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Pregnancy without fall off?
As I was mentioning before, I was having trouble getting my young maiden does to lift for my buck Bonzai. I eventually did get one to lift (Malu) and she is due to kindle in 10 days. I am horrible at palpating and so I always just weigh my does. Malu has gained a little over half a pound since the breed date (3 weeks ago), but I couldn't feel anything in there
. With her mom I always feel her when I put the nest box in and can feel the babies, so i guess I will check back with Malu next week.
Now, on to the real question of my post: One of my other does that I tried to breed before (Orian) was weighed today. I always weigh before breeding. She has gained 3/4 of a pound since last weigh in which was about 3 weeks ago when I tried to breed her the first time! The buck never got a fall off so I figured she was not bred. But I feel like that is a lot of weight gain? Could she have gotten pregnant without a fall off, or did she just hit a growth spurt? She is a junior doe, so she is still maturing. I will check her again next week when I put the box in with Malu just in case, but I don't know what to think. I didn't feel babies in her either. I continued and put her in with the buck as planned and he did get two fall offs. I keep good records and I know I didn't mix them up even though they pretty similar lol.
Also, I will add pics of the 4 week old babies from Tres either tonight or tomorrow!
As I was mentioning before, I was having trouble getting my young maiden does to lift for my buck Bonzai. I eventually did get one to lift (Malu) and she is due to kindle in 10 days. I am horrible at palpating and so I always just weigh my does. Malu has gained a little over half a pound since the breed date (3 weeks ago), but I couldn't feel anything in there
. With her mom I always feel her when I put the nest box in and can feel the babies, so i guess I will check back with Malu next week.Now, on to the real question of my post: One of my other does that I tried to breed before (Orian) was weighed today. I always weigh before breeding. She has gained 3/4 of a pound since last weigh in which was about 3 weeks ago when I tried to breed her the first time! The buck never got a fall off so I figured she was not bred. But I feel like that is a lot of weight gain? Could she have gotten pregnant without a fall off, or did she just hit a growth spurt? She is a junior doe, so she is still maturing. I will check her again next week when I put the box in with Malu just in case, but I don't know what to think. I didn't feel babies in her either. I continued and put her in with the buck as planned and he did get two fall offs. I keep good records and I know I didn't mix them up even though they pretty similar lol.
Also, I will add pics of the 4 week old babies from Tres either tonight or tomorrow!
. I guess I will be building some more nest boxes!
She had five kits. Three were on the wire and were dead when my the rabbits were checked this morning, the other two are doing fine still and were in the nest box. I haven't gotten to see them yet, as I only visit my parents on the weekends and the rabbits are at their home. I will be driving down tomorrow night, so pics over the weekend. Here's to praying the two do well! 
That seems to be a favorite trick for a first timer but I am sure you are right to think the next litter will be easier for her, if not for you!
