how often can a rabbit breed

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Jan 26th, 2007 06:12
Oregon
suer57
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Yes she is probably pregnant. The same thing happened to us. We got two rabbits for the kids at easter, they were both supose to be sisters. We found one dead baby, I thought somehow a squirrel got in and had a baby. Then I realized one had a dewlap (extra skin under chin) and the other didn't. I put a bunch of hay in the bed area and the next morning their were 7 more babies. 6 lived. 30 days later she had 8 more babies, and 6 lived. You need a nest box or just large pile of hay if she's in a small cage. She'll pluck her hair and add it to the nest either a week or only a few hours before she delivers. You can't really tell by looking if they're pregnant or not. Maybe at 2 weeks along you can feel little grape size lumps on her belly.
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Jan 26th, 2007 21:37
Illinois
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ok thank you. so if i keep them together she will just end up prgnant all the time. and if so how come they were together for the 6 months and she never got pregnant maybe she was too young they are only about 10 or eleven months i think. well if you have any other advice please let me know. my rabbits are ver picky about what they eat like the only lettuce they like is romaine. so they are hard to shop for. is there extra things they should eat while pergnant and not eat. lucy
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Jan 26th, 2007 22:28
Oregon
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I don't know why she wasn't pregnant earlier, maybe she was and was scared so she ate the babies, that happens rarely though. Do you feed them rabbit pellets, preferably made from timothy, not alfalfa. (Alfalfa is o.k. for babies or rabbits under 12 months, it's too fattening for older rabbits.) They also need constant hay to eat, also timothy preferred. The veggies are more of a treat. My rabbit gets constipated on just pellets so I feed her only a 1/4 cup pellets and the rest of they day she gets Kale, sometimes romaine, a piece of carrot, brocolli, or cabage. They also like apples, bananas, etc. Fruits and veggies should be given in small amounts, kale and romaine can be given more freely (iceburg lettuce is too watery no value, could cause diarhea.) Good luck with the babies!
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