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eating babies

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Question
we have a rabbit about 6-7 months old that had babies but every day she seems to eat one that is fallen out of the nest box on the wire. We have quite a few rabbits that all eat the same thing every day and noone else does that. why??

Answer
Regina, the little ones who fall out of the nest usually die of exposure, her instinct is to keep the area around the nest clean.  I would suggest that you give her a nest box with a higher entrance so the kits are scraped off when the doe leaves the nest.