Although rabbits can build nests, they are not chickens. Even if the nest is done, I won't sit on it all day. After rabbits are born, they will not sit in the nest all day, nor will they stay by the nest. Doing so can attract the attention of predators from the little rabbit to the big rabbit wandering around the nest.
The rabbit in the nest will scrape down with its small claws and drill to the bottom of the nest. It won't climb out to feed until its mother wakes them up when feeding.
Only a few female rabbits will breastfeed immediately after giving birth. Most of the time, the mother rabbit won't start breastfeeding until the night after giving birth. Rabbit milk is rich in nutrition. Feeding it once a day can maintain all the nutrition and energy needed by rabbits. Usually the feeding time is between midnight and five in the morning.
Mother rabbit does not lie in the nest to feed, but stands on the little rabbit to feed, but like mother cat, mother rabbit will clean up the poop of the little rabbit, lick the abdomen and bottom of the little rabbit and stimulate defecation.
If you want clear evidence that the mother rabbit did take care of the little rabbit, please check it in the early morning. The rabbit should be warm and licked clean all over. The best way is to measure rabbits on a small scale and then record their weight progress. If the weight has increased (seven or eight grams), it means that the mother rabbit has been fed.
Rabbits don't eat each other as many people think. Only when she gives birth to a stillbirth will the mother rabbit eat the little rabbit that has no signs of life, which is also a way for nature to clear away "mistakes". The activity of healthy rabbits and their immature cries will actively touch the maternal nature of female rabbits.
Only in rare cases does it show that the mother rabbit has really abandoned or neglected her baby. This most often happens when the female rabbit's physiology is not fully mature, that is to say, her nesting instinct has not been awakened, so that she has not made any preparations before giving birth, which will lead to insufficient milk or milk will not come out immediately. Sometimes rabbits have to be artificially fed for a period of time, and when the mother rabbit has milk secretion, she can take over her mother's work. Measuring the weight change of rabbits every day is also an index to test whether they get proper nutrition.
Generally speaking, male rabbits can live in peace with rabbits, and if they are chained, they can live with rabbits that are not their own. When rabbits reach puberty and become irritable, male rabbits will start to bite them or play games with them rudely. It's time to separate them. Before putting the male rabbit back to the female rabbit, it must be ligated first, because the female rabbit can get pregnant again immediately after giving birth. After ligation, male and female rabbits must be separated for at least two weeks.