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My rabbit has myxomatosis. Can her baby stay or should I hand-feed?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Small Animal | Rabbit | Female | unspayed

I have a female rabbi with signs of mixi she has a wk old baby should I remove baby and hand feed or leave her with it

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Answered By David Elbeze, DVM, MRCVS

Veterinarian

Published on August 26th, 2017

If your Rabbit shows signs of Myxomatosis and she is not vaccinated it will unfortunately be fatal, meaning she won't be able to take care of her baby for much longer. in that case you will need to take care of the baby rabbit yourself by bottle feeding it (you can use kitten replacer milk).

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