Mother and baby rabbits.

Question
Can you please tell us everything  you know about taking care of a mother rabbit and her babies? Should we change her bedding in her cage? Please tell us everything that you know.
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What is the best way to make sure that the mother does not eat her babies? I was told by a local that in order to make sure that she does not eat her babies, we should give her some salt. Is this true or are we makeing a big mistake. If it is a mistake, what should we do to make sure that this does not happen.
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Our rabbit just had her babies. She seems to be stepping all over them. Is that normal for her to be doing that or do we need to seperate the mother from her babies. We are first time breeders and don't know very much. The babies where a surprise to us. Please help.

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Hello,
She will kinda stand over them to nurse them. This seems like what you are describing. They then "pop" up and nurse. As long as she is not stepping on them and squishing them. If you find a dead one flattned then she is sqishing them and you may need to invervene. Babies are usually a surprize even when you are expecting them. Its all the fun of breeding rabbits.
Samantha

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There really is no way to prevent her eating them. It is all part of nature. Salt will not hurt her, although any good quality feed will have enough salt in it to stop the biting. Salt mainly deters biters.
Samantha

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Hi
Pretty much all you should do is to make sure she always has plenty of fresh water, hay and pellets at all times. You should keep her pen clean too, so that she doesn't transfer germs into the babies and cause illness.
for the babies, make sure they have lots of hair from mom to snuggle to, and stay covered up while they are hairless. Make sure you keep their box as dust free as possible so that they don't get eye infections when they start opening their eyes.
samantha