
25-06-2010, 06:36 PM
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Re: A death, and 2 new bunnies
No offence but May shouldn't be away from her mum if she is actually 5 weeks old. Rabbits aren't fully weaned until about 7 weeks old, removing them from mum earlier means they won't have gotten all the nutrients and antibodies they need from mums milk. Any rabbit should be at least 8 weeks old before being sold or removed from mum. If I've gotten the wrong end of the stick and the 5 weeks is a mis-type or there was a reason for her being seperated so young then I apologise.
As for your friend saying she can't handle the rabbit urine thats a load of rubbish. I'm guessing she's refering to the toxo-something-or-other I can't remember the name of, which is only from cats poo so changing cat litter trays is a no no when pregnant but theres nothing in rabbit wee or poo that can harm mum or baby. I'm pregnant myself and still cleaning out the litter trays for 5 rabbits and theres a few others on here who have recently had babies or have children and still handled the rabbits.
Either way they are two very cute rabbits.
I would have a good read of the thread at the top of this forum entitled "important info for new rabbit owners" theres a lot of valuable information there all in one place and is well worth reading even though this isn't your first rabbit.
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Last edited by Kammie; 25-06-2010 at 06:39 PM..
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