Zillah Nisha Rabbitry

HL X HL , May 3, 2022.. buck 002

HL X HL , May 3, 2022.. buck 001

Rabbit kits drink milk from the doe twice a day. Kits will continue to drink milk from the doe up until they are fully weaned at between 6-8 weeks of age. Increasing milk production in the doe to meet this demand relies on her diet.

✓A lactating doe should have free access to water and food. This includes fresh vegetables, pellets, and grass hays.

✓Alfalfa hay should also be offered for increased calcium and protein, which will benefit the doe and kits.

✓A doe’s milk also contains colostrum, a substance full of antibodies that prevent harmful bacteria from growing.

✓Rabbit kits will begin eating their mother’s f***l pellets as a means for both beginning the weaning process, and establishing their own healthy gut flora colonies.

✓Once in the morning and once at night, usually. This will continue up until the kits are 8 weeks old.

✓They should not be separated from the mother until after 8 weeks, even if weaned. This is because the kits will still need to eat the doe’s f***l and cecotropes pellets.

https://www.rabbitcaretips.com/what-helps-rabbits-produce-milk/