Is my rabbit pregnant?

[groffsmith]

Help! How can I tell if my rabbit is pregnant? Do they do anything or any specific behaviors?

 

[Shuu]

Was she with an unneutered buck for any lengthof time? How old are your doe and the buck? How long ago do you thinkshe got pregnant? Were you planning on a litter?
Usually you can feel little marble-like things in her belly and ifshe's close to giving birth she'll start to rip hair from her chest tomake a nest.

 

[Bassetluv]

There is a way to palpate the doe's belly(feeling it with your hands) to determine if there are fetuses; but Iwouldn't recommend it if you aren't used to this method, and if the doeis in early stages of pregnancy, as fetuses can be injured. As forspecific behavior, from what I can recall, if a doe has been bred andis then put back in the cage with the buck 10 days or so later (couldbe wrong on the length of time) she will most likely refuse him.

Have you bred your doe on purpose, or are you simply wondering if therabbit you have is pregnant (i.e., is she a newly-aquired rabbit, orwas she accidentally put with a buck)?

 

[rabbitluvr04]

If you where breeding the intentionally then you should know how to tell is she is pregnant or not.

 

[groffsmith]

Was she with an unneutered buck for any length of time? Yes - about 4 weeks.

How old are your doe and the buck? The doe is 4 years and the buck is 2 years.

How long ago do you think she got pregnant? 24-26 days ago.

Were you planning on a litter? no - it was a mistake.

 

[rabbitluvr04]

then it is 99.9% definate that she is pregnant.

 

[rabbitluvr04]

she should have them somewhere beetween the 28thand 31st day after you think it happened. And you need to seperate themother and father.

 

[Snuggys Mom]

If you haven't yet, please read through this:

http://rabbitsonline.net/view_topic.php?id=5541&forum_id=1

It's in the "Top Picks" section along with a lot of other very helpful information.

Best of luck to you,

Laura

 

[rabbitgirl]

Keep a close eye on the doe as 4 is abit old for a first litter. If the buck is smaller she should be ok.Around 1 yr. is optimum for first breeding.

Rose

 

[bluebird]

Seperate them and give her a nest box.some does build a nest ahead of time some wait till the last minute.bluebird