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Ask your vet about kitten formula and whether or not it would work. If so, then it is easy to find at your local pet food supply.
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I'm sorry that's happened to you. It won't be easy feeding them by hand but it is possible. IF their little tummies are round and full they are fed. This is also one way for you to tell if they have had enough. Do not overfeed them. You can use Regular Goat Milk found in the carton at your local grocery store.You can also use KMR (Kitten Milk Replacer) available at most pet stores for the handfeeding formula. Avoid ANY regular milk, puppy formulas, etc. Use regular Goat milk or KMR KITTEN powder formula + follow directions on the can. (KMR better for domestic rabbits). It may be easiest to start with a 3 cc/ml syringe or an eyedropper. (You can get these supplies from your vet) Feed only with the bunny sitting UPRIGHT, and point syringe down towards bottom or side of mouth, so if too much comes out, the baby does not aspirate or drown! Domestic kits with closed eyes should be fed 2 x a day, and the number of feedings gradually decreased until they are weaned. If their eyes are still closed, you need to stimulate their bottoms with a warm moist towel after feedings to help them to pee. (Domestics are weaned about 6 weeks; wild bunnies are weaned about 3-4 weeks for cottontails and 9 weeks for jacks). Bloat is commonly associated with too frequent feedings and too much at one time. For your 3-6 week old kits:13-15 cc/ml each feeding (two feedings--again, may be LESS depending on size of rabbit! Be sure to have good quality hay available for the rabbits at all times along with pellets. No veggies yet until after they are weaned. I hope things turn out well for you.
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I am new on here and was wondering how are you kits? did they survive? I hope they did :)
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How old was your rabbit? It depends on the rabbit how long it lives, how healthy it was, how the birth went. I'm sorry she died, it will be harder for the babies now too. Apparently everyone on here so far is right, no cow milk, goat or kitten and maybe even puppy "replacement" milk (go with the goat or kitten just to be safe). Livia
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go to a farmer and buy the milk... Duhhh
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