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when the mother rabbit start feeding the babies

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Question
Seems to me that the mother is not feeding the babies. How long will the babies survive without milk. how to get the mother to feed the babies and can I manually feed the babies and how.

Answer
DO NOT HAND FEED THE KITS!  This is the biggest mistake first time breeders make.  IF the even survive your attempts they will be weak and live short unhealthy lives.  If they are alive they are being fed by the mother.  You will not see her care for them as she only feeds them once or twice a day and mostly in the dark of night.  This is left over from their wild days when they were afraid of leading preditors to the nest so they didn't go near it often. The kits will only survive a day or two without being fed.  I am sure your doe is doing her job just fine.

Brenda