can i handle newborn kits? They have there eyes open and are 2 weeks old they are pet bunnies.?

Answer 1

I think it depends on how close your mama bunn is to you, and whether she'll allow you to or not! Are you close to her? When you get close to the babies, does she get defensive, or does she just watch you and allow you to?

Here's a good site about how to interact with your bunny family -
http://www.bio.miami.edu/hare/surpriselitter.html

Answer 2

I've raised thousands of rabbits over 24 years and have handled many litters even within minutes after they are born. I have yet to lose a single litter from me handling the babies. In fact, I think it is actually a good thing to do. A person needs to check the nestbox every couple days to make sure there are not any dead babies in the nest box. The stench from a dead baby can cause the mother to avoid the litter and not milk. The stench can also attract flies, which can lead to a not-so-common problem where the flies lay eggs on the babies and the eggs later develop into larvae under the baby bunnies' skin that feel like bumps later. I forget the name of the fly offhand, I believe it's called bot fly. Another good reason is to check to make sure that the bedding in the nestbox hasn't gotten too thin beneath the babies. If the babies get down to the floor of the nestbox and the floor of the nestbox becomes slick, not allowing them good footing. It can cause sproddled leg, where one of the rear legs juts out abnormally. The last thing I recommend checking for is that there is no urine/ammonia build up in the nestbox. The ammonia stench can cause the mother to avoid milking the babies. That's why I used pegboard for the bottom of my nestboxes to allow any urine to drain out of the nestbox. The best bedding I've found for a nestbox is straw. Make sure it isn't moldy. People I know seem to have less luck with woodchips or hay. Wood chips and hay carry a much stronger smell than straw and I've notice that people using hay or woodchips instead of straw tend to have more trouble with the doe having the babies outside of the nestbox. Too large of a nestbox can also cause the doe to want to have them outside the nestbox. A doe likes to have her babies in a space not much bigger than herself so she feels like she is hiding.

Please note that often does will have more babies than they can milk and keep alive. As the doe gets beyond about 2.5 years old this becomes more prevalent because the doe is beyond her prime. At this point, the number of babies the doe will be able to milk will start dropping.

Answer 3

It's difficult to nurse bunnies, but possible. You are going to need to feed them every hour to two hours. Keep them clean and dry. If you can find a surrogate mother - like a momma cat, sometimes they will adopt; but watch closely because it can backfire - the could try to eat them.

Answer 4

You can Handel the kittens it is good for them. And about the bunnies I am not sure what you are asking

Answer 5

You can handle them a bit but not too much as you could pass on germs and diseases, or the mother may reject them if the smell too much like humans.

Answer 6

When my doe had babies, I touched them immediately. It really depends on how you treat your doe. If she is handled frequently then she probably won't mind.

Answer 7

I don't see why not. Awwwwwwwwww Toooo cute!! I wouldn't be able to resist!