Thank you Mardelin! I was hoping you'd answer this thread. I've seen all the great advice and help that you have given others and I truly appreciate it. It's not that I'm having too many reservations, it's just that Rhianna is my first priority . . she's MY baby, ya know? She's first, she's all that matters . . .I've always wanted to whelp a litter. The closest thing I have ever done was breed rabbits . . .and since they were outside, I never actually took part in the actual process. The first litter I had there was a singleton and he died . . .he was somehow very very large and was born stillborn. The second litter there were 6 of them . . .5 made it . . .the 6th one was doing fine and then one day the mama moved him away from the rest . . .I didn't understand, so I put him with his litter mates and that is when the mama bit me as if to say "hey, I don't want him, there is something wrong with him" I removed him from the cage to nurse him myself, but, he didn't make it . . .it was heartbreaking, but at the same time, there were 5 other healthy ones that were thriving. I guess she knew better than I. All 5 babies found homes . . .thankfully since at the time I had 8 rabbits. . .I never mated her again after that.
I know puppies and baby bunnies aren't the same, but that is the only experience I can go by . . .
