Baby Rabbit Milk Replacer Recipe

To create your own homemade rabbit milk replacer follow this recipe.

Baby rabbit milk replacer recipe.

Commercial canine or feline milk replacer formula 2 1 can evaporated milk equal amount of water 1 1 1 tsp. You should make a diet chart according to the age of the baby rabbit. Mixed baby cereal for every 3 oz. And it may not work for every little baby.

Goats milk or homogenized cow s milk 1 tsp. 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. You must dilute formula milk before feeding a baby rabbit. An easy way to tell whether the milk is properly scalded is that begins to form a thin skin on it from the cool air.

Kits should be fed every 6 hours for the first 2 weeks then every eight hours the third week and every 12 hours on the fourth week. If unavailable you can make up this meal replacement at home. Of milk into a mason jar uncovered heat on high for 25 seconds stir with wooden spoon heat additional 25 30 seconds or until milk starts to appear a bit frothy. 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.

1 tablespoon corn syrup. You can either save the life of your baby rabbit or can harm them. 1 2 cup evaperated milk. Wash your hands.

Formula milk is the best option to feed baby rabbits without a mother. How to make a baby bunny milk substitute. Realistically you ll need a baby rabbit milk substitute. 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.

Use a syringe or eye dropper to feed your baby rabbit twice a day. An orphaned or abandoned domesticated rabbit must receive regular feedings of a simulation of his mother s milk to give him a chance of surviving. If you re going to tend to a baby rabbit you need to use a specific kitten milk replacer. Baby cereal formula 3 1 tsp.

Calcium gluconate 1 drop vitamin oil 3 drops wheat germ oil 1 2 tsp. Feeding is a matter of life and death for the baby rabbits. Karo syrup 1 tsp. I will tell you exactly what i did so you can have a fighting chance for your bugglets keep in mind that i am not a vet and you need to run this by a vet if at all possible.