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care of newborn bunnies

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Question
I have a mother rabbitt and she gave birth to 6 babies 2 months ago and three of them died and a few days ago she gave birth to 6 more babies and i am concerned that she is not taking care of them how will i know if they are being fed....

Answer
If they have little fat tummies and are sleeping, they are being fed.  If they are all wrinkly and making noise, they likely are not.  Rabbits only nurse once a day, usually at night.

You can read more information about baby bunnies at http://www.rabbit.org/care/babies.html

Kim