10 Baby rabbit facts

 

With a gestation period of four weeks the baby rabbits are born blind, deaf and hairless on the 30th or 31st day from mating.

 

These ten baby rabbits facts are worth remembering for every rabbit breeder.

1. Baby rabbits open their eyes from the tenth day
2. Baby rabbits depend solely on the mothers milk until they are two weeks old
3. By two weeks, new born rabbits are fully covered with fur, have functional eyes and ears
4. Baby rabbits start eating solid food from two to three weeks fro birth and will begin to come out and run around at this age
5. Baby rabbits born same day by same doe are called litter (collective name)
6. Baby rabbits begin to wean from the mothers milk at three weeks
7. The early morning cecal droppings from the nursing doe which the baby rabbits eat helps in introducing the necessary micro flora that aids digestion of solid food in them
8. Between the ages of one month and three months, baby rabbits can be sexed
9. Baby rabbits have fragile digestive system and should be fed mostly dry fibrous feed until they are four months to introduce fresh greens and vegetables
10. The mortality rate in baby rabbits is higher between two to four months when they wean from the mothers milk

 

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