My rabbit (Molly) gave birth to her second litter early this morning. The first litter several months ago was not discovered for 2 weeks so I did not get to see the effects of the birthing process. This morning I went out and Molly was acting very odd so I checked the back of the hutch and discovered 6 new-borns and 1 dead.... in addition to this there were little chunks of meat about the size of a quarter scatttered around that looked to me like little hearts, brains, livers and stomachs.... I theorized that it might be part of the placenta... I cleaned up the area and put the 6 little ones inside of a box with some dry hay and some of the fur Molly had ripped out.. Molly spent the majority of the day outside in the cage literally sitting in her pan of water. This may all be normal but it has me somewhat disturbed... she isn't showing any sign of what I would call "motherly instinct" like she did with the first litter...
What do you make of these events, and is this all normal?
2006-07-25
14:44:14
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