April 24 – Day 30 In the morning we give Ellie and Penelope some fox milk and then in the evening we give all five kits some nourishment. Ellie and Penelope are smaller and we think they just need that extra boost in the morning. The other three are much bigger and just need a […]
April 23 – Day 29 This morning and this evening we made fox milk for the kits and gave them a little boost of milk. I let the kits have some free time to run around the den. This was their first time hopping around outside of their cage. We had been holding them so
The baby bunnies are four weeks old. This morning the kits said goodbye to their nest box. They probably didn’t need it this long, but since they slept cuddled in it every night and since Ellie was so small, I kept it in for all four weeks. Every evening I would put the bunnies in
April 21 – 27 Days Old Lexi is our only bunny that does not know how to drink from a water bottle. We tried for months to teach her. We would put little pieces of pineapple in the tip of the nozzle hoping as she ate the pineapple and water came out, she would understand
April 20 – 26 Days old When we first started feeding Ellie fox milk it took a while for her to figure out what to do. When we would try to put the syringe in her mouth she would keep her mouth closed and we would have to slide the syringe in to get her
April 19 – 25 Days Old This morning I put Lexi on the mat and let Ellie nurse while she ate. But this evening she looked weak again so I gave her fox milk. She enthusiastically slurped down 12 small syringes full of milk. I have never seen her eat so much. The other bunnies
April 18 – 24 Days Old Lexi likes to spend some time running around the lanai, away from her babies. Now that they are so active they keep scooting under her to nurse. When she eats, drinks water or just lays in her cage, they are dashing under her to nurse and she does not
April 17 – 23 Days Old We brought Lexi to the soft turquoise mat this morning and put down her food bowl. Then we put Ellie under her to nurse. We added little Lexi to help Ellie get the milk to flow. It takes a few minutes of sucking for the milk to start flowing,
April 16 – 22 Days Old The bunnies are getting so much bigger. Their feet are huge, their heads are larger and their bodies keep getting longer. But Ellie is not growing that way. While the other five look like three week olds, Ellie looks like she is about two weeks old. It’s not only
April 15 – 21 Days Old The kits are three weeks old today. It is amazing how fast they grow. When I look back at the photos taken three weeks ago, when they were born, they look so tiny and hairless. They look like tiny pink bent thumbs, and now they look like actual bunnies.