Anther question about baby rabbits?

My rabbit had 4 now we saw 2 under a sheet that was in her cage so i moved the sheet so the other 2 could get out. The rabbits crawl right back under the sheet. It has a opening where they can get out the mom made it like that. But the mom does not seem intrested in them she checks on them every now and than but hasent fed them sense i noticed them which was about a hr ago.

Anther question about baby rabbits?
Put your kits in a proper nest box with proper nesting materials in it. I like to put 1 inch of shaved pine in the botom and stuff the box pretty darn full with hay. I push a fist in to the middle of of it to make the nest (like a well).





Gather your kits and put them in that. Pull out a great deal of fur from your does belly, especially around the nipples. Her hormones now present in her body allows the fur to be pulled out easily and will not hurt her. Cover the kits with a LOT of fur. Leave them and mom be.





Mom will only feed her kits once or twice in a 24 hour period. She is not ignoring them. This is just how a good rabbit mother takes care of her babies. The kits are efficient little suckers and that once a day nursing session will be often enough for them to grow up fast. You' ll know they are getting milk when you see their bellies are pink and round. In 3 days they will be noticably less wrinkly and a little bigger than today.





Don't try to feed them yourself. You can pick them up to each day to count them. Yes, I know, sounds dumb since there are only two but you need to check for dead kits each morning and remove any you might find. Handling them will get them and mom used to you and more relaxed when they are older. They will be easier to handle later, too.





Don't let the kits stay in the blanket. Don't put it in their nest box. They can get caught in it and not be able to get to mom's nipples fast enough to eat. Kit's nursing time is fast and if they skip meals because they were trapped under a fold of blanket, they could eventually die. That is what happened at our local shelter when a volunteer thought they'd be more "cozy" in a blanket. How sad.





Good luck and enjoy your 3 for 1 deal. :P





P.S. I see that a lot of people are talking about nest boxes but no one has actually shown you what one looks like or how make one (including me, lol) . So, see the links below. They should be very helpful.
Reply:I'd suggest finding a box (like an old shoebox, just make sure the mother can get inside of it) and putting it in her cage. Then put the babies in the box, and try to get the mother to stay in the box with them. Then I'd pretty much just leave them alone. If she takes care of them, that's great. If not, then that's the way nature intended it. First-time mothers almost always lose their first litter.


If you want to, you can try encouraging the mother to let the babies feed and put the babies next to the nipples to help them out a bit. If you're dead-set on saving these bunnies, but mama bunny just doesn't seem interested, I'd recommend getting a special formula and hand-feeding them with an eyedopper or something of the sort. If you have any more questions, feel free to email me and I'll try to help to the best of my abilities.
Reply:Put them all in a cardbox box in her cage with the fur she pulled and anything else she used for her nest, then leave her alone. She will only feed twice a day and will ignore them the rest of the time.





The babies have to stay in safe in the nest, if they are allowed to wander they will get cold and die, the doe will never move a baby back to the nest.





Just make sure the babies are safe and then leave her to it, she knows what she needs to do.
Reply:give them some time the sheet most likely feels like a burrow .but when the babies are hungry they will eat.
Reply:The mom will feed them at night/dawn. So make sure you have a nesting box and leave them alone. :]
Reply:She will go in and check on them but will only fed them once or twice a day, cause she don't want anyone else to know their there just keep an eye on them to see if she feeds them if she don't within a day you'll have to take them out and feed them your self.
Reply:when rabbits give birth they may wait awhile to feed their babies. rabbits only feed their babies once or twice a day so if she does go back and check on them often then they are fine. tmrw check them and see if they have round plump bellies, of so then she is taking good care of them if not, them go to the vet and get information on how to hand feed them.