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[Aleida]

Thankyou i will check on them before going to bedto make sure they are warm enough I will take a picture and post thanks everyone for taking your time to help me out these babies were totally surprise to us

 

[Aleida]

They felt really warm..and were moving around so I think they might be good for the night..

 

[Hens and Roos]

Congrats on the kits!

 

[Tale of Tails Rabbitry]

They felt really warm..and were moving around so I think they might be good for the night..

Our hands are far cooler than our core temperature so what feels warm to the touch by hand may still not be warm enough for a kit. That is why I usually suggest the belly temperature test. If you place your hand directly on the skin of your belly, you will probably feel the difference.

Kits should be covered in the nest, as in you cannot see them unless you pull fur away from them. The pictures of the "nest" are causing me to be concerned about them staying warm enough. I cannot see if the cage is inside or out, but from the picture, it looks like the kits are on the ground and not covered. If that is the case, it might be okay during the warmth of the day in the southern tip of Texas, but I am concern that they would not be warm enough at night where you are located.

 

[Aleida]

I am on the very bottom of Texas an hour away from the border of Mexico the weather over here changes suddenly but right now is super hot and the night is hot also just windy ...this morning I noticed that she had taken fur off but it was on the side not near the kits so I put it on them for warmness...they are outside the cage is covered all around only the front is viseble and they are like underground she made a really deep whole that I put hat in and then put the kits there so they will be warm

 

[Tale of Tails Rabbitry]

Then they will probably be good!

Sounds like your doe is just a first timer, who needed a little supervision. Just take care if it rains as the hole could fill with water.

You may never catch the doe nursing them, but they should start showing ballooning white bellies in the next day or two.

 

[Aleida]

Yes I will be watching them carefully thank you for all of your help....

 

[mystang89]

I have nothing to add. Everyone has said it all but I wanted to say good luck with them. Sounds like you've got everything under control.

 

[Aleida]

Today i woke up to all my kits dead I think she was a first time mother and didn' know what was going on because she was just starting o take her fur out to make them a nest I never caught her feeding them or even getting close to them I think she didn' know what to do I hope it get better for her next time

 

[Hens and Roos]

sorry to hear this, it happens .