My dwarf lop rabbit started giving birth unexpectedly at 2am this morning....by 9am she had 9 healthy baby bunnies....She STILL has 1 or 2 left inside her (u can see and feel them) but it is now 8pm!!!! She doesn't seem distressed, shes eating and drinking fine. just has a small amount of blood come out occasionally... Wat is the delay? should I and How do i intervene.
2007-04-18 08:53:06 · 6 answers · asked by Rebecca 1 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
Wow, I am amazed that your dwarf rabbit had so many kits already! Small rabbits rarely have more than 3, though it's not unlikely they have up to 5.
If you're sure she's got kits stuck inside her, then she's going to need to be taken to the vet.
2007-04-18 08:58:52 · answer #1 · answered by Stephanie V 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
exertions lasts as long because it takes to get the babies out. most of the time, that's decrease than an hour. yet i've got had does that have their muddle over the path of a few days. of direction, those kits are many times lifeless on arrival, even even though it relatively relies upon on the rabbit. Rabbits are additionally triggered ovulators, so as that they do no longer pass into "warmth" like a dogs or cat. they might have a muddle at any time. Their gestation era (after concept) is 28-35 days, the traditional being approximately 31 days.
2016-10-03 05:01:00 · answer #2 · answered by barksdale 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like she is fine. Those lumps you are feeling may not be babies but internal organs instead. Once you reach the size of the rabbit being born, the babies are about the size of the mother's organs inside. That's why most rabbit breeders palpate at 14 days. The babies are the size of marbles or grapes and are still round at 14 days. So it's easy to distinguish them from the organs. Palpating is not the easiest to do, even for rabbit veterans like myself.
As long as she is eating and drinking fine, I wouldn't worry. If she stops eating, then take her to the vet.
2007-04-20 00:39:12 · answer #3 · answered by devilishblueyes 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If she is not distressed don't freak out.
Are you sure that they are not left over placentas or just swelling?
If she does not show any change and you can still feel the babies by tomorrow morning I would take her to the vet.
If she starts becoming distressed taker her to the vet immediately.
If she is fine tomorrow morning and you can no longer feel the "babies" in her belly, don't worry about it.
Like I said I think it is probably left over placentas.
Also it is unheard of for rabbits to be in labor for that long..so if you are aboslutely sure they are babies you need to take her to the vet now. If you leave dead babies in a mother too long it can send her into shock and kill her.
Oh & thanks barbie for stealing my answer and submitting it as your own. You were reported for this.
2007-04-18 09:06:02 · answer #4 · answered by *Amber* 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well....it could be reason that someone else suggested, that they are dead inside her, or it could be something else. because rabbits ovulate after they have mated, if a rabbit is already pregnant...and then mates again they can actually become pregnant with TWO litters, however the second one will not survive, and then when they are delivered they are very large and deformed. is there any chance your doe could have become pregnant twice? was she was the male after the first mating? if so take her to the vet, but dont worry she isnt in any danger!
2007-04-18 10:47:09 · answer #5 · answered by xmissysjx 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well i would get it to a vet asap becuase they are probably dead becuase the sack pops and they have so many minutes to get out because otherwise it will try to breath and suffocate take her to the vet....it could also kill the mother in labour cuz bunnies dont show when they are hurting or distressed take her to a vet NOW!
2007-04-18 08:59:28 · answer #6 · answered by Bean 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋