Thriving on warmth, love and touch of a mother

Like all living beings,
we thrive on touch.
Babies that given hugs and carried had higher chances of survival than those without.
This is basic survival less alone the emotional health of a being.
My newborns were given birth by Bel.
They were hairless and pinknish. Their eyes were closed.
They had to depend on their littermates, mother and grandmother to help them regulate their body temperature.
They have yet to urinate and defecate on their own.
They love crowded space where it is cozy to conserve body heat.
If they have to keep fighting for comfortable temperature, their
growth would be affected as it is needed just to keep them alive.
My second litter took about 6days to defecate on their own.
  They look like pepper power, tiny and small.
They loved to be held and cuddled. They actually would find ways to fit into your palm. They adjust with touch and sensing what is comfortable for them.
However, rabbits do not have the habbit of keeping the young by their side all the time.
They only feed their young only once or twice a day.
The rest of the time, the bunnies will be left on their own.
However, Bel does lick them to clean them help them defecate.
Just like all young if we talk to them, hold them, they would respond by wriggling.
I noticed when I hold them in my hand, they sleep and make less noise and movements.
Although, it is not a practise for bunnies to be held and be on skin to skin contact with their mum.
It would ideal to try ways to keep them warm, held, and together.
They will thrive quicker and their growth will be smoother.
I think the bonding of humans and animals can start as early as day 3 or 4.
The kits would find it easy to communicate with us and the gap of non verbal communication starts as early as 3 to 4 days.
As it takes them time to adjust to us from their mother's womb and later to their foster parents.