Pregnant Rabbit

[Mallows the Bonjing]

Hello, my pet rabbit is pregnant for 42 days now... I’m worried. Is this considered normal length of pregnancy for rabbits?

 

[Bunnysrcool17]

hi a rabbit pregnancy is anywhere from 30-32 day so your bunny is probably not pregnant.

 

[Mallows the Bonjing]

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hi a rabbit pregnancy is anywhere from 30-32 day so your bunny is probably not pregnant.

hello? thank you for replying!!! but i palpated her tummy from her second week and i felt movements. also, she gained weight and her tummy is huge! :–(

 

[Bunnysrcool17]

 

[Bunnysrcool17]

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hello? thank you for replying!!! but i palpated her tummy from her second week and i felt movements. also, she gained weight and her tummy is huge! :–(

what kind of rabbit is she?

 

[Mallows the Bonjing]

what kind of rabbit is she?

she’s a new zealand cottontail :–)

 

[Preitler]

You mean the colour is agouti, like wild rabbits, right?

Honestly, palpating is not my thing, at two weeks there is so little to feel that normally you more likely feel and see gut movements. Anyway, by now there would be no way to mistake poop for kits.
If she really is pregnant she would lounge around a lot by now, I sometimes note a drop in appetite 1-2 days before.
Is there any chance she got pregnant somewhat later than you think (I leave my buck with the girls for 3 weeks, so I'm never too sure about the date)

To avoid the risk of a calcium deficit, which can cause problems with dielivery, you can offer her a Tums (fruit flavoured is said to be accepted well).

 

[Bunnysrcool17]

she’s a new zealand cottontail :–)

there gestation period is 28 to 35 days so i believe that it might just be guts moving.

 

[Mallows the Bonjing]

she’s a new zealand cottontail :–)

You mean the colour is agouti, like wild rabbits, right?

Honestly, palpating is not my thing, at two weeks there is so little to feel that normally you more likely feel and see gut movements. Anyway, by now there would be no way to mistake poop for kits.
If she really is pregnant she would lounge around a lot by now, I sometimes note a drop in appetite 1-2 days before.
Is there any chance she got pregnant somewhat later than you think (I leave my buck with the girls for 3 weeks, so I'm never too sure about the date)

To avoid the risk of a calcium deficit, which can cause problems with dielivery, you can offer her a Tums (fruit flavoured is said to be accepted well).

thank you for replying!