Formula milk is the best option to feed baby rabbits without a mother.
Emergency baby rabbit formula.
To give the colostrum time to settle prepare the homemade milk formula two or three hours before you plan to feed the baby bunny.
Most kits will not nurse from the baby animal bottles you can buy at stores.
Baby bunnies are often more receptive to warm milk because it mimics mama s body temperature.
1 2 cup evaperated milk.
Give them the formula with a 1cc syringe fitted with a cattak photo upper left.
Place the bottle in warm water to keep it warm until you are ready to feed the baby.
1 tablespoon corn syrup.
Mother rabbits feed at dusk and dawn for only about five minutes so baby rabbits depending on size and age may only need to be fed twice a day however formula is not as nutrient rich as mother s milk so more frequent feedings are often necessary.
Feed the baby rabbits a mixture of goats milk formula.
If a baby rabbit s eyes are closed he or she is very young and will have to have formula twice or three times a day.
You can use kmr kitten milk replacer.
Rabbits that are 1 2 weeks old get 10 15 cc formula.
You should make a diet chart according to the age of the baby rabbit.
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.
Knowing how to bottle feed orphaned baby rabbits can be overwhelming and confusing.
Newborn rabbits up to a week old get 4 5 cc formula.
You are not alone because i have been in the same situation myself.
Rabbits that are 2 3 weeks old get 15 30 cc formula.
You must dilute formula milk before feeding a baby rabbit.
Can of evaporated whole milk reduced fat skim and sweetened condensed milk will not provide enough calories or nutrition 18 to 19 oz.
Feeding a newborn baby rabbit isn t easy.
You can either save the life of your baby rabbit or can harm them.
The good news is that it can be done.
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.
Rabbits that are 3 6 weeks old or until they are weaned get 30 cc formula.