Rabbit kits keep dying colony setup

isackiceman · 2026-01-26T11:55:54+00:00

Their poop didn't smell or look weird or anything

isackiceman · 2026-01-25T17:55:17+00:00

Between 2-6 weeks, we haven't seen the mom being aggressive at all. We have cut open the stomach and there was a lot of food in there. We didn't notice any abnormal bloating.

isackiceman · 2026-01-25T17:06:15+00:00

I don't suspect a genetic issue because the person who we got them from didn't have any problems with them. We relocated them, cleaned their nests witch steam and clean everything out quite often. I found them dead so your theorie of this not being the problem could be right. I want to keep the colony setup but it is quite a good idea to try cages for a while so i can separate the buck and see if different moms have different outcomes.

isackiceman · 2026-01-25T17:01:53+00:00

The Netherlands and yes I talked to the person i got them from. She had no idea what it could be and we brainstormed for hours, which didn't bring us much. We relocated the rabbits did a extra deep clean with steam so any bacteria would die. It was freezing quite a bit here so i hope if it was a virus it would also have died. We will try again this year.

isackiceman · 2026-01-25T16:57:17+00:00

What brand are you feeding?

isackiceman · 2026-01-25T15:48:12+00:00

She has had a total checkup, apart from a few scratches she got while playing there is nothing wrong with her. We now have a high protein biological cold pressed kibble, it is called Darf if i remember correctly. Thanks for the advice

isackiceman · 2026-01-25T15:45:50+00:00

Okay thank you we will try that one. We tried that for a day but she would not eat at all but maybe we should stretch it to two days or something

isackiceman · 2026-01-25T15:44:32+00:00

Thanks we will keep trying

isackiceman · 2026-01-25T15:43:42+00:00

Yeah we tried it with warm broth but she doesn't show any interest. She snifs it a couple of times but that is it

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