After putting the next box in two days ago and watching one of my beloved New Zealand do all of the correct nesting behaviours, this morning I went out and found the nest box full of moving bunny fur!
I gave the momma a handful of timothy hay, and rubbed her down really well before pulling some of the hair back to get a quick peak. More than anything I was checking to make sure there were at least three young uns and no dead ones as our weather is a little cool today.
Everything looks alive and healthy, and there appears to be at least five. This is the first litter for our doe Cadbury, so I'm going to (try) and limit myself to looking in on them just once a day. I'm fortunate that she's a very friendly (and a bit spoiled) doe.
UPDATE: The babies have all emerged as of today (2/4/13) and there are 9 of them! All alive, all happy and all healthy little bundles of bunny fur!
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