Baby Rabbit Milk Line

Sold in 2 weights.

Baby rabbit milk line.

Regular goat milk is frequently recommended for baby wild rabbits. Use for orphaned kits large litters or when the mother s milk is limited. Leave this baby in the nest. The baby s stomach is located midway down the left side of the stomach if you can see a white area.

This little one is very skinny wrinkled skin which indicates dehydration. I measured his feedings by how many droppers full he ate and considered it one dropper full when the milk line was about 1 2in down from the handle about 1 4tsp make sure it s luke warm. Mother rabbits feed at dusk and dawn for only about five minutes so baby rabbits depending on size and age may only need to be fed twice a day however formula is not as nutrient rich as mother s milk so more frequent feedings are often necessary. The mother has recently fed this baby and is being cared for by the mother.

At 10 days it increases again to about 15 mls. This is actual milk inside the baby s belly. A 1 day old baby rabbit would consume on average 2 mls of milk daily. A mother rabbit will lick her.

Milk replacers are available at your local pet stores. Kitten and puppy milk replacers are also good choices. They are clean are relatively free of parasites. They are warm well fleshed and show no signs of dehydration.

There is a distinct white line in this rabbits stomach. 90gm package makes about 12 72 ounces of milk replacer 454gm package makes up about 64 16 ounces of milk replacer. By 5 days the volume increases to about 12 ml. By 15 days increasing to about 22 mls.

In very young rabbits the skin on their belly will be translucent and you will be able to see the pink belly skin turn to white toward the bottom of the abdomen. This is actual milk inside the baby s belly. It s skin isn t wrinkly and is not showing signs of dehydration. I have 9 baby bunnies in my 2 foot deep flower bed.

One of the few products on the market manufactured specifically for rabbits. If you can see through the baby s belly on very small baby bunnies look for a milk line. Feed the baby rabbits a mixture of goats milk formula. If you can see through the baby s belly on very small baby bunnies look for a milk line.

You may be able to find regular goat milk at your local grocery store. Rabbits in rehabilitation 1. This is the milk line.