This morning we woke up to only 2 bunnies. Sometime during the night another disappeared. By this point, we can only assume that D4 is rejecting some or all of the bunnies and taking them out of the nest box. Baby bunnies by nature crawl aimlessly (not a surprise since they're born blind and deaf), so we can only assume it crawled out of momma's cage and fell onto the ground. From there it's only a matter of time until a critter carries it off for dinner. So anyway, we're down to 2. Later I go back out and find a baby not only out of the box again, dangling 3/4 of the way out of the cage. It's only saving grace was that it was wedged between the hutch fan and the wall. I freed it and tried putting it back with momma. At this, she immediately started clawing at the two bunnies. I figured they had no chance with her, so I quickly yanked them out, made a home for them in a tub and went inside to do some quick research on how to care for orphaned baby bunnies.
After doing some research, I fed the babies some milk with a dropper. Everything I read said the babies had little to no chance of survival, but at least they won't be clawed to death or eaten by a wild animal.
Again, we shall see.....
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