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new bunnies born

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Question
This is our first litter of babies. She had 8 babies I didnt realize she had them until a baby was out of the box and dead. The rest was active and seemed okay now we just found another one dead and one really weak. The rest are active and seem fine. Any suggestions on what I can check or do to make sure the rest don't past away.

Answer
Hi Alexis,
Sorry to hear about your loss. There is not a whole lot you can do. You can try to hand rear the week ones but they dont usually do well. If your finding dead ones out side of the box what is most likely happening is when she is jumping out from feeding them there staying latched on and falling out. You may know rabbits cant pick up there young and even in a warm place a baby will die if alone and exposed. You can make sure you check on them often if you see one out put it back in. You can make her force feed the baby's that are week by flipping her over and allowing them to root around on her tummy but if this doesn't work hand rearing is the only other option. Other then that there really isn't much to be done.