Kindling
Time for babies! "Kindling" is the term used to describe the process of giving birth to "kits" (baby rabbits). Kindling will often take place on or around the 31st day after breeding.
To get your rabbit ready for kindling, put the nestbox in her cage on Day 28. Fill the bottom of the nestbox with shavings or shredded newspaper, and then give the doe a few handfuls of hay. If she is pregnant, the doe will know exactly what to do. She will start gathering large amount of hay in her mouth and shuffling it around the nestbox to make her nest. Most does will do this as soon as you give them the nestbox, but some won't nest until right before they're about the give birth. So make sure she has plenty of hay for nesting and eating at all times before kindling. I refresh her hay supply twice a day as long as she's nesting.
Rabbits often deliver late at night or early in the morning, so chances are good that you will not see the actual kindling of the litter. However, when you walk out to the cage and see lots of fur wiggling in the nestbox, you'll know! Does usually have their litters pretty easily and do not need help from humans, so by the time you find the babies they will be well cleaned off and not a trace of afterbirth or blood will be left.
After you find the babies, gently remove the nestbox and carefully remove hay until the kits are exposed. Check the kits briefly and remove any dead kits. Then pull the fur back over the nest and slide the box back in the cage. For the first few days, it is important to check daily for dead kits and make sure that the kits are being fed (they will have round little bellies)! However, I don't handle them for too long until they're about 5 days old. It is good to handle them, but best to allow them to get a coating of fur before they're out for too long at one time.
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