How soon to re-breed?

[BlueCamasRabbitry]

As most of you know, Sage was supposed to have babies last Wednesday, but she never took.

So, I was wondering what the earliest is that I could rebreed her? I mean, if she wasn't pregnant in the first place, is there really any harm to what day we rebreed her?

I was just going to do it on the 18th, which is 8 days afterwards, but would it be ok to do it sooner?

Emily

 

[Flashy]

I believe it is no sooner than 7 days after her due date, so 8 days would be fine

 

[irishbunny]

My breeder re-breds 5 days after

Grace

 

[BlueCamasRabbitry]

Flashy wrote:

I believe it is no sooner than 7 days after her due date, so 8 days would be fine

Okay, great. Thanks Flashy!

Although, why is it, might I ask? I wont rebreed her till Wednesday at the earliest, but why is it that breeders wait 7 days after the due date to rebreed? Just curious....

Emily

 

[irishbunny]

BlueSkyAcresRabbitry wrote:

Flashy wrote:

I believe it is no sooner than 7 days after her due date, so 8 days would be fine

Okay, great. Thanks Flashy!

Although, why is it, might I ask? I wont rebreed her till Wednesday at the earliest, but why is it that breeders wait 7 days after the due date to rebreed? Just curious....

Emily

To make sure they definatly aren't pregnant. My breeder only re-breeds 5 days after if she's sure she's not preg.

 

[BlueCamasRabbitry]

irishbunny wrote:

BlueSkyAcresRabbitry wrote:

Flashy wrote:

I believe it is no sooner than 7 days after her due date, so 8 days would be fine

Okay, great. Thanks Flashy!

Although, why is it, might I ask? I wont rebreed her till Wednesday at the earliest, but why is it that breeders wait 7 days after the due date to rebreed? Just curious....

Emily

To make sure they definatly aren't pregnant. My breeder only re-breeds 5 days after if she's sure she's not preg.

Oh alright.

Emily

 

[pamnock]

It doesn't matter. The doe can be bred againright away. If she's actually pregnant, she'd give birth at her due date. (Double pregnancies would be extremely rare). Before I knew how to palpate years ago, I always bred again at 14 days into the pregnancy just in case the doe wasn't pregnant. It never caused any complications or "double pregnancies."



Pam

 

[BlueCamasRabbitry]

Okay, thanks Pam.

We're going to re-breed her sometime this week. We may turn the lights on to trick her into thinking it's spring and then just breed her on Thursday like we were going to.

I have a feeling that if we re-bred her today, she probably wouldn't take.

Emily

 

[bunnybunbunb]

Personally I am an extremely good palpater. When I bred I palpated at 9-10 days, if I felt no babies by 14 days(this was only one doe, never could feel her babies before 14 days, all others was 10 days latest) I would keep check and the soonest the doe was ready, maybe that day maybe in a week, I would rebreed. The latest I have had a doe birth live was 35 days so unless you are 100% sure you feel babies then there is no reason to wait to rebreed her. If she is pregnant and going over putting her with a buck, whether she breeds or not, should cause her to go into labour.

 

[BlueCamasRabbitry]

We re-bred her today.

We put her in with Ray and at first she wasn't happy, kinda beating up on him, but then he "Did the deed" twice, so we can only just hope that she gets pregnant. ray:


Emily

 

[FallingStar]

Eeep! Well hopefully this time she will actually be preggo.

My prayers for Sage. ray:

Karlee

 

[TinysMom]

I don't know how old she is or if she's right at the borderline of "needing" to be bred - and my point probably isn't worth much since you have rebred her...but why breed her now - in the winter? Why not wait until maybe March or so and breed her then - when its warmer out and less risk of the kits getting chilled or something?

I don't know your weather there - odds are good its mild and not too cold. And honestly - I'm not criticizing.

I just know that I live here in Texas where its pretty darn mild....and I tried to not breed much in the winter but waited a bit until their bodies were more "in sync" with the daylight and stuff to breed....

 

[pamnock]

A problem with leaving the does sit idle all winter is that they are more likely to build up fat around the reproductive organs and may be less likely to breed in the spring. While many does aren't as receptive during the winter, I have gotten many successful winter litters.

Pam

 

[TinysMom]

pamnock wrote:

A problem with leaving the does sit idle all winter is that they are more likely to build up fat around the reproductive organs and may be less likely to breed in the spring. While many does aren't as receptive during the winter, I have gotten many successful winter litters.

Pam

Thanks Pam - I didn't know that!

 

[polly]

if they haven't been pregnant I rebreed straight away within a few days of due date.

as for winter litters I agree with Pam nethies esp are prone to building up fat and you have to wean them right back down also according to a lot of breeders you breed lops in summer and nethies in winter cause you want nethie ears short and they regulate temp through their earsI have to say my winter litters always have teeny ears compared to my summer litters!!

 

[BlueCamasRabbitry]

TinysMom wrote:

I don't know how old she is or if she's right at the borderline of "needing" to be bred - and my point probably isn't worth much since you have rebred her...but why breed her now - in the winter? Why not wait until maybe March or so and breed her then - when its warmer out and less risk of the kits getting chilled or something?

I don't know your weather there - odds are good its mild and not too cold. And honestly - I'm not criticizing.

I just know that I live here in Texas where its pretty darn mild....and I tried to not breed much in the winter but waited a bit until their bodies were more "in sync" with the daylight and stuff to breed....

Yup she's at the borderline. She's 8 mos. old. She was going to be bred either way this month, if we owned her or her old owners still had her.

Actually our weather is really cold. Down in the teens. But we have lots of fur saved up from the rabbits molting during the summer to use in the nestbox for any litters. Since she's not due till January, the temperature will probably have gone up quite a bit by then as well.

And, Peg, I know you mean well

Emily

 

[BlueCamasRabbitry]

polly wrote:

if they haven't been pregnant I rebreed straight away within a few days of due date.

as for winter litters I agree with Pam nethies esp are prone to building up fat and you have to wean them right back down also according to a lot of breeders you breed lops in summer and nethies in winter cause you want nethie ears short and they regulate temp through their earsI have to say my winter litters always have teeny ears compared to my summer litters!!

That's exactly what I've heard too, but for the lops who will be at breeding age in winter months, you just have to get one litter in winter and the rest are planned for summer - that's how we have to do it.

Mini Rex are ok to breed in winter, because they need short ears

Emily

 

[gentle giants]

I don't know about Emily, but my main reason for breeding in winter was to have kits ready for the spring shows.

 

[BlueCamasRabbitry]

gentle giants wrote:

I don't know about Emily, but my main reason for breeding in winter was to have kits ready for the spring shows.

That's one of my reasons too. With rebreeding Sage and if she has babies this time, this litter will just barely scrape by the 8-week age for the March show.

I breed around shows that way I can make sure that the babies are 8 weeks or older for shows and are ready for new homes.

Emily

 

[pamnock]

It's generally recommended that juniors not be shown before 12 weeks of age. At this point, most have shed out their baby coat and also make minimum weight for the breed.

8 weeks is really too young to show, and the babies are more vulnerable to stress at this age.

Pam