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rex breeding

22 11:07:16

Question
hi dave I have 2 rex rabbits that i have breed one of them gave birth on Christmas day and she has 8 babys and are doing well . the other rabbit gave birth 5 days later and had 10 baby and one of them died and about 2 more of the litter are looking very thin i wanted to no if it would be advisable to put one of them babys with the other female as her babys are doing very well .

Answer
hi claire you can try but you must remove the doe first and then rub some of the nest material on the babies you are going to introduce so the doe will not smell any newcomers and then put them with the other babies and replace the doe.
dave.see what happens.