2007-03-22 10:12:36 · 9 answers · asked by tinkerbell 1 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
I didn;'t know that animals could get postpartum until we had a goat have twins and the mother refused to have anything to do with the male. He ended up being bottle feed.
2007-03-22 10:16:56 · answer #1 · answered by Ima Stressed Out 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Rabbits are only slightly "domesticated". They still have most of their wild instincts. A mother rabbit will not go near her babies, especially if she know's someones watching so as not to attract predators to them. She will only go in the nest to nurse them a couple times a day, and then will immediately leave the nest. Your rabbit is behaving completely normally for a mother rabbit. If you want to check them, use a spoon or stick to gently uncover them and look to see if their tummies are round with milk. Then cover them back up. Avoid getting your scent on them or the mom might reject them.
Good luck, and more info is on my "rabbit basics" page on my farm web site: www.donnybrookfarm.com
2007-03-22 17:41:12 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Rabbits only feed their babies once a day very early morning, they tend to stay away from the nest as to not let predators know where the nest is. As long as you see their belly's plump and round she is doing what she needs to do. She will NOT kill them it you touch them... it is a wives tale. However many first time mother rabbits are unsure how to care for their young and many first litters are lost.
2007-03-22 18:01:52 · answer #3 · answered by ikaffy 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Animals are just like people in the motherhood department - not every female is meant for motherhood or wants to have children for that matter. A lot of animals straight out abandon their babies if they do not want them, or even if they have some kind of physical ailment or deformation.
2007-03-22 17:20:59 · answer #4 · answered by GirlUdontKnow 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you touched them? If you have that might be the reason. Plus some rabbits are just bad moms.
2007-03-22 17:28:33 · answer #5 · answered by dew_angel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my frind said exactly the same thing about her mother rabbit but she soon found out that she was tending to them during the night, when no one was around. dont touch her babies cause if she smells your scent on them, she maybe kill them, l
2007-03-22 17:21:54 · answer #6 · answered by kelly g 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You most likely touched the babies. If you touch them (no matter WHO you are), she won't care for them... I've bred lots of babie bunnies in my life. It's because you either touched the nest or the babies themselves.
2007-03-22 18:36:56 · answer #7 · answered by Katie C. 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
general animal thing yo uhave to love them
2007-03-22 17:16:04 · answer #8 · answered by Chefdude101 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
She cannot understand why the buck did not have them!!
2007-03-22 17:17:45 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋