The reason why rabbits have lots of kits is because some always die. As you already know, Snowball lost four of her kits at birth. Tomorrow the kits will be four weeks old. We have always heard that the most common times for kits to die (after birth) are two days, two weeks, and two months. We have never lost a rabbit kit after the first two days.
That all just changed. This morning, after taking care of my other animals, I went out to the garage to take care of Snowball and to weigh the kits. I always weigh from darkest to lightest in colors. So I always weigh Sven first, as he is the chocolate. Then I put him back and got out Kristoff, who was still in the nesting box. I figured he was still sleeping. But then I found he was cold and stiff. Just then my mom opened the door and told me it was time for breakfast. I started to cry. My mom asked what was wrong, but I couldn't tell her. She came over, saw him, and felt him. He was dead. My mom went inside and put him in a bag so he could be buried. I finished weighing the rest of my kits. Charlotte had knit a bunny blanket and gave it to Kristoff so that he could be buried with it.
My mom, my sister, and I don't know how he died or what happened. He was doing perfectly well and gaining lots of weight. He was one of the more lively ones and no one suspected anything was wrong with him. Until today.
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