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My mama rabbit isn't feeding one of her newborn bunnies. Help!

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Small Animal | Rabbit | Female

My Rex rabbit Lexi just had a litter of 4 but she doesn't feed one he/she is left out while its sibling are under moms fur he is else where and buried under moms excess fur he is hungry and she will not let him feed what should i do?

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Answered By Lauren Kennedy, DVM

Veterinarian

Published on August 14th, 2017

If the mama rabbit is refusing to nurse the little bunny I would recommend taking that bunny away from the others and trying to bottlefeed it. Or you could remove the other bunnies and try and let that one feed on its own for a few minutes. You can give it a couple hours but if the Mama is still refusing to feed that bunny you will probably have to bottlefeed it.

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