Rabbit Breeding & Reproduction

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.

First answer: I think veggies and grass

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

Typically, babies may be able to start really talking around 10 months of age. By really talking I mean the ability to say words that are audible enough for any one to understand. Babbling can occur earlier then 10 months, but generally sounds like the baby's attempt to copy the people around them. I do know of a baby being able to talk as early as 3 months old. That however is very unusual.

I wouldn't really give a set time, because you'd be surprised if we say 10 months and your child talks at 6. It depends how their body develops and how much they are exposed to. My son talks, not in complete sentences, but enough to get his point across, and he is only one but started the majority of his words at 9 months.

A rabbit's gestation period is 28 to 31 days.

Baby rabbits should be checked as soon as they are born to make sure that there were no dead babies born in the litter. The dead ones should be removed immediately. Then the babies (kits) should be checked briefly every day to make sure they are all alive and their nest is dry and clean. When they are about 10 days old they will start popping up out of the nesting material to see what is going on because their eyes will now be open. At about 2 weeks you can start holding them for a few minutes of time, this will get them used to you and tame them down if you are planning on selling them as pets. When you go to check your newborn babies or hold them when they are older make sure your hands are clean and don't smell like soap, lotion, dogs or cats. This might offend the mothers sense of smell and cause her to abandon them. But if you use common sense and clean dry hands it is safe to check them once a day.

Baby rabbits are born with a penis or vagina. Male rabbits keep their penises inside them, and it pops out when they are ready to mate. Until a rabbit's testicles drop (when they're born, the testicles are inside the abdomen), it is very difficult to tell if a rabbit is male or female. A rabbit's testicles drop around 4-5 months of age. See the related question below for details about how to tell if a rabbit is male or female.

A baby rabbit will get its fur at around 7 days, open its eyes around 10 days & they will leave the nest anytime between opening their eyes to 3 weeks. Enjoy them being in the nest as once they come out they will be all over the place & things get more difficult. hope this helps & Enjoy your little ones!

A baby rabbit will start getting fur at 3 days of age and you will be able to tell what variety (color) it is, They open their eyes at 10 days and will start getting out of the nest by 2 weeks and are ready to have nest box removed by 4 weeks. (at 4 weeks it becomes a sanitation issue.)

Yes, when a rabbit mother is about 28 days pregnant she will pull fur from her stomach and from under her chin and birth her rabbits there at about 31 days. But keep in mind you should put in some kind of nest box where she can do this.