Nursing bunnies, milk belly, BunnyCentral.com

Baby bunnies nurse only once or twice a day, They fill up with a huge belly of rich milk that sustains them till their next feeding. Rabbis do not stay with their young except for the 5 minutes it takes to feed. In nature a mother rabbit that stayed with her young would be exposing them to predators. So, the babies of mothers that milked fastest, with the richest milk survived to create babies of their own. Natural selection at its best.

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[TheFavoriteLover88]

my rabbit had just had bunnys too but the mother rabbit has no milk wat do i do plz reply asap thank u :)

[bunnycentral]

@TheFavoriteLover88 : Mommy rabbits do not nurse for the first 24 hours. If it is still the first day do not worry. She should have milk by the next day. If she will not nurse then your vet can give her an oxotocin shot to stimulate nursing. Send me a private message with your email and I can give you more tips.

[iluvmytigber]

awe such a cute little baby! your mama bunny is really pretty to and gave birth to some pretty babies!:)

[bunnycentral]

@iluvmytigber : Thank you! Since we show rabbits our rabbits are really pretty and healthy.

[JoanaMara]

My rabbit has babies now, too... but she pushed them out of their nest corner and then stopped feeding them ! so now i guess I have to raise them, but I read a lot about it and it seems to be REALLY difficult to get them through, when the mother is completely refusing to get near them, I tried...

And now I bought this special milk powder, but they don't want the new milk ! How can I "force" them to eat? It's not like they have any other choice! :(

[bunnycentral]

@JoanaMara : Perhaps try to give mama special treats in the back of the nest box while you her over the babies. Usually after they latch on she gets a flood of "happy" hormones and she likes the suckling. You may need to gently hold her shoulders until she gets to experience this and get that nurturing hormone. A minute should do it. I make sure she has a yummy snack by her head so that gets her attention and she wants to be there. They only feed once a day.

[gidgetbun]

Excellent, I'll be able to refer people to this vid. so they know what to look for.

Thanks,

Angie.

[asasincros6]

my bunny just gave birth but she is stompping on them n sum already have cuts... 3 of her kits she somehow accidently shoved them out of her cage n my cats got hold of them... so i have 3 of them in a box because she doesnt seem to care about them... what should i do? :(

[XshizandgigglesX]

How sweet. I hope they aren't bred for "commercial use" :(

[lollipopsicle06]

I am hand raising a baby bunny that was born on 8-2-2011. "Jessica" had a hard time raising them, 4 died within the first day another died the next. The last baby I took from her hutch and it's been 10 days since I've had her. She eats well (aspirated once but I quickly helped her) she's been eating kmr with heavy cream added 2x a day until her stomach is full (between 15-25ml a day) she looks small to me, sometimes is dehydrated (but after eating plumps up) but she still doesn't seem right...

[TheFavoriteLover88]

@bunnycentral Thx ! it has milk now but thank u anyway =)

[b2stajnyoseob]

fuck that rabbit is huge!

[xXxBueatyByHaileyxXx]

@runescape4344  that rabbit was demesticated it was smelling there sent it wasnt going to bite them