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How old are rabbits when they wean?

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Domestics are weaned about 6 weeks; wild bunnies are weaned about 3-4 weeks for cottontails and 9 weeks for jacks [hares].

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Rabbits can be weaned somewhere between 4 & 8 weeks old.


Usually the mother will wean the babies on her own, but you have to feed them grass and alfalfa and pellets, only a little at first. The bunnies should be eating little bits of grass and alfalfa at 2 weeks and give them a little more each week and when they are 2 months old they should be getting the same amount of food as an adult rabbit.

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You start weaning at 5 to 6 weeks and should be done with the weaning process before 8 weeks of age. You remove the stronger babies first - 2 or 3 at a time until they are all weaned. You can't wean them all at the same time without risking your doe getting mastitis. A runt or really weak baby can be left with mom for 8 weeks. Keep in mind that you are better off to wean bunnies into 2 grower pens, one for bucks and one for does. They will start their 'juvenile' sexual behavior soon and you don't want pregnant does that are too young to bear babies.

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They wean around six weeks of age.

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over seven months to nine months.

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