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caring for new born bunnie

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Question
How soon can you clean out a baby rabbit ours is 7 days old and we would like to freshen up the area but don't know how soon we can do this.
           Thank you  

Answer
At 7 days you should clean out the nest with a clean nest and clean nesting material.  Remember that a nest is full of bacteria from the dirty hay and dropings.  Here we change nests at 7 days and then every three days there after until the kits come out on their own - depending on the weather and how much milk the Doe has - this can be between 16 and 21 days.

Sheila