Feeding Baby Rabbits Evaporated Milk
Add the colostrum and secure the container s lid.
Feeding baby rabbits evaporated milk. Baby cereal formula 3 1 tsp. Shake until you see the colostrum has dissolved. Scalded milk without egg yolk unborn chicken is recommended for all vegetarian animals babies or adults including deer rabbits mice rats wild and domestic hamsters gerbils guinea pigs as well as all types of tree squirrels or ground squirrels including flying squirrels prairie dogs chipmunks groundhogs marmots beaver and nutria. Mixed baby cereal for every 3 oz.
Only push out enough so that it seeps out the syringe nozzle not enough so it squirts out. Formula and lactate will also have to be added. If a rabbit s mother is unavailable to feed her young a nutritious replacement will be required. Of cow s milk use kmr kitten milk replacer or goat s when you give goat s milk be sure it is warm.
Stir or shake well when feeding. Written by lou carter. We only used this formula until the baby pig was up to eating whole milk. Commercial canine or feline milk replacer formula 4 1 lg.
Mix the milk kitten milk replacer and heavy cream in the container. So yes you can. On wild rabbits which are very difficult to raise in captivity. Use a syringe or eye dropper to feed your baby rabbit twice a day.
4 drops karo syrup or 1 2 tsp. 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. Egg yolk added to enough homogenized milk to make 4 to 6 oz. Rabbits move onto solid food relatively quickly but will not survive without milk.
Once the rabbit baby starts to feed on the milk you can squeeze a little more but not while it is actually in the rabbit s mouth. To feed your baby rabbit for the first 6 weeks of its life buy kitten milk replacer and add 1 tablespoon of heavy whipping cream to each can since rabbit milk is naturally high in calories. Karo syrup 1 tsp. 1 can evaporated milk equal amount of water 1 1 1 tsp.
Of formula directions edit. Rabbits are in a class by themselves. Baby rabbits rely upon milk to survive even though they feed less frequently than other small animals. You can feed baby rabbits milk from its mother or infant formula milk designed for rabbits through a baby bottle kmr is a kitten milk replacer which is available in pet stores.
Pour the homemade milk formula into a pan and heat to 105 degrees fahrenheit. 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. Place it near the kittens mouth so that it can sense it. It just gives them.