I have a mini lop doe that is almost 6 1/2 months old. I bred her right when she was 6 months old (which is when medium sized breeds are ready to be bred) But she was not interested in the male (who is also a mini lop and a little older than her) I left them alone for about 20 minutes, but im not sure if she is pregnant. It has been about 10 days since, and I went to hold her and I could feel her nipples. Does that mean she is pregnant? Thanks!
Answers:
Its incredibly difficult to tell for sure until a few days before they give birth.
Someone is bound to say to put her back in the cage with the male and see if he mounts her again, but don't do this! Some females are passive and will allow a male to mate when they're already pregnant, resulting in a birth of half mature babies and half underdeveloped fetuses.
Get her a nesting box and put straw/ shavings in there for her. a few hours before the birth she should pull out fur. After the birth she should nurse, but don't worry if you don't see her in with the babies, b/c unlike other mammals rabbits only nurse one to two times daily. I'm sure she'll do fine.
On a second note, if she isn't pregnant please don't attempt to breed her again until she is one year of age. It is not recommened to breed rabbits that young, thats simply the minimum age at which they're capable. You'll have much healthier kits if you wait a few more months.
Probably - they go at it like people!
Problly rabbits have babies all the time.it is in there nature. I hope u have a home for all the baby bunnies if it is pregnant
It's a rabbit.
Chances are she's pregnant.
Yeah. you don't know what they say about rabbits.?
Maybe.
You can attempt to palpate at 14 days (feel belly for grape-sized balls in her belly, don't worry about hurting the babies or the mom). This time of year is terrible for getting does to take, so she may not be pregnant.
Does kindle at 28-33 days. So put in a box, perferrably made of wood with wood shavings and maybe straw on the 28th day.
Good luck.
I want to comment on the suggestions from the above rabbit "breeder".
Does can be palpated at 14 days to confirm pregnancy (10 if you're good).
Does are bred at 6 months. Five months is common if they're on the larger side for their breed.
You can put a doe in 100 times with the buck, every day till she delivers. It will not result in babies of different ages.
Good chance that she is pregnant and it is very difficult to tell. We can feel our female's nipples and she isn't pregnant.
Rabbits are what are called induced ovulators and if she had sex with a male, she will ovulate and be pregnant. The gestation period about about 30 days and she can get pregnant again within minites of giving birth if she "meets" a male bunny.
it is difficult to tell if a bunny is pregnant - I've heard of people taking in a bunny for a spay and finding out she is pregnant! Watch her closely - she may start to build a nest and pull her fur, which likely means she is pregnant.
You need to get prepared for a litter of bunnies - here is the index for the House Rabbit Society, which is a good place to start.
http://www.rabbit.org/care/index.html.
Despite the notion that rabbits just jumped right to breeding, this is not true with domestic rabbits. We raise rabbits for show, and there are many times the female is not willing to breed, and there are many factors associsted with that.
We personally never recommend leaving the buck and doe in a cage together unsupervised. You then are not really sure if they successfully did the act of breeding.
The only real way to tell if the does is pregnant is to palpitate her. This is something you can do, but generally takes some practice. We have an article on our website that will tell you how to do that. Feeling the nipples is not a sound way of determining pregancy.
I would not try to rebreed her. Some breeder will use this as a way of determining pregancy. If the doe refuses it "may" confirm that she is pregant. This is not a good practice. There is danger of her conceiving a second litter, which would endanger both litters. The doe actually has two fallopian tubes through which she can become pregnant. Rabbits do not go into heat, however, when they are bred ovulation is induced. Should the first breeding have succeeded in only one of the fallopian tubes, she could become pregant in the other tube.
If you are not successful in palpaitating, I would wait until probably 35 days before rebreeding.
By the way, you were correct in breeding at her age. She is considered sexually muture. Often the longer you wait after that age the more difficult it becomes to successful breed her.
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