Help! Sudden Fatalities
Doe: FlemishxLionhead -- Buck: New Zealand -- Kindle: 10kits, 8wks -- Location: SW Ohio, USA
For about 2-3 weeks, we've had Mom and kits in a tractor in our yard. They seemed to have been thriving on just grass and water. Very energetic. We played with them frequently. I have another tractor with 3mo kits, also thriving about 20ft away.
In the past 3 days, we've lost 8 suddenly. Day 1: we found 4 kits dead, 1 dying (listless, unable to to move except sudden jerking. Day 2: 1 dead, another dying (same symptoms) Day 3: One dying (same symptoms, survived for most of the day)
By Day 2, we pulled Doe and kits back into our inside cages but we still lost some. The remaining 2 seem fine as does mom.
I don't use any chemicals in our yard. The other tractor of kits seems perfectly fine and thriving. I did a necropsy to check the liver for signs of Coccidiosis but they livers had no blemishes at all. They're bladders were full, they're stomachs were full, didn't see any constipation.
I'm at a total loss what to do.
What do you recommend?