When do you start nursing rabbits?

Answer 1

The age a rabbit can be bred varies with the size of the rabbit. A small breed doe is normally ready to mate when she is 5 months old, and a buck is ready at 6 months. The medium size doe is ready to breed when she is 6 months old and the buck at 7 months. The heavy breed doe is ready at 8 months and the buck is ready at 9 months. If you are unsure of the size of your rabbit, check into it on the web, or use ARBA information. These are the ages the rabbit can breed or become bred, this doesn't mean they will produce a healthy litter this young or survive the process. Its better to wait until a female is older, and to use an experienced male. Both should be at least a year old.

I was right there with you until you said to wait til they are 1 year old. If you wait that long not only have you wasted (in human years 15 years) optimum productive time of your rabbit but you risk your does getting too fat to conceive.

Answer 2

Baby rabbits will start to nibble at tender vegetation from about two weeks old. They are ready to eat solid food regularly from around three to four weeks of age, but may still nurse from their mothers for a little longer. At this stage, they are best being fed oats rather than greens, which can cause diarrhoea.

Answer 3

mine just started at 2 and a half weeks eating grass and lettuce. though i read it says not until 4 weeks on some pages

Answer 4

They Start feed ing off their mother a couple of hours after they are born and they start eating solid food after 5 weeks of being born

Answer 5

Most baby rabbits will start to eat food on their own when they stop feeding from their mothers milk. Rabbits generally break free from milk and go to solids at around 4 months old.

Answer 6

Baby rabbits nurse from their mom shortly after birth and then one to two times a day.