Baby Rabbit Milk Formula

Commercial canine or feline milk replacer.

Baby rabbit milk formula.

Baby rabbits should drink a special formula. Once the baby is old enough to start moving around its container you can put in a water bottle with diluted formula. 3 to 6 weeks until weaned 30 cc formula. 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.

Egg yolk added to enough homogenized milk to make 4 to 6 oz. From 1 to 2 week 10 to 15cc formula. In the wild their mother s milk is so rich that she need only feed them 2 3 times in a 24 hour period. Pour the heated formula into a nursing bottle with a small nipple.

Dilute it 50 formula and 50 water. What to feed the babies 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. Since we cannot duplicate this bunnies in rehab situations should be fed more often when they are very young 4 5 times a day. Newborn rabbits up to a week old get 4 5 cc formula.

It kept them alive but they were terribly bony and were not gaining any weight. 2 to 3 weeks 15 to 30 cc formula. Overheating will result in the formula losing much of its nutritional value. 4 drops karo syrup or 1 2 tsp.

Formula bunnies require a formula very high in fat. Rabbits that are 1 2 weeks old get 10 15 cc formula. Source for rabbit. Newborn to one week 4 to 5 cc formula.

The study i referenced showed domestic rabbit milk is close to 12 fat and 12 protein. Baby rabbits are referred to as kittens just like baby cats. Unfortunately i didn t have much luck with it. Use a plastic thermometer which you can buy at most pharmacies to ensure you do not overheat the formula.

Rabbits that are 2 3 weeks old get 15 30 cc formula. Here below is the amount of baby rabbit milk formula it s one day diet you have to divide all below mentioned quantities into equal halves. The first thing i tried was a baby rabbit formula recipe that i found on youtube from a rabbit breeder. It is possible to nourish a baby rabbit with this substance.

This is not suitable for rabbits and must never be given to your pet. Pour the homemade milk formula into a pan and heat to 105 degrees fahrenheit. This is known as kitten milk replacer. While the cat food aisle of a pet store will stock kitten milk.