Just found an employee removed the babies and cleaned them, then returned them. Vet today said rabbits often kill babies in this situation
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Replying to @blahah404 @SamanthaZeitlin
Shouldn't have been starving, they get a large assortment of fresh green + root vegetables from the farm every day.
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Replying to @blahah404 @SamanthaZeitlin
But I haven't been monitoring apart from occasionally looking in to see that there is plenty of fresh food. So maybe :( Will be more careful
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Replying to @blahah404 @SamanthaZeitlin
Yes, you must never touch (not rodent!!) lagomorph babies they get eaten — sorry this happened.
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Replying to @o_guest @SamanthaZeitlin
Ugh, I should have known/remembered this from mammalian biology at undergrad. Thanks for the detail, reading up now.
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I need to come up with a way to explain to the employees in question whilst making clear I am responsible. But death affects ppl so strongly
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I wonder if I'd be better keeping quiet about it unless a situation where the knowledge might be required arises again
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Replying to @blahah404 @SamanthaZeitlin
Um, your rabbit will get pregnant again really soon, no?
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Replying to @o_guest @SamanthaZeitlin
Ya separating the mating pair is the first step, definitely!
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Replying to @blahah404 @SamanthaZeitlin
I don't know how you're keeping them but either separate or operate. Also you don't need to clean their cages (?) so often because their poo
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needs to be eaten (food needs 2x rounds through their bowels) otherwise they are nutritionally deficient. I assume you know this? 

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Replying to @o_guest @SamanthaZeitlin
Ya I had house rabbits in the UK for years, so know about the poo, but they had been spayed.
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