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my new mommy rabbit

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Question
my rabbit had babies on febuary 25 and they are so wonderful i was just wondering if there was anything i can do to make sure they r healthy and i was wondering how do you tell if the babies r males or females

Answer
Dear Baileigh,

If mama is doing her job, you should not have to do anything special.  Just be sure mama has all the food she wants all the time:  she needs extra calories to feed the babies without stressing herself.  For an overview of proper diet for her, please read this:

http://www.bio.miami.edu/hare/diet.html

It will be quite a while before you can sex the babies, but this excellent site should help:

http://www.rabbitnetwork.org/articles/sexing.shtml

But the most important information on your bunnies can be found here:

http://www.bio.miami.edu/hare/breeding.html

I hope this helps, and that all the babies thrive.  If your mama bunny does not already have a bonded partner, you should consider keeping one of the babies to whom she seems particularly attached, though they will both need to be spayed/neutered at the proper age.

Good luck,

Dana