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A Clever Treatment for Neonatal Rabbit Kits Refusing to Nurse

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Neonatal rabbit kits refusing to nurse is caused by nutritional imbalance in the doe during late pregnancy. This condition develops 2 to 3 days after the kits are born, and within the same litter, some or all of the kits come down with it one after another. Affected kits show signs of not suckling, skin that is cool and dark, and a body that is soft and weak all over, finally dying in a comatose state. Treatment method: slip a 2 cm piece of bicycle valve-core latex tubing over the nozzle of a syringe, draw up 25% glucose solution, then insert the latex tubing into the mouth of the affected kit and slowly push the plunger, giving each kit 1 to 2 milliliters; for kits that can no longer swallow,

Neonatal rabbit kits refusing to nurse is caused by nutritional imbalance in the doe during late pregnancy. This condition develops 2 to 3 days after the kits are born, and within the same litter, some or all of the kits come down with it one after another. Affected kits show signs of not suckling, skin that is cool and dark, and a body that is soft and weak all over, finally dying in a comatose state.

Treatment method: slip a 2 cm piece of bicycle valve-core latex tubing over the nozzle of a syringe, draw up 25% glucose solution, then insert the latex tubing into the mouth of the affected kit and slowly push the plunger, giving each kit 1 to 2 milliliters; for kits that can no longer swallow, inject 4 to 5 milliliters of 5% to 10% glucose solution into the abdominal cavity. To consolidate the therapeutic effect, repeat the treatment once at an interval of 4 to 5 hours, and then continue supplementing glucose solution for 3 consecutive days, 2 times a day.

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