Can you change the bedding of baby rabbits now?

Answer 1

I am assuming that your bunnies are little.... there is no need to change the bedding in the nestbox unless, for some reason, it has become wet or otherwise fouled. The doe will keep her box clean until about 2 weeks when the babies will begin using the nest box as a litterbox until they are able to jump out freely. If your nest box has become dirty or wet, remove and save as much of the clean fur as you can. Remove the babies to a safe place (a shoe box or bowl) and dump the nest box, if the bottom of the nest box is wet you may have to replace the nest box with a new one. Fill the nest box with clean straw and then play mama bunny by making a small tunnel or indentation in the straw. Place some of the fur you saved in the bottom of the tunnel, replace the babies and cover with the remaining fur. Everything will be fine if you have washed your hands before you began and there are no soap, lotion or perfume smells on them. Sometimes it helps if you pet your doe before you go into her nest box. Then you have her smell on your hands. If you are nervous about changing out the nest box or your doe appears nervous you can dab a drop of vanilla on her nose and on the rim of the nest box. (If the fur is wet also or there simply is not enough of it and your doe does not pull anymore you may have to supplement the fur with cotton. Buy cotton balls, do not use out of medicine bottles. Take your scissors and cut cotton balls so that none of their fibers are longer than 1/2 inch. Longer fibers could get wrapped around tiny legs and cut off circulation. )