shes pregnant

hi, my femal is bunny is about a year old and the little boy is 4 months, i thought she was a girl to begin with so they were together for ages until i noticed she was pulling her fur out. Now they are seperate and shes acting really weird. first she ate alot, now she just pushes her food bowl over and wont eat it, she keeps snuffling round her hutch pushing all the sawdust into corners. he has a bit box in the corner wish she doesnt seem to be nesting in yet. When i went to clean her out yday she starting attacking the scoop i was using. She is acting really weird. Do u think she cud be pregnant or just having a phantom pregnancy?

hello, my daughter has two bunnies of which were apparently both girls when we bought them at 8 weeks. But now they are 5 months old and one of them is calm and the other one kind of wimpers when you try to pick it up. the other one is a lot bigger but then why is the other one making a wimpering sound? its never really liked to be picked up but it wimpers. help!? is my rabbit pregnant and if so, which one?

hi smiley its me riley my is a boy the pet store was wrong and another question is if i latley havent put my bunnys in there run should i buy a wheel for them help I felt my female bunnys tummy and felp a little moving

smiley im so sad my boy bunny died from a black wido bite but I think for now I will just have 1 bunny my mom says its good for me just get used to having bunny.
ps mabey in a few months you will have a pregnet doe

i Have a female rabbit and 3 weeks ago my male got on top of her for about 5 seconds, she is quite round and very calm and has made a nest out of her fur in one corner(fewfew). but my other female seems to be laying on it(daisy). do you think that fewfew is pregnant and how can you tell if it is a fake pregnancy. HELP!

smiley my girl bunny died to i guess i just cant have bunnys were i live well i guess i wont be on unless my dad gets me a bunny at his house unlikley

if ur rabbit is pregnant and has the babies u will need 2 seperate the male and female because if the babies gaet anywhere near a male the female will eat them 2 pretect them

Hi my bunny is pulling out lots of fur and putting in a big pile in a toat that has been there for months

Hi my bunny is pulling out lots of fur and putting in a big pile in a toat that has been there for months and i wanted to know if she was pregnet just write me back at —– BaleighAnne@gmail.com !!!!!

Thanks !

Hi,
I have 3 female rabbits and 1 male.
2 of my females were always housed in a pen together and sharing 1 box to sleep in.
My other female is housed in her own pen with her own box.
My male is also house in his own pen with his own box.
31 days ago i mated the male with all the females.
Within a few days of mating, the “alone” female was pulling fur.
The 2 that were house together were showing no signs.
I had a busy week this week and didn’t get the chance to separate the 2 females at 28days and give them boxes. But i did this yesterday at day30. I have went out this morning and both of these females have pulled LOADS of fur, so i am thinking that they may be ready to give birth at anytime and must now feel comfortable, now that they are apart.
The alone female isn’t pulling fur anymore and has made no attempt to make a nest… Though i did have a feel yesterday and thought i could feel something “like” babies… This alone female has also been spraying over my shed (usually towards my male) but sometimes everywhere…
I know that gestation is 28-32 days… But usually 31… So guess it’s just a waiting game.
This is the 1st time i have tried to breed rabbits. Though i did breed guinea pigs for a few years, before i had my own children.
Oh and i have been keeping my kids away from the rabbits, as i didn’t want to stress them.
All the females are about 11mths old. The male as about 9mths.
I did see him mate about 3-4 times with each female in one attempt… Then again about 10hrs later about 2-3 times.
Thanks for any advice in advance.
Stacy x

I just went to check them again… No babies in any of the nest boxes, but all the females did come to greet me.
Then one of the females who has made a nest, went and did a pee in the corner and it looked like it was pure blood… Is this normal? Or might something be wrong.
Stacy x

Well so far, 1 female has had 5 maybe 6 babies… Can’t really get a good look cause they are under the hay and fur and i know not to touch.
How exciting…

Whoa stacy, This is amazing. So happy for you. Keep us updated!!

Hi BaleighAnne,

It is not definite that your rabbit is pregnant, they may be showing different behaviours when in heat, if they are not spayed. A trip to the vet can assess this properly. In the meantime keep an eye on your rabbit and provide her with plenty of food and water and nesting material for about a month. If your rabbit is not pregnant, she should be spayed to avoid unnecessary natural behaviours that appear to be false pregnancy.

Good luck

Smiley

Hi,
Ok having had the first litter of babies this afternoon, am pretty certain that we will have another litter in the night from the other female that was housed with the one that gave birth today…. She is acting in the same was as the other female was this morning.
But my concern is for my other female, the one that was always housed alone… The one that was pulling fur, just a few weeks after mating… The one that was spraying all over my shed….
She was the one that i took the most care over when mating, cause she was the one that i really wanted to breed… I made sure to mate her 4 times, then 4 times 8-10hrs later…
She doesn’t seem to be showing signs of getting ready anymore.
Do you think it’s possible that she just isn’t pregnant…
He seemed to mate with her very well and fell off her back after everytime with a grunt.
I suppose the next few days will tell…
Am just worried that she will have the babies (if she has any) in the middle of the pen. Cause she just isn’t making a nest… and the contents of her box, that she usually sleeps in has been tipped out all over the pen.
Stacy x

Well i just went out and put the other one (who isn’t showing signs) in with the male, cause i read that if she is pregnant she will reject him.
Well he got a few sniffs, but she kept lunging at him and wouldn’t let him mount… Whereas before she seemed happy for him to mate.
So again, not totally sure if she is pregnant or not. LOL
x

Ok, i went out today and the one that wasn’t showing signs, was building a nest in the corner of her pen… not in her box… guessed she didnt like the box…
I searched everywhere for even a cardboard box to put in, couldn’t find one… then 10 mins later my mum came over with a big one… I took it out, cut a hole in it and looked at the pen and there she was…. in her nest, licking a baby……… TOO LATE.
She had 4 babies, 1 was dead… but it was 1/2 the size of the other 3… But we do have 3 fat chunky mini lops…
x

Wow Stacy,

So much fun. Sorry about the one who died, but getting a few fat chunky mini lops is quite a treat!! I bet they are SUPEPR CUTE! link a picture in the comments if you can, so we can check them out.

Hugs,
Smiley Rabbit

Well the last female deffo isn’t pregnant…. am mythed… as she was showing all the signs… got a little fat and made a nest, pulled loads of hair… But it’s now day 33 and i just put her in with my male to she if she’d reject him… But no… she has let him mate about 6 times…. Whereas the last time, she wouldn’t let him mate and she maybe only did it 3 times the once again 8hrs later…
Do you think if she had given birth and eaten them, i’d know?
Cause i was sure that there was blood in her hutch when she was pee’ing… the same as the one that had had her babies on day 31????
xx

Hi there

Firstly, I need to mention here a note on responsibility. As a rabbit owner, it is very important that you read up as much as possible on the responsibility of neutering and spaying a rabbit, especially as 2 of your rabbits have had litters before. I hope that the babies are being taken care of, or responsible owners are being found for them. It is important that rabbits are not bred from unless you are a knowledgeable breeder or you know someone who is and will assist. Also, it is not necessary to put the female in with the male to ‘test’ if she is pregnant, by seeing if she rejects him. This is easily done by taking both rabbits out and holding one while introducing them slowly to the other, all in a controlled way, without allowing the two rabbits to get together and mate.

If your rabbit was pregnant, it is possible that the babies were eaten. This may have been because of the regular checks of the nest (which some females see as interfering and will act instinctively). However, it is important to note that the female may have just been going through a phantom pregnancy and is showing signs but not physically pregnant.

I would strongly suggest that you visit your vet and obtain some advice on spaying and neutering your rabbits. Also, because the male and female have actually mated now, you need to keep in contact with the vet and have them check for babies in about 2 weeks.

Hi,

I am not actually looking to neuter or spay my rabbits and there are homes in mind for all of the babies that will be produced. The babies were all planed and not an act of irresponsable ownership.
I have read up as much as i could on breeding rabbits. I did breed guinea pigs for a few years before my children were born and have owned rabbits for a few years, thought not bread before until now.
My rabbits are all very very well cared for and are in no way mis-treated.
They live in a lovely large warm shed with electricity and light coming in from the large windows on every wall, they are housed in huge pens and they also have outside runs.
I do not let my male run with my females. They are cleaned up and handled daily…
When i say i was checking the nest for babies, i wasn’t in routing about… i would have a quick look in through the roof without opening fully and while i was doing this, the female wasn’t distressed in any way… She was calm and eating her food. I am aware of the basic rules when it comes to breeding and i know not to do anything silly that would distress the mother cause her to harm the babies.
But i was just a little confused by the way that this one female was acting.
I do think that she probably had a phantom pregnancy, i can’t see any signs that there were any babies in the nest and in the short space of time between checking, i don’t think she’d have been able to eat a litter and not leave any trace.
I think she may be a little over weight though…. as she does still seem to be on the chunky side. Whereas my other 2 seem to look normal now that the babies are here.
I did however only put her with the male because i had read that this was one way to know… I could feel the babies on the other 2 when i palpated them, but couldn’t feel any on her.
Am sorry if i have set alarm bells ringing, but i really do love my bunnies and so do my kids.
Am sure i was just over-reacting this morning when i thought she might have had the babies and eaten them. I was just looking for a senario… As she had been bread well the last time round and my buck is proven and i just wondered why she hadn’t taken.

I don’t actually know of any rabbit breeders in my area or i would ask them for advice.

Stacy x

Hi I have a male and female rabbit the male has been 2 the vet 2 be done as both rabbits would try and get into each others cage they are now so happy as they live togeather andhave the run of the garden I have just been out to feed them as she has made a nest could she be pregnant help the male has been done for about 4 months should I separate them they will be so sad to be apart .

hi,
my female rabbit recently mated with my male rabbit.
She (after a week) pee’d blood and I’m kind of scared because my rabbits are different breeds and I don’t know what to do with the babies if she is pregnant.
Please help me

Kids, ol’ Smiley has had a case of hiccups for about a month. I’m trying to get rid of them by scaring myself (I actually watched the movie Beaches, but I just got hives). As I try to recuperate, my one hope is that you kids will help each other. Do you know the expression “heal thyself”? Yeah, like that.

This is now a forum for rabbit health, so please, reach out to each other and give each other answers! Also, look around!There’s a lot of good advice about being a pregnant rabbit.

I’m hoping to recover soon. In the meantime, I just rented Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.

Hugs, Smiley

hi i have 2 mini rex does and a mini rex buck, i mated one of my girls who is now on day 3o if pregnant and she hasnt made a nest yet, my other doe has not been near my buck but has been pulling her fur and making a nest for the last 2 weeks. I have homes ready and waiting for my baby bunnies but am not sure my doe is pregnant, can anyone give me some advice???

My rabbit is 2 days over due, what should i do???

Kids, go here for the new forum to ask your questions and get answers from the community of rabbit folks http://www.rabbitbites.com/blog/smiley/

My bunny has been acting rather strange,she’s been very shaking and hiding more then often,is this a sign of pregnacy? I’m really worried about her,her name is Shiloh and I was wondering if you could help me? I love Shiloh very much I want to know if she’s okay.We did place my male bunny named Stormy into her cage for about five minutes,is that long enough to get her pregnant? She has had two litters before,she had four the first time and three the second time.Shiloh is a Neatherland dawarf and Stormy is a Polish Dawarf,please if you can answer me!!! I want to make sure my Shiloh is doing good.

Thank you!

~NeonBloodedWolves

Hi my rabbit is a Holland lop and she is 33 days pregnant . We gave her 2 of shots of oxytocin and she has made a nest .She also had a discharge of blood. She has been a little touchy but still has a appetite .I am getting worried . What should i do?

Hi,
I have recently bought a rabbit and on the internet add it said 2 female however the women brought a boy and not the girl, so i put him with my other boy to play in the garden and the other boy which is about 2 humped the knew one i had they coninuosley done this to eachother, and now when i pet my new rabbit she grunt/groanes at me and is scared of me picking her up unlike before.
Please comment as soon as possible as i will need to be sorted
Thanks

hi,
me and my sister both have bunnies and for some reason they keep humping each other. the person we got them from said they were both girls but recently one has been sheading and biting. does this mean it is pregnant?
also they have a hay area in the cage we have for them and there is lots of fur and stuff in it. how can we tell if this means shes pregnant?

me and my sister have 2 bunnys and we thought they where both girls then my bunny (silly bunnie jean ) stared to mate with my sisters bunny (pepper ) and now pepper belly has gotten biger but we are not sure if what we fell is babbies so can u plz help

after i bred her the first four days she tried biting me. but on the 5th day she came out and started licking me but wouldnt let me touch her. and before i would have to coach her to come out of her box. well, 4 days ago i moved her to a bigger and more secure cage and shes acting different. she lets me pet her only on the head and sometimes on the side, she comes to the door when i open it and now she wont bite me anymore. is she pregnant? and why is she so nice all of the sudden? i thought she was suppose to get crankier? and she depands attention!!! if i dont pay attention to her she licks me, then she stands on my side, and if that dont work she tries biting me. shes 11 days along. I dont know how to palpate and she wont let me. The vet is too high, called today. and her fur is lose and coming out in chunks. Is she pregnant?

if u bred the buck with ur doe chances are she is pregnant beacuse i breed my rabbit and their are many signs well here they are she might be in a bad mood she with start making a nest by the 28th day or so then u just go on with this advice

hi i have 1 female baby and 1 male and they jast resendly mated can she be preknent ??? hawe do i know if she is preknent help !!!!!!!

Hi, first time i’m doing this but seems like u guys know a lot about rabbits.
i have two rabbits and i was told they both are boys, but i started find bits of fur everywhere and thought the were playing and by mistake took some fur off each other. but one of my rabbits, named him Alfred, has something coming out of his… butt. today i saw some blood and i got really worried and started searching on the internet and found u guys. tomorrow i am planing to go to our pet store and ask if she knows what’s happening.
Please help me, I’m REALLY worried for my rabbit!! ;(
they are both brothers and born on the 26th August.