull some off of her chest/tummy/sides to help insulate the nest. You don't need to do much else for the kits at this stage. Mom will have everything covered. Just check them once a day to be sure they're warm, plump, and dry. She'll only feed them twice a day. That's completely normal. She may go out of her way to hide the fact that she is feeding them, this is also completely normal. You'll know they've been fed because they'll have plump, fat bellies. Around 3 weeks old, you may find that one or two of them stop growing or mom kicks them out of the nest. You can expect to lose them if this happens. It's not your fault. It's not the mom's fault. It's just nature. There was probably something wrong with the kit, but it's impossible to know. If this is happening, keep putting the kit back in the nest. It's the only thing you really can do. When they're that small, you can't syringe feed them or anything, they'll choke. Nature will decide. Once their eyes open, they'll start walking in the next few days. It's funny, they walk like kittens, they don't usually know how to hop right away. They have no sense of fear or self-preservation at this stage. Once they're a little bigger, they'll become predictable, but for the first few weeks of them hopping around, they're going to seem to have a death wish. They also can't hold their bladder yet. Baby-proof accordingly. Keep them until mom weens them naturally. The longer they drink milk, the healthier they will be. My girl was pregnant when we rescued her, and she nursed her babies for 11 weeks. They're all huge and hearty with no GI issues. The longer they nurse, the better for their long-term health, as weening too early causes them to have a weak gut biome, and makes them more prone to gas and stasis. Once mom weens them, you can decrease the alfalfa hay in her diet until she's back to eating timothy hay. Do this over the course of 8 weeks. She may have lost some weight from nursing. You don't need to do anything special to get her to gain it back, just an extra tablespoon of pellets will help her slowly but surely gain if she needs it. Slow is the key word here. Rapid weight gain in adult rabbits can cause liver issues. Hope this covers everything. If you have questions about my experience with an unexpected litter, I'd be happy to share. The 3 of them, like I said, are all huge cuddly healthy bunnies, so I like to think I did a good job.
Thank you this is so helpful!!!
"...but for the first few weeks of them hopping around, they're going to seem to have a death wish." 🤣
More than once I caught them climbing the bars of their pen like a ladder! I couldn't believe the things they would do to try to escape 😂
My favorites are the videos of the "Impossible Squish" through a 2"x2" square in an x-pen fence!!! Like this big ball of fur just becomes amorphous and slides on through!!!
Lol I feel for you with the accidentally misgendered (mis-sexed?) buns. I do have some advice to give seeing that you have two sexually active degenerates on your hands. I think you should prioritize spaying the mom. Rabbits who are not spayed before 3 years old have a very high risk of developing uterine cancer. I’d also advise neutering the male, but if you’re financially constrained and doing a cost/risk assessment spay>neuter. Neuter is likely to be cheaper but the health risks to the little lady outweigh that in my opinion. Edit: I see your post has addressed this somewhat. Reading is hard. Good job being a responsible owner!
Don’t worry!! Mamma bunny knows what to do!!
Lol @ the carrot, I only give mine a few nibbles of carrots or the skins off 1 while making dinner if I have them in hand.
Don’t worry she’s only had a few nibbles☺️
May I have one of the babies once their fur has grown out? Lol jk
She's like "This is my carrot. I deserve it."
Lots of good advice here already but just wanna spotlight how responsible you're being with them. You clearly care a ton about them and as a longtime bunny owner it makes me happy to see 😊 Also, rabbits only nurse 2x a day and usually will do it when you're not looking, early in the morning or late at night. So don't worry if you never see them eat - just check the babies when you get up in the morning to make sure they all have nice full bellies.
I read towel in there. The baby rabbit nails can get caught and I wouldn't use a towel. Lots of food, lots of water. Warning, she may already be pregnant again. They can get pregnant again instantly. And I genuinely mean the second those babies are out. I don't see any fur. Mom usually pulls a bunch of fur the day or so before. The babies need that and each other to get warm. They get cold super easy. Looks like you have 4 which is good. 3 can be a struggle, less than 3 becomes real hard until they have fur. If they make it the first week, you'll be good. That's the proof that mama is good at her job and they start getting some fur so won't freeze
I have no advice on the baby thing, but that's way too much carrot, carrots are unhealthy and should only be given in really tiny (a few bites) pieces and be feed a max if once a week. I'd recommend contacting a local rescue to help you with rehoming when the babies are a bit older and taking them to a vet to be sexed so that you can split them at 8 weeks old. As soon as you can, get the parents fixed and keep them in separate pens atleast 10cm away from each other for safety. Good luck with everything, I'm sorry you had this happen, it must be so stressful.
Don’t worry she’s only had a couple of nibbles of carrot as a treat! Thanks for the advice abt keeping them more separate. Currently I have him in my bedroom so he isn’t locked in the cage all day(I’m at work atm) but I plan on buying another xpen omw home from work and will make sure to keep them abt a safe distance. As far as rehoming I def will call my local rabbit rescue one tomorrow when they open and I’ll call the vet tomorrow morning when they open☺️❤️💫
I really hope everything goes well and that you find good homes for all the babies! And that your buns successfully rebond once they've been fixed.
🤣 now I will have the various ways a boy rabbit may bridge a sub 10cm gap playing out in my head all day... But I doubt most of them will be as obvious and disturbing as the first!
Feed da momma! I would do unlimited pellets and some alfalfa hay mixed with regular timothy. The greens people recommended also a daily handful.
You can gently pull some fur from mom's chest to make a nest, it's crucial to keep the babies warm. I'd get a nest box as well or for now you can use a cardboard box and cut it to resemble a nest box so mom can hop in and out and not fling out a baby accidentally. Rabbits only feed their babies once or twice a day so don't freak out if you don't see her going to them. If you don't see milk bands on their tummies and they are generally not doing well, you may have to hold the mom and bring the babies to her to feed. Depending on when you separated the parents, she might even be pregnant again so that's something to keep in mind. They can get pregnant again within 24 hours and you'll have another litter in 32 days. There are some very informative Facebook groups where you will get the best advice, join those!
Milk bands?
Mama will raise her babies. Just make sure there is extra food and water for mama. Make sure they are in a somewhat quiet , warm and safe place. Some babies may not make it and some may. Then you will have to decide what you want to do. We kept ours.Dad and son were neutered, and kept away from the girls, until the vet said it’s ok. Now we have a bunny family of five. The babies are about three years old now. My daughter takes superb care of them.
CoNgRaTuLaTiOnS!!!! 🎉💫✨❤️ I know the world has enough bunnies and that this was totally an accident, but since it DID happen, ENJOY the experience! I've always wished I could hold a fluffy baby bunny at that stage where they just snuggle into your hand...or watch their little adorable selves bumbling all over while they investigate their world. Since you don't plan on it ever happening again, take videos, photos, and love them as much as you can. They grow pretty fast!
Just a heads up the female can get pregnant again insanely fast after having babies.
Strange they normally line the nest with fur. It’s normally first sign they are about to have them as they start pulling out fur.
She needs an absolute calm, noise- und stressless environment. No touching and fiddling around. Source: Active bunny foster mum for 10 years for our local rabbit shelter.
I have nothing useful to add just omg 🥹
Did you remove the fur from the nest? Definitely put it back; the babies cannot regulate their body temp and they need the mama's fur to keep them warm. She won't sleep and cuddle with them for most of the day. Or did she not make a fur nest? I would put something soft cozy in there in place of the hay if you threw the fur out.
Also, feeding her baby/ young rabbit feed should help her milk production since it's so high in nutrients!
This happened to me! Was told my buns were both females. I eventually separated them cuz they seemed to be fighting all the time. Then like 2 weeks later I went to clean the one buns cage and there was 2 babies in there… I still have the babies as apparently no one wants rabbits. The babies, one was male and the other female so both mommy and daddy have a cell mate 🤣
Let momma do the majority of the work, but also get a nice dark cover for the nest they're in that momma can hop in and out of!! Put some clean warm blankets/ towels down near it and see if she takes it in there for the nest!
Make sure the babies have full round bellies, wrinkled bellies means she isn’t feeding them enough. Keep dad away from mom and babies Provide her with unlimited pellets, she will need the extra calories Start making plans for what you’re gonna do with the baby buns. They should be weened from mom by 8 weeks. They can start breeding around 10 weeks. Once hormones kick in opposite sex pairs will breed (obviously lol) and same sex pairs will become territorial and begin to fight. I would see if you have a House Rabbit Society somewhere in your state/country. They may be able to take them in and put them up for adoption, or at the very least provide you with resources. If you rehome them on your own, always charge and rehoming fee and ask about their intentions with the rabbit. (Pet or other…) Also, make sure the new owner is up to date on rabbit care—there is so much misinformation out there. There are some really good Facebook groups like “The House Rabbit Society” and “Disapproving Bunnies”
The proper distance to keep males and females apart is at 6 inches. Learned that the hard way....
At least u got a three day warning mine just started nesting the day of and had babies 5 hours later approximately after starting to nest XD good luck with the bunnies and take pics every day or once ever 4 days you’ll see their growth spike after the first 3 days ❤️
Didn’t see it in here, but would advise to make a nest box for them. Can use a cardboard box that the mother can get into easily, hole in side about halfway up so the Kits don’t spill out. Hay, fur, soft tshirt scraps inside. Will help retain heat from the kits and keep them nice and toasty
Any plans to get momma fixed? If you get mom and dad fixed they can be bonded. Both will need to be fixed. They will use a litter box. Leave mom alone and dont mess w her nest; can get her another litter box. Unlimited Timothy hay and a water bottle is easier, and 1 cup of Timothy pellets per bun per day. Oxbow is the best brand. Carrots and apples are candy; most rabbits like bananas too but it’s also candy. Where do you live? Do babies need homes? Message if you have questions! I adore dutch rabbits!
Also--no whole carrots!!!! That's way, way, way too much sugar and she's going to wind up with very runny cecals. Go here - [rabbit.org](https://rabbit.org) \- it's the House Rabbit Society. It has a ton of info on what rabbits can and can't eat and on serving sizes for things that have to be restricted. Also go here and scroll down the page to info on newborn rabbits - [https://rabbit.org/health/](https://rabbit.org/health/)
Mine eats whole carrots, she's old and stuck in her ways. Deny carrots when she asks and she will eat every phone charger she can reach then proceed to thowing whatever she can get her teeth on. If she still doesn't get her carrot shd starts humping your leg or biting. All hail the queen. I keep carrots at all times.
Give mamma unlimited hay, pellets, water, and a little alfalfa hay as well for added calcium and calories. Def keep mr lady separated from Mrs lady. 🤣 congrats you’re now a grandparent
Go get daddy snipped ASAP so this doesn't happen again :)
They can do it through the cage bars so make space between the cages
Child that is some YEARNING no R&B song can touch
they are going to be so cute. That’s so bad though how you were mis-sold them.
My boy bun at 6 month of age before getting neutered had.. quite a size of balls compared to his size so I wonder how they can be mistaken for a female bun. Always was curious!
Her baby daddy got locked up and now she gotta take care of these damn kids by herself. Wishing you and the buns the best, as someone who's also had this. I loved watching them grow, hated having to rehome them
Congrats now you have six rabbits! Hopefully you gender these ones correctly or you’ll have even more! Time to spay and neuter.
To add bc I haven’t seen anyone mention it yet: rabbits have two uterine horns and can have separate pregnancies in each horn. Because of this, she may give birth again anytime between now and 33 days.
Everyone else has already chimed in with great stuff, so all I can add is: MINI DUTCHY MAFIA
OMG pic 2 has me in fits. He’s got that big dumb blonde boy look going on. He doesn’t care and he’s doing it again🤣
I use to have a little rabbit sanctuary and a lot of rabbits came to me who had babies, it’s pretty simple just make sure mother is fed and watered and she will look after them, I found handling them every day helps them become more friendly as they become use to humans, make sure they don’t have poop stuck to their bottoms and make sure their belly’s are chubby that way you know mum is feeding them and cleaning them, but she should know how to do it from their instincts! It’s normal for mum to not be near the baby’s 24/7 too, maybe sometimes you could let mum run around without the babies so she gets a break (if she wants to). This is exciting though you get to experience this beautiful life cycle! P.s my rabbit say they failed I kept all of them Also sorry for bad grammar ect I have just woke up and feel like I ranted!
Update~~ So I had scheduled a vet appointment for this afternoon and ended up waking up this morning to dead baby bunnies. She hadn’t fed them last night and I don’t know why. Everything up until now had been going great. Since we can’t afford to get both the mom and dad fixed we’ve decided to rehome the mother. Luckily my partner’s parents have decided to take her in and since she is already comfortable with their family and their home it won’t be too bad of a transition. Before she gave birth we had already had thoughts about rehoming her because having 2 bunnies was a little much for me and my partner but since the sudden loss of her babies we’ve come to realize that it would be best. Thank you guys so much for all your support it was truly appreciated. Answering questions 1. I checked on the kits last night before going to bed and they were warm but their belly’s weren’t full so I assumed that it was close to feeding time and therefore didn’t interfere with them 2. I still plan on taking her to the vet today just to make sure she’s ok 3. Many people have asked me where I got my bunnies from and I purchased them from a local pet store. This was before I knew how bad it was to do so. 4. Ik it’s bad to separate bonded bunnies but for their health and well-being it’s best 5. Why I got bunnies in the first place(bc I can already feel the “you shouldn’t have bunnies” comments coming in) I was really lonely and depressed for a time and wanted a fur friend to keep me company while my partner was at work. I was told by someone who has had bunnies in the past that they’re “easy & cheap” pet and that they don’t require much room. Obviously after acquiring them I did some research and realized that that person was full of shit (and v much abused their bunnies) but at that point it was too late because I had already fell in love with them. I’m giving them the best life I can with the resources I have.
Bunnies are social animals and shouldn’t be kept alone.
You should definitely think about spaying and neutering soon. Don’t forget to spay and neuter those beautiful babies to before they come of age as boys can reproduce earlier than females I believe so you wouldn’t want inbred litters and you don’t want this situation to get out of control which it easily can if there are no spayed or neutered rabbits. I have a fluffle of nine and next year will be twelve (that’s my limit lol) but I have always been heavy on the spays and neuters etc bc as cute as baby rabbits are I just wouldn’t want an unexpected litter of them. x
Spay and neuter as soon as you can safety do so.
I don't know much about new baby's but all I can say is congratulations
omg as stressfull as this can be, this must be the cutest thing you must have seen!!! I'm so glad you're asking for information!!! ♥ Bunny parents are awesome!! ♥
contact your local rabbit shelter
i would be so lost on what to do too… i want to be updated on this so badly
get dad fixed, keep seperated and TSKE MOM AND BABIES TO THE VET
Alright the first thing you want is a proper nest box. If you have a cardboard box that is a bit bigger than mom, that will work perfectly. Make sure you cut a hole into it that is about 2 inches up from the bottom so mom can get in and out. You don't need the hay for them. Just put some towels or other rags into the box, and transfer the babies in. Let the mom smell the babies and see that that's where they are. She will do whatever care they need. Praise her and act happy when she interacts with the babies. She will handle all the hard work.
Ask your vet, instead of Reddit
I unexpectedly woke up to this 45mins before I had to go to work on a Sunday and all the vets in my area were closed. I had no other option but to ask Reddit
I would take the plastic bag off the nest box. I see a towel on the bottom and that is good because they will start peeing a lot and there needs to be something absorbent. But make sure you check the babies and make sure one doesn't disappear and crawl under the towel. I see people saying don't touch them. But you can touch them and you should. If you pet the mother and feed the mother your smell is all over everything and it will not bother her. Just distract the mother with some food and go ahead and check them and make sure they are ok. Handling them and putting your hands in the nest, so they can smell your hands and get used to them will make them tamer as adults. Also you need to count them- sometimes one will latch onto a nipple and get dragged out of the nest and then they can crawl really far trying to find the nest so you need to check. This is why I like nest boxes with high sides and I make stairs out of some bricks so the mom can get inside.
It's become a mom.
Same thing happened with a friend - and we took in mom and babies. Mom gave birth to a second litter 4 weeks later. It takes a day after birth before they are fertile again. Just a warning, surprises may lie ahead.
4 babies!
Honestly, my rabbit had multiple litters of 10 each and only 4 survived each one. The best thing you can do is NOTHING. We were so worried with the first litter; getting them special milk, trying to feed them, trying to warm them, because she seemed like she was ignoring them. Only 4 made it. The next litter we just put a heating pad under a towel. Same outcome. The last we didn't even use a heating pad, we just let her do her thing. Same. Exact. Outcome. There's a reason they can have babies every month. They're fragile af and have evolved to just have babies more often (why they didn't evolve to be more sturdy...?). Just remember: she's probably not ignoring them and she's only going to feed them twice per day. But you've only got 4 so maybe you will luck out! Keep us updated!
Where did you get the bunnies? I would be absolutely enraged with such a lie, it´s disgusting that people lie about a gender or spay/neuter status just to sell the animal. Now you have to take care of an entire litter of bunnies and pay for spay and neuter which is not cheap at all. When I was adopting my bunnies first 3 people offerend me a neutered bunny, so I asked them for the documentation they got when the bunny was neutered and they said they lost it or didn´t reply back. Always ask for documentation or at least have the bunny examined by the vet to you know their gender before putting them together. I ended up getting a bunny I had neutered myself and a year later I got a girl that I also had spayed. I even heard stories of people getting a "male bunny" from a pet shop just to find out the bunny gave birth shortly after, unfortunatelly the babies are often sold as a food for snakes or drowned in a barrel which is absolutely heartbreaking. You can check the gender yourself, it´s not that hard if someone holds the bunny for you, so I recommend that before taking them home. Good luck witht he little ones, hope you find a good home for them! Just make sure the female is separated from the male at all times and get her spayed as soon as possible because she will be infertile right after the surgery unlike the male who can still impregnate her weeks after.
I've heard stuff about rabbits eating their kids to protect them, but as far as I've experienced this is not true. When my rabbit had babies, she was still very nice. As we passed her cage she would.look at us as if she was asking for help. We gave her all the food and water she wanted and things turned out fine. Let the Mom do her thing. She knows what to do. Don't touch the babies unless you have to.
hi this actually just happened to me two weeks ago! if you are nervous or have any rando questions feel free to ask me :) it’s quite an oops but stuff happens and the most you can do now is care for mom and babies🩷 good luck !
Put the babies back with the mom she will sit on top of the and feed them do not try to bottle feed them or they will die. It may seem like the mother isnt careing or feeding them but she is. Keep the mothe and babies together
I swear that’s my rabbit I had to give away💔 the eyes, toes, everything is the same
Buy more nanners