The babies are now 4 weeks old, and each of them looks like a little crazy puff-ball. All eight have survived, though one of them did catch Wry Neck at about 1 week old--we're pretty sure that he got it from an inner ear infection caused by getting Milk Replacement Formula up his nose when we were just figuring out how to feed them. After talking with the Vet, he recommended .02 cc daily injections of Penicillin (the kind that's safe for rabbits). Two days later, and the little guy showed real improvement when he stopped running in circles. By the end of the week, he was indistinguishable from his brothers, aside from the fact that he was the most adventurous one in the litter.
The eight of them, and their dam were all moved out to the barn recently, and they seem to really dig the extra space to frolic. We've got a bunch of photos to show once I get done uploading them.
PS: I'm referring to all the babies generically as male until they're old enough to sex.
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