My rabbit had bunnies today!!

[coyotehunter_1]

Bop, sorry to hear that. Find any tracks or sign of any kind?

[pitw]

  That is rotten news Bop  .  Hope you find the culprit and mete out justifiable justice .   

[FinsnFur]

If a dog would have gotten into them, (and I know you got dogs) you'd think you'd find some carnage around.
So I'm wondering about a...I say I'm wondering about a chicken hawk.

[JohnP]

Sometimes if there is to much human activity at the nest box the doe will in fact kill and eat her young.   

[GunDog]

Sometimes if there is to much human activity at the nest box the doe will in fact kill and eat her young.

I'd about bet on it JP. The buck will eat them also if they were together for other reasons. If I'd seen this thred earlier I'd warned ya to keep them little fat fingers of yours out of her nest box Bop. Sorry for your loss dude - they was just getting to be bunn sized too ... 

[Jimmie in Ky]

Disturbing the nest box to take those pics wouldl have been enough to tick her off. It doesn't always happen but it do happen time to time. Sometimes even for no real aparent reason they will up and eat them after a few days. Give her anothjer chance to see if she raises a litter without disturbing her. If she doesn't,  it's time for that hosenfefer recipe.

If you dont think she is hte culprit look for a hole somewhere large enough for a field rat to enter the cage. It can be so small as to not be noticeable. Even a hole as big as a quarter will allow them access.  An open corner in hte wire will do quite nicely for them. The littel varmints will eat anythinf and everything they can get their grubby paws on. I lost twenty seven guinea chicks to the littel varmints in one night once. No telling how long they had been looking for a way in. The chicks were already two weeks old when it happened. Tey ate enough brains at one setting to leave me a turd or two, that's how I knew what did the dirty work. You can bet the next brooder I build will be encased in fine mesh hardware cloth all the way around including the door. Jimmie

[Bopeye]

I knew a doe would reject the young and may even eat the young since both my does had kindled the same day, only difference was the one doe ate all the kits that first night.
I checked the litter every other day to make sure there weren't any dead ones. The day I took the last picture I had found a dead kit in the corner of the box. I removed it, took a quick picture and covered the litter back up with all the hair. The only two things I did differently than I had done any differently than I had been doing when checking the box was:
1. I found a dead kit and removed it.
2. I didn't put a dab of vanilla on the does nose to keep her from smelling my presence. I thought since they were a week old that she surely wouldn't reject or eat the litter. I guess I might be wrong.

Talked to a bit of a rabbit expert from Ackerman, Ms. last night and he had never heard of a doe eating a litter this late in the game. First day, yes, but not a week into it.
He supposed it could happen, but he just hadn't heard of it.
Guess I'll give both does one more shot and change their setup a bit. The litters make it, they will make it. They eat another litter and I will have several sandwiches.