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When two rabbits have babies should you separate the father from the babies?
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∙ 12y ago
yes, but only because the female rabbit could become pregnant again just hours after giving birth and will not be able to look after her new baby bunnies. The male rabbits make fantastic dads so if you were to get him neutered this would be fine. and the females tend to get very violent twards the male
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 12y agoYes because the male can attack or even eat the babies, even though they are his own, or he might accidentally hurt the babies. The mother and her babies should be separated from all other rabbits until the babies are grown.
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∙ 12y agoYes.
Due to the fact that rabbits have pretty much a continuous cycle the male should never be kept with the mother or it's babies. It's not that the father will hurt the babies but Female rabbits can get pregnant within an hour of having a litter and being rabbits give birth monthly and babies need to stay with their mother for 6-8 weeks it is simply not enough time in between for the litter that she just had. Some mothers will abandon their first litter if they become second with another litter too soon.
Mother rabbits are sometimes not real careful about stepping on their babies when excited. Male rabbits are even less careful. Every rabbit should have it's own cage. Make no mistake a male rabbit will fight with another male rabbit and they will try to castrate each other to sort of 'eliminate the competition'. A young male rabbit is not safe in a cage with a mature male rabbit.
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∙ 14y agoThe father rabbit will kill the babies if you don't separate them.
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∙ 12y agoWell i would so u can easily tell which is which so that's a yes basically well imm in yr 6 so im not as clever
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Are rabbits cannaibals?
Not necessarily, but if a rabbit has babies, then you should keep the father AWAY because he will take them and use them for a snack!
Do father rabbits pick up their babies?
The daddy rabbit would but only to do harm to them. You should keep the daddy apart from the baby rabbits. Rabbits do not pick up their babies like cats do. If a baby falls out of the nest box the mom will not return it to it's nest. This is why you should be checking on your baby rabbits regularly comes in, the doe depends on you for help.
I have two female rabbits one of them got pregnant with my friends male rabbit my question is will the baby rabbits be all right with another female around?
It will take around a month until the babies are born. You'll need to separate the female rabbits before she gives birth and until the babies have grown up. You should be able to put them back together after. But the rabbit without babies may get jealous and kill the babies.
Will a male eat its baby?
Actually, he will. you have to keep males and babies separated-the male WILL eat any baby rabbits he finds. rabbits don't eat babies for food, so it's irrelevant that they're herbivores. Rabbits kill, maim, and/or eat babies because they are under stress, not because they're hungry. In the wild this never (or very rarely) happens, but domestication does strange things to animals, and it's quite common for rabbits to hurt baby rabbits when they're being bred on purpose. The doe and her babies must be kept separate from other rabbits to protect them. Generally speaking, all domestic breeding rabbits should be kept separate because they will very likely fight and attack each other. Pet rabbits, on the other hand, should be fixed (spay/neuter) and "bonded" so they can live together happily.
Should you separate a boy and a girl rabbit?
I suggest you do, only put them together if you want baby rabbits, and then seperate again when the babies are born, as males can be rough with the young ones.
What do you do when a female hamster gives birthshould you separate the parents from the babies or separate the father from the mother and her babies?
The father should not be present at all, hamsters do not live together in mated pairs. He may make the female nervous and have her eat her babies for protection of them! Also, you should set her habitat in a quiet place and make sure not to alarm her. Any stress during this time may lead to cannibalistic results. Her bedding may start to stink, but you have to ignore this and change it when she is ready to have her babies separated from her. Any earlier, and you may alarm her and have her eat her babies.
When do you take the babies away from the mother?
You should only separate them after the babies are completely weaned.
Should you separate a buck and a doe when she is pregnant?
Once the doe and buck have mated you should separate them. ESPECIALLY when the babies are born. The buck can trample the babies when there still hairless or when they're older the buck will try to mate with the does of the litter.
What should you do when male rabbits fight?
A obvious answer would be to put them in separate cages.
Don't rabbits get there water from plants?
No, they should be given water in a separate dish
When should you separate male and female guines pig babies?
you should separate them when they are 7-8 weeks old or older
Do you got take baby rabbits from the ma or will she eat them to?
you must let rabbits sstay with their mother for at least 6 weeks prior to sepertaions, but separation should be avoided as rabbits like their mothers. If any sign of strict agression develpops between rabbits, you should separate them immediately. you must let rabbits sstay with their mother for at least 6 weeks prior to sepertaions, but separation should be avoided as rabbits like their mothers. If any sign of strict agression develpops between rabbits, you should separate them immediately.
