QUOTE(bebee @ Jan 31 2008, 12:37 PM)
my mum wanted to try to breed her for the 2nd time
teh doe only take care of dead kits
alive wan she abandon
erm...be careful if want to breed again..
i afraid same thing will happen..
btw you can try my petua la..
give the doe special privacy
QUOTE(bebee @ Jan 31 2008, 02:33 PM)
anggora
tried to help but she dun bother
always take the alive baby and put outside
dead wan she put at nest

regarding to the nest, may be nature instinct make a doe looks like dont want to take care of youngs..in natural habitat,rabbits has many enemies. so they pretend to be not so caring, so enemies cannot find their nest. if they kerap kali berulang alik to the nest, looks like very caring to kits,then the risk of the enemies find the nest is higher.
pet's bunny may do this to..adopted their wild rabbit instinct.
(deleted and edited: sorry,wrong statement, cannot applied to rabbit)
thats why give them privacy, even we are their owner, dont look at her,her kits and her nest many times a day.
handling the kits with bare hand, said to be turn the kits smell into another smell, that may make the doe abandon her kits..but some people said, pets rabbit dah biasa with human smell esp the owner..so it is not a problem..for me if want to handle jugak the kits, stroke our hand to the doe body first, so the smell of her fur will be on our hand..
This post has been edited by kembara: Feb 1 2008, 01:01 AM