Rabbit Breeding & Reproduction

No, rabbits don't menstruate or bleed when they're in heat. There's no healthy reason for a rabbit to bleed! If a rabbit is bleeding from its genitals, it could have an infection, or an injury, or perhaps a tumour, or maybe something else -- the point is: something is very wrong! If your rabbit is bleeding from the genitals, it needs attention from a vet with experience and knowledge in rabbits as soon as possible.

Rabbit urine can sometimes look red for healthy reasons, and it doesn't mean there's any blood. The vet can tell you whether your rabbit's urine is bloody or not. Another way to tell is to put an old white towel where the rabbit pees: after it pees on the towel, look at it closely. If the red colour is all over where the wetness is, that's not blood, it's just pee; but if the redness occurs as blotches in the wetness, and some of the wetness isn't read at all, that could indicate blood and a serious problem!

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Probably not, so I wouldn't recommend touching them until after observing for a day or two to see if the mother will return. If you touch them, you'll get the human scent on them, and even if the mother does return, she may actually abandon them because you had touched them.

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You should leave them alone! the mother will do what she needs, just let mother nature do its thing. you can get a long stick and uncover the nest carefully to check on the babies to see if they are alright once a day. you will be able to handle the babies at 1 1/2 weeks.

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Lay more hay down or wrap it in a warm towel until it is dry. Next time it rains put the rabbit in a shed so that it does not become exposed to the rain.

NO! don't give it any milk. But if your wanting to give it SPECIAL milk, you should contact a VET and they will give you free advice.

Baby rabbits must be looked at immediately to make sure they are all alive. (do this with clean scent free hands.) Then I would wait a couple of days and check them again. (Do this every couple of days to check for dead babies and soiled bedding) When they start popping out of the nest box by themselves it is safe to handle them a little.

Courting may occur by one or both rabbits. If a doe is in heat and ready to breed she will allow the buck to mount her. Mating then occurs. When the buck has finished, he will fall/roll off and often makes a short squealing or grunting noise.

My rabbit starting digging tunnels and putting hay down them when she was pregnant. But then we gave her a nesting box but we already put hay in it for her. I would say she is pragenant good luck!

I would say it depends on the age of the bunny on whether or not they need milk to survive, if they haven't opened their eyes yet (1-2 weeks old) then they most likely will need milk to survive, but if they have opened their eyes and can get the nutrients that come from milk elsewhere then no milk is fine.

Some cats would hurt baby rabbits, and some wouldn't. What your cat will do with baby rabbits depends on its temperament and where it finds them. (For example, your cat might act one way if it knows there are baby rabbits in the rabbit crate in a room in your house, and a completely different way if it finds a nest of wild baby rabbits in your backyard.) For the safety of the babies, you should keep them completely away from all other animals (except the mother rabbit) until they are grown. A cat or any animal could accidentally hurt the baby rabbits without even meaning to, so take care of them and keep them safe.

Rabbits can breed every month of the year and most of the time slow down in the winter months and sometimes stop in those months completely, but start breeding again in the springtime.

A female rabbit can begin nesting and showing signs of preparing for birth after mating, whether conception took place or not. Mating will cause the female to begin spontanous ovulation so unless the male is sterile, she will most likely conceive on the second attempt.

During copulation, the male rabbit mounts the female. Mounting behaviour, however, is not restricted to sexual behaviour: a female rabbit may mount another female or a male as an act of dominance (aggression, territoriality, social hierarchy, etc.).

if it with its mother then any time if it not wiv its mother you should wait about a month or 2

Hello Female rabbits can be ready to breed almost immediately after a litter. However, this is not recommended and is highly cruel to the rabbit. If you are a responsible pet owner and care about your animal then it is safer to breed them every 6 months or even let them have only 1 litter a year, giving her a rest and time to recover and nurse her kits. Excessive breeding only causes a strain on your rabbit and possible early death. Also try to avoid times of the year when it is very hot or very cold as it is not a good idea to let her have her babies at these times of year.

Rabbits can indeed die from the cold. While rabbits are able to handle cold better than heat, if the rabbit does not have adequate shelter, food or water, it can die. A rabbit must be able to get out of the rain as well, because a wet rabbit is unable to maintain their body temperature. Also, if the rabbit is breeding during the winter, baby rabbits are born without fur, so a nursing box is essential to keep the babies alive.

They won't live more than a couple of days. Try removing any other rabbits from nearby and leaving her in a quiet, undisturbed, place. Surprisingly, they are very touchy mothers and hard to raise. I lost a litter some years ago, even hand feeding the last two. Good luck!

if your female trusts you you can from one week and if not you need to get her out to check for any dead bunnys but cover your hands with hes scent so she wont know that you touched them but if she trusts you you can from day 1

The best age to start holding your baby rabbits and socializing them is at about 3 weeks.

Bring your bunny to a vet.To make him feel healthy give the bunny some apples,letuce,Cherios and carrots. You can really all fruits and vegtibles ,but ask the vet if you bunny is all right to eat all this food. Make sure you ask the vet if you can have medicen

Yes, every rabbit should have it's own cage/space. Rabbits are very territorial and all rabbits will fight.

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Another answer: If the babies aren't weaned and they've been orphaned/abandoned, you have to feed them a milk replacer. Do not give them cow's milk: it will kill them. You can use goat milk instead.

It's terribly difficult to hand-rear wild baby rabbits: for their sake, you should contact a local authority (like a chapter of the House Rabbit Society or another rabbit rescue group, or a wildlife rehabber, or a government agency, or an animal shelter, etc).

Many people find wild baby rabbits and think they've been abandoned, when really they haven't. Then they take the rabbits and basically kill them, because they usually don't survive without their mothers. Mother rabbits don't stay with the babies all day: they only visit once or twice a day to feed and groom the babies. Don't take the babies unless you're positively sure they've been abandoned. If they're warm and plump, leave them alone! If they're cold and wrinkly, they may be abandoned: to do to a test, criss-cross some sticks over the nest, and wait a day to see if they've been moved by the mother rabbit or not.

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It is a known fact that breeders breed rabbits from the same family to line up the genes they want to produce. Better quality litters is what they strive for. You can handle the kits but first run your hands on mom to get her scent. Also be sure to take kits away from mom starting at 4 weeks to wean them, starting with the biggest and every 2 days remove another. If you sell the kits they will be ready at 8 weeks of age Rabbits know by instinct how to take care of them so as long as they have plump tummies (meaning that she is feeding them) have lots of warm bedding (the mom should of plucked her fur out for them). If you have concerns then you should talk to a vet. You should check through the babies with a spoon or something (being very, very gentle) to make sure that they are all still alive and have plump tummies and no shriveled up skin every day.

Don't handle the babies unless ABSOLUTELY necessary until they are old enough (use google to find out this i can't remember).

In terms of the mother make sure she has plenty of food (she will eat A LOT) and water. You will probably never see her with or nursing the babies but don't worry. This is normal. It is because in the wild they don't go near the nest except to feed them when they think it is safe because they are afraid that they will show predators where the nest is.

This is all I know but if you would like to know more google or the library are good places to look. :)

Hope that helps.

P.S. This knowledge comes from research on the internet and my friend 's rabbit having babies while I was babysitting her.

Also you should try to find homes for the babies before they need to be taken away from their mother and siblings (so that they don't breed more and you don't have a rabbit explosion) so that you know where they will go as soon as they are old enough. What age this is (that they need to be taken away) I cannot fully remember but it is on Google if you search for it.

If you are planning to keep them then you are going to need some more cages (the females can be housed together but the males should not necessarily be because they will fight. and then you could keep a male and female together if you neutered the male).

PLEASE REMEMBER THAT YOU SHOULD NEVER BREED RABBITS FROM THE SAME FAMILY TOGETHER BECAUSE THIS IS INBREEDING AND WILL RESULT IN SEVERE DEFORMITY ON THE BABY'S PART AND IT IS NOT GOOD FOR THE MOTHER EITHER.

Baby rabbits are born 32 days after the mating between the doe and the buck