Emergency Baby Rabbit Formula

The clock and the odds are against you because the survival rate when bottle feeding baby bunnies is pretty slim.

Emergency baby rabbit formula.

You must dilute formula milk before feeding a baby rabbit. Rabbits that are 3 6 weeks old or until they are weaned get 30 cc formula. Place the bottle in warm water to keep it warm until you are ready to feed the baby. Feed the baby rabbits a mixture of goats milk formula.

1 tablespoon corn syrup. You should make a diet chart according to the age of the baby rabbit. Give them the formula with a 1cc syringe fitted with a cattak photo upper left. If a baby rabbit s eyes are closed he or she is very young and will have to have formula twice or three times a day.

The good news is that it can be done. Because rabbit milk is the most caloric of all mammals we add in one tablespoon of 100 heavy whipping cream no sugar to each can of kmr. Most kits will not nurse from the baby animal bottles you can buy at stores. You can use kmr kitten milk replacer.

Baby rabbits should be fed kitten milk replacer kmr or goat milk which you can buy at pet stores or sometimes even a local veterinarian s office. Feeding a newborn baby rabbit isn t easy. 1 2 cup evaperated milk. You can either save the life of your baby rabbit or can harm them.

Baby bunnies are often more receptive to warm milk because it mimics mama s body temperature. Knowing how to bottle feed orphaned baby rabbits can be overwhelming and confusing. 2 tablespoons of white granulated sugar or 1 tablespoon of light karo syrup. Formula milk is the best option to feed baby rabbits without a mother.

Kits should be fed every 6 hours for the first 2 weeks then every eight hours the third week and every 12 hours on the. 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. Can of evaporated whole milk reduced fat skim and sweetened condensed milk will not provide enough calories or nutrition 18 to 19 oz. You are not alone because i have been in the same situation myself.

Newborn rabbits up to a week old get 4 5 cc formula.