then the little one is not a peanut, here is a explanation:
a peanut is a rabbit with the double dwarf gene, so the mom (say a holland lop) usally has 1 dwarf gene and 1 normal, that is called a TRUE DWARF. And the dad (another holland) has 1 dwarf and 1 normal, if you breed these you will get a...
is she kept outside?
the mom might of ripped up the nest because she saw a predator, as when a raccoon bit off my 5 week old kits leg the mom ripped up all her toys and anything she got her paws/teeth on!
I raised the baby without the leg on KMR, a eye-dropper is good, until about they open...
a peanut is a rabbit with the double dwarf gene, so the mom (say a holland lop) usally has 1 dwarf gene and 1 normal, that is called a TRUE DWARF. And the dad (another holland) has 1 dwarf and 1 normal, if you breed these you will get a peanut. but if you breed a rabbit with 2 normal genes, and...
yeah :)
My doe had pulled fur, and I hadn't looked in in, and when the fur was there for 3 days I looked in it and there where the babies! :P
she built a little hollow in the hay about 5 in. deep, and they where at the bottom of that.
thanks everyone,
he is hopping around, no teeth grinding, so he does not seem in pain.
and yes I agree! raccoons are terrible (but right now we have a problem with skunk stink!)
the good news is (drumroll...) WE GET TO HATCH 7 (chicken) EGGS!!! which I have been waiting FOREVER to do :)
there is a little stump left,I felt the bone, it is about 2 centimeters high, and we don't have iodine, or betadine. the feed store opens at 10:00....
his back leg was bitten off last night, by a raccoon. Here is what happened;
I went outside to feed/check on the bunnies, and I saw only Caramel...
she is very wobbly (what made us think broken something) and can't hop, more scooting, uses her head like as another leg, and she can't go more than 3 scoots. Is that from the dehydration?
she had 3 ml. electro-lighted water and 5 ml. KMR