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[bunnywarren]

I have bred bunnies for years and after a 5 year break i decided to start again. I purchased a male and female netherland dwarf and the time came last weekend for Berty to sow his wild oats, he did his job and we were tickled pink when 3 day later his "wife" grunted at him (this means a pregnancy is on the cards)but what do you know?

After an emergency trip to the vets is appears that Berty has congenital defects which he has probably passed to the unborn kits. Defects such as an over set jaw, and the fact he looks only 8 weeks old in size means he is also a dwarf dwarf!

Can someone tell me what they would do in my position as i cannot keep the babies and i WILL NOT destroy them once they are born and i cannot think how the hell i will be able to re-home them. The defects are not detectable from birth, these will manifest themselves at about 3-5 months so what should i do? If anyone could help i really would appreciate it.

[victoriabunny]

The coldly practical part of me says have them put to sleep, as you can't guarantee future owners won't try to breed from them and thus carry on the defective gene. However, I realise this would be heartbreaking and I'm not sure I could do it.

 

Can they live happy lives with their defect? If so, why not offer them as free to good homes, informing people of the defects and insisting they must get them neutered as soon as they're mature and on no account breed from them.

 

Got to ask though...if your buck is the size of an eight-weeker, did you not think there might be something wrong with him before you bred from him?!