PLZZZ can someone help me with my newborn RABBITS?

Question

My new born rabbits are all fine EXCEPT for one baby, hes the runt, he has started to get flacks on his skin, and i try to clean thenm away but it doesnt go away, it looks like his skin is peeling.....anyways taking my rabbit to a vet is not an option so what is it and what do i do?

ok, the mommy rabbit rejected them...so i take care of them...and it doesnt matter if they are extinct or not....that has nothing to do with the question, if yall want to be rude or a smarta** do it somewhere else

Ok,
the mother is 5 months old, this is her second litter (the first litter she didnt reject), their is 5 babies, we have tried holding her down many times (we dont want to make her break something), and i dont have a vet near me, this is the first set of mother and father rabbits i had, I RASIED THEM, WHEN THEY WERE ABANDONED, so i know what to feed it i just dont know the skin problem

Answer 1

Here's some really helpful sites -
http://www.bio.miami.edu/hare/surpriselitter.html
http://www.bio.miami.edu/hare/orphan.html
Very best of luck!

Answer 2

I think you are over-reacting. It would be easier for me to evaluate the situation if I knew what breed of rabbit you had, how old she is, how many babies she's had, and if she's had a litter before. The first point I want to make is that a rabbit normally has more babies than what she can milk. After she gets past a certain age, about 2.5 years old, the number she can handle will start decreasing. The flakes could be from after-birth or from just not getting milk. You normally won't see the doe milking her babies. So just because you don't see the doe milking her babies doesn't mean she is not milking them. You can tell more whether she is milking them by how skinny or fat they are and the color/texture of their skin. Just because one baby is not getting milked doesn't mean that the rabbits have a disease. I seriously doubt the mother is sick. The one baby is a runt and therefore gets pushed away from drinking milk by the other babies.

I think taking the babies away from the mother is very unwise. If anything you should have taken only the runt away from the mother. You can try milking the runt, but it may not make it anyhow. If you do, it will need a warming pad set at the correct temperature so it doesn't get too cold and die. The warmth of the babies together in the fur helps them stay alive, although it being summer will help. The mother most likely would have milked the rest of the rabbits. When you take them away like that she may not accept them back and you also run the risk of causing problems to the mother. The mother has all of that milk that she was feeding her babies and now it has nowhere to go and could cause a mammary gland infection, which would not be good at all. There are normally only two main reasons why a mother rabbit will altogether stop feeding her babies. One is because one of them has died, and she won't milk them because of the stench. That's why you have to remove dead babies ASAP. The other is because of the build up of ammonia from her peeing in the nest box. That's why pegboard should be used as flooring in the nestbox or holes should be drilled into the floor of the nestbox to allow the pee to drain out.

I've raised thousands of rabbits over 24 years. If you have any questions feel free to ask.

Answer 3

I’m not a Vet but I used to have 2 litters of bunnies from two of my Dutch rabbits. I think the most command sense is the babies need their mother’s milk. Which I think is the best nutrient to nurse the sick. I used to have a bunny that is too tiny to fight her way to get milk from the mother and her mom reject her because maybe she know that she is not going to live. What my grandmother did was she holds down the rabbit Mom so the wicker one can have a fair share. I really can’t help you with the rabbits with skin problems but maybe try some gentles baby oil to stop the peeling? I hope your little one will stay strong. Best of luck

By the way just to be safe.. put the sick bunny in quarantine just in case the skin infection will spread to the others healthy baby.

Answer 4

Myxomatosis is a terrible disease, the worse for being deliberately introduced. Myxomatosis is caused by several strains of poxvirus. It is endemic in the population of wild rabbits, with biting insects serving as the vectors for transmission. Where some immunity has built up, the infected rabbits show tumour-like skin lesions and generally recover, but where immunity is poor the mortality rate is high.

Unfortunately people assume that it is just a disease of wild rabbits. Domestic rabbits have no natural immunity and if infected will almost invariably die.

The illness begins as lethargy, red, puffy eyes, watery eye discharge and swelling around the anus and genitals. There is a fever and as the disease progresses, the whole head can become swollen. Secondary respiratory infection and severe conjunctivitis set in, and the blind, hunched and miserable creature presents a sorry sight in the latter stages of the disease.

There is no treatment except nursing, which is unlikely to be successful, and most rabbits are euthanased for humane reasons. I have known rabbits to survive, and in these the disease seemed to take a slightly different course, with areas of skin puffing up and peeling away, but later healing over again, but survival is extremely rare.

It is only with the growth in popularity of the rabbit as a pet that a vaccine has become easily available. Prior to the current individual doses we only had multi dose vials for farmed and breeding rabbits and had to get groups of pet rabbit owners together to share the cost of a vaccination session. Few people were prepared to pay much to get a rabbit vaccinated.

The new vaccine is promoted at vet's surgeries, and in pet magazines, but people really need to know at the time they buy their pet and few pet shops or breeders pass on this information. You can get a leaflet at your local veterinary surgery. It is not a common disease in pet rabbits but is so devastating when it happens that people should consider vaccinating when they have access to it. Flying insects can carry it even into towns and there is always a reservoir of infection in the wild rabbit population.

The current vaccine is Nobivac Myxo made by Intervet UK. Rabbits 6 weeks and older can be vaccinated, with a booster yearly or 6 monthly in the face of an outbreak.

No vaccination can ever be guaranteed to be completely effective, but it does offer the best chance for immunity to this disease. Intervet, who produce the vaccine, also advise that potential contact with the disease can be reduced by taking some preventative measures.

These include restricting your rabbits access to wild rabbits, and flea and mosquito control measures. Keeping your rabbit's bedding dry and storing rabbit pellets in a dry area will help prevent the moist conditions upon which mosquitos in particular thrive.

Although these measures are not a substitute for vaccination, they will help prevent exposure to the disease, and are good common-sense measures to ensure the comfort and well-being of your rabbit.

Answer 5

This could be something as simple as that you are keeping the babies too hot. If they are on a heating pad, make sure they have a cool place to go. AND give them a bit more water. I am assuming it is still naked bunny times. ;-D Call a veterinarian and they may have some advice. Make sure you are feeding KMR or an approved rabbit milk substitute.

Of course it could be diseases, but ...would think possibly not.

Answer 6

This may be normal. You need to feed them???? A small toy baby bottle works if you know what I talk of OR an Eye Dropper just hold them and feed. I not remember what we give to ours, I think it was just evaporated milk. Warm a little. Their skin may clear on it's own. I think Olive Oil be OK to lightly rub them. May take a little on a Q-Tip and just rub a dry Flaky area and see how it do. I find out more I will tell you.

Answer 7

I have had rabbits for years.Rabbits are very nervous funny animals.Newborns are hard to care for and most times don't make it if the mama has abandoned them. We have used eye droppers with canned milk or formula.Good luck thats tough.I do know they only need fed once a day...if that helps.

Answer 8

Obviously, there is a reason why the mother bunny rejected her young, and you are finding out that reason. Unfortunately, they need veterinary care, and you are unwilling to take them to one, so they will likely die, just as they would in the wild. Being a responsible pet owner means being able to give them the medical care they need when they're sick. If you can't afford it, then you shouldn't have pets. That sounds cruel, but believe me, I've learned that lesson the hard way myself.

Answer 9

TRY A TOPICAL WASH THAT IS MILD,MAYBE WITH A LITTLE ANTIBOTIC OINTMENT,I DONT KNOW MUCH ABOUT RABBITS BUT IF YOU THINK THAT THIS IS GOING TO SPREAD YOU MAY WANT TO SEPERATE IT FROM THE REST,BOTTLE FEEDING IS WORK BUT SOMETIMES WORTH THE EFFORT AT ALL PET STORES THEY CAN ALSO GIVE GOOD ADVICE,FREE OF CHARGE AND MAYBE EVEN PROVIDE YOU WITH THE RIGHT KIND OF TREATMENT,GOOD LUCK

Answer 10

Sure I think you should really watch out for them because rabbits are very near to extinction.

Answer 11

leave them with the mommy rabbit. The end