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2end time babbies

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Question
hi dave my female rabbil had given birth to about 10 babbies and that was her first time giving birth they eventualy all died but when she was having them she dident make a nest and i dont think she was feeding them she just had them all over the cage so we got the rabbits a bigger cage and shortly after that she made a nest in the big cage so i closed the door in the big cage and left her alone the next day she had 5 babies and i dident want to interfear with them so i left them alone for the night then this morning i found one dead so im worried that shes going to let all these die just like the 1st litter so is there any advise you cold give me about the problem and could u tell me waht im doing wrong anything will help thx

Answer
hi espi some first time does do not look after the young and they die .
with the four babies that she now has, just feed and water as normal and let her get on with it.
one thing, if a baby comes out the nest, you will have to put it back in as the doe with not do this they just leave them outside the net to die.
Dave.