With winter and freezing temps, raising baby bunnies can be somewhat difficult. I'm in the middle of a bad streak, I've lost quite a few babies recently due to them getting chilled.
LOV Bug had a litter of 4 babies sired by Mac Miller....2 of her babies wandered out of the nest at 2 weeks old and froze. The remaining 2 are doing okay so far.
Kelly had a litter of 2 that got chilled, they werent covered with enough fur when she made the nest.
One of Brendan's Nethies, E4 had 2 kits. One baby wandered out of the nest at around 2 weeks old and froze.
Another Nethie doe, Ferrari finally had a live litter. She had been bred several times and most of the time she didnt take. We were so excited to finally get babies out of her, but I went out this morning to find both babies had gotten chilled and died.
I am trying my best to keep the odds in my favor, by insulating nestboxes with cardboard, plucking extra fur from Does and covering the babies, turning on a heater but its still a little chilly in the barn :/
Winter has barely begun but I am so ready for it to be over! I will be glad when Spring rolls around! lol
I have enjoyed the pictures on your site and would love to have info on the tiny black boy. I am looking for a pet for my granddaughter who is going to be 14 on March 25th. I closed out my facebook account and have no way to contact you because my computer goes to Outlook when I push your contact button and I am using Webmail. I hope you get this in time for information. My email is lenoriakelly@att.net. I live in TN, just about an hour and a half away from you.
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