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WHY YOUR MOTHER RABBIT MIGHT EAT ITS BABIES.

Rabbits can sometimes eat their own young. This is most likely to happen if your pet is feeling particularly anxious, lacks dietary protein, or has become excessively territorial.

Feed your rabbit a diet of Alfalfa hay in the days before the birth of her kits, or simply ensure it has enough feeds and water. This will prevent her from eating her young because she lacks nutrition. After giving birth, she’s likely to eat the placenta, but could eat a baby in error. Remove the kits if there are early warning signs.

Unlike hares, rabbits don’t eat meat. They’re not carnivorous animals, so they’ll very rarely eat their young by choice. It’s most likely to happen with young rabbits after giving birth to their first litter. The rabbit is frightened and confused by the experience, and just does what comes naturally to her.

MAKE YOUR RABBIT GAIN WEIGHT IN A HEALTHY WAY.

If you have a banana plantation, you shouldn't stress with rabbit food. Simply get raw bananas , cook them. After cooling, serve to your rabbits. However this is a treat, to be supplemented with other foods. This will make your rabbits gain healthy weight..not obesity. Avoid feeding your rabbits with over ripe bananas. This is because they have too much sugars.

Too much sugar and starch in a rabbit’s diet can lead to digestive problems, an upset stomach, gas and diarrhea. Sugar is also known to cause painful dental issues in rabbits that require veterinary attention.

Furthermore, excess starch and sugar are converted to fat in a rabbit’s body. This can lead to unnecessary weight gain and obesity. Obesity is linked to a wide array of debilitating issues, such as pododermatites, GI stasis, pregnancy toxemia, and myiasis.

Avoid feeding your rabbits overripe bananas, banana chips, banana treats, banana bread and other prepared banana foods as they’re often high in sugar, starch, sodium, and fat.

Feed them with cooked/steam boiled raw bananas.