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Breeding Mini Lop rabbit

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Question
Hi
I just emailed you the other day about our doe that she hasn't had her babies and it is way past 31 days. We just cleaned out her cage and found one dead baby rabbit. My other doe had babies the other day but she only had 2 and they both died. Is    their a rabbit season because it is coming into winter? It is strange that both our doe's have had only one or two babies and they all died.And the baby's were all very big. Our older doe who had one this time but it died, last time she had 9 babies and then the other time she had 6. Do you think we could be feeding them something wrong?
Thanks

Answer
hi -as long as you are feeding themas normali dont think food is the answer.it maybe because of the cold weather but usually cold weather is no problem as long as they have plenty of hay to make a nest.another point is the doe gets fed upwith them and just ignores them so they go hungry and die.
dave.