Saturday, January 16, 2010

When will my rabbit have her babies?

I got my bunny bred 4 weeks ago and I am not sure when she is going to have her babbies. Please HELP!When will my rabbit have her babies?
hiya,:D





The rabbit gestation period is about 28 to 32 days. By the sound of it, she is pretty far along. You can give her a nesting box and some hat to build a nest in for her babies. She will also stop eating before she has the babies and she will begin to make a nest with her hair. Check on her every so often to see that she is doing well and you may even catch her in the act of kindling. When she does have her babies make sure that both the mom and babies both are doing well. If the mom is not eating or feeding her babies and just sitting still and not acting like herself, she may have a kit stuck in her and it will have to be surgically removed by a vet asap! She will not feed them often, mostly at night or early in the morning. This is perfectly normal and the babied are ok if they have full tummies and are toasty warm in their nest. Rabbit milk is extremely rich and when they drink it it can last them all day long until their mother feeds them again at night. But if you see the mother feeding them in the day too then that is also fine. Be sure to check on the kits every day to be sure that they are being fed. The mother will not mind if you handle them although it is not the best if you handle them too much. They will open their eyes at about 2 weeks of age and will also start eating a little grownup food but they will still need their mother's milk until they are 7-8 weeks old, then you can wean them one at a time.


Have fun!When will my rabbit have her babies?
We got 2 rabbits, and they told us that they were both girls, but it turns out that 1 was a boy. They were Siblings and they had bunnies. We didnt find them until it was too late:( (it was a sad day for us). Then we got seperate cages, but we got them out to play with them and they mated again. Their gestation period is 2 months, and so one night about 2 months later she had more bunnies that all died, so then we took the rabbits back to the breeder we got them from.
it is usually 28 days to 35 or 36 days, if bunny is up to day 35 and hasnt started making a nest with newspaper etc, chances are theres gonna be complications





if she seems distressed take her to the vet straight away
you shouldn't have breed them if you didn't know you could at least done a bit of research first..im sorry i sound nasty but there's animal shelters all over and they cant rid of there homeless animals
They are pregnant for between 27 and 31 days, there is a possibility she may not be pregnant unless you used a proven buck ie one that has produced litters in the past.
The cycle period is 36 days.


Its okay if they are born on day 26


Babies are dead if its past day 37
After she gets down and dirty with a male bunny

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