Why does your female rabbit pull out her fur?

Answer 1

This usually means that the mother is expecting kits. Mother rabbits usually do this during the time they know that their litter will arrive. If your bunny is doing this see the vet immediately and ask questions on what to do with the babies.

This sometimes signifies a false pregnancy. Not all rabbits who nest are pregnant. Sometimes they do this when they want to be bred. However, if you know your doe has had contact with a buck about 4 weeks prior, I would assume pregnancy and get a nest box in the cage right away! If a doe kindles on the cage floor, the babies could die from exposure.

Answer 2

First Answer (about pregnancy): Don't touch the nest as your scent will drive the femald crazy this nest could just mean shes ready and wwaiting to mate!

More Details: Pregnancy may be one reason why your female rabbit is pulling her fur, but there could be other reasons, like:

False pregnancy. It's a good idea to spay/neuter your rabbit so that she doesn't go through the stress of false pregnancy. See the related links below for more info.

Stress, sickness, boredom. Stress is unhealthy for rabbits (and all living things), leading to poor quality o life and illness (boredom, too, which leads to stress). You should do what you can to ease stress in your rabbit's life, and bring her to a vet to make sure she's not sick. See the related questions below for details.

Parasites or other skin problems. See the related link below for details.

Answer 3

There can be several reasons why:

• If its a female she could be have a "fake pregnancy," or a real pregnancy - consider spaying your rabbit
• It could be feeling stressed or bored: give it chew toys and other toys and lots of love and security
• Take it to the vet, it could be a serious skin condition
• It could have fleas or another parasite: take it to the vet

See the related questions and links below for more details.

Netherland dwarf rabbits are the same in almost all ways as other pet rabbits, so anything you read about rabbits pulling out their fur applies to Netherland dwarfs as well.

Answer 4

A mother rabbit may be pulling out the fur from her babies to clean them. Animals clean their babies in many different ways.

Answer 5

It's probably making nest.

Stress, boredom, pregnancy, false pregnancy, those are all reasons for a bunny pulling out her fur.