For the Breeders: Kits too large for doe?

[OneTwoThree]

LakeCondo wrote:

LakeCondo wrote:

I remember being traumatized as a kid by someone's little dog got knocked up by a larger dog. The poor thing died because the puppies weren't aborted & were too big.

This was back in the Stone Age when people [or at least these people] didn't know better, or how much bigger the male was until it was too late.


Back to rabbits: I can't see any problem with a larger doe having kits with a smaller buck, as long as the size difference isn't so big that they can't "do it,"

The post right above yours talks of a corgi and a rot, unfortunately it doesn't just happen in the stone age

 

[MiniLopHop]

When I worked in a vet clinic I once saw a great dane/corgi mix! That was one strange looking dog. At least in this case the mom was the great dane at least, otherwise I don't think she would have lived.

I think the parts are basically compatable at any size, it's just the uterus and pelvis that end up too small for the babies. In a tiny doe you can't make her pelvis any larger even if the kits are too big to fit through.

 

[LakeCondo]

Exactly, Brandy. The births would have to be by Caesarian to avoid damaging the doe.

As to the parts being compatible, I was thinking more in terms of leg length & positioning.

 

[Samara]

LakeCondo wrote:

Exactly, Brandy. The births would have to be by Caesarian to avoid damaging the doe.

As to the parts being compatible, I was thinking more in terms of leg length & positioning.

I suppose every vet is different, but are C-sections called for very often with rabbits?