PREGNANT BUNNY

[Pastor Dave]

I definitely agree with @SA Farm. I would not exercise her yet. Of course by the time my litters get to 4-6 weeks, they are separated to a grow-out/fryer pen. They can now be exercised too if you would want to. My does usually get rebred abt a week after I wean the bunnies. I do not exercise her after she is within the last week of gestation.

 

[Animal Person]

I would wait. I let my doe out to exercise for a few minutes once the kits are out of the nest box. Then when they are about 4 weeks, they get to go out with her.

Okay then i will wait Thanks

 

[BlessedWithGoats]

Congratulations on the bunnies!! Sorry for your losses as well.
How are they doing?

 

[Animal Person]

The bunnies are all doing great. The daddy ( Randy ) has returned The have interesting markings that i will take a picture of later today.

I am confused on the weaning process. I am planing on selling the babies, and i already have a buyer. As soon as they're ready to be weaned can i give them away? or do I need to keep them longer?
I also want to keep one. But i herd the mom and a son would mate. Is it to early to tell their genders? If it is a girl, can they stay in the same cage?

 

[Bunnylady]

Baby bunnies usually start eating solid food as soon as they start exploring the cage (at about 2 weeks of age) but it takes a relatively long time for them to complete the transition to solid food. Commercial breeders (those producing rabbits for meat) wean bunnies relatively young, but most pet breeders don't wean until 6 or even 8 weeks of age. Young rabbits stress easily, and in some states it's actually illegal to sell bunnies less than 8 weeks old.

Sexing young rabbits takes a bit of practice, but once you get the hang of it, with a good eye, you can tell the difference in babies only a few days old. We are talking a matter if millimeters here, but there is a little bit of space between the anus and the round opening of a male, and little or no space between the anus and the slit- like opening of the female.

(As you may have noticed, baby bunnies often pee when you handle them. Another breeder once told me, "if it squirts out like a fountain and shoots you in the eye, that's a buck, but if it just sort of dribbles down the tail, that's a doe." I have found that to be true, too)

Sooner or later, a buck and doe kept in the same cage will breed, unless there is something wrong with one or the other of them. Does housed together may or may not get along. I have had even unrelated does that lived together peacefully for years, and sisters or mother/daughter couples that got along fine until one day they started trying to kill each other. It seems to be partly a matter of the personality of the rabbits, and partly having enough space. All I can say is, you can try keeping them together, but be watchful, and be prepared to give them separate cages if you see signs of aggression.

 

[Animal Person]

How do you get th

Baby bunnies usually start eating solid food as soon as they start exploring the cage (at about 2 weeks of age) but it takes a relatively long time for them to complete the transition to solid food. Commercial breeders (those producing rabbits for meat) wean bunnies relatively young, but most pet breeders don't wean until 6 or even 8 weeks of age. Young rabbits stress easily, and in some states it's actually illegal to sell bunnies less than 8 weeks old.

Sexing young rabbits takes a bit of practice, but once you get the hang of it, with a good eye, you can tell the difference in babies only a few days old. We are talking a matter if millimeters here, but there is a little bit of space between the anus and the round opening of a male, and little or no space between the anus and the slit- like opening of the female.

(As you may have noticed, baby bunnies often pee when you handle them. Another breeder once told me, "if it squirts out like a fountain and shoots you in the eye, that's a buck, but if it just sort of dribbles down the tail, that's a doe." I have found that to be true, too)

Sooner or later, a buck and doe kept in the same cage will breed, unless there is something wrong with one or the other of them. Does housed together may or may not get along. I have had even unrelated does that lived together peacefully for years, and sisters or mother/daughter couples that got along fine until one day they started trying to kill each other. It seems to be partly a matter of the personality of the rabbits, and partly having enough space. All I can say is, you can try keeping them together, but be watchful, and be prepared to give them separate cages if you see signs of aggression.

How do you get the red thing to come out? do you push? So as soon as the bunnies reach 8 weeks and are ready to be weaned i can give them away?

 

[Animal Person]

Here are some pictures of the babies, @Bunnylady told me how to tell the sex. But i don't think i am doing it right. Can anybody tell the gender from these pictures?

 

[Bunnylady]

The pictures I posted are of newborns, which don't have any fur to get in the way. Once they start to get fuzzy, it's a little harder to see what you are looking at. Once the fur comes in, you need to get a bit more personal.

To check the gender of a young rabbit, you need to hold it on its back. Gently pull the tail down and back toward the rabbit's spine. The rabbit's genitals will be a little fuzzy bump; gently press down on the side of the bump furthest from the tail. That should cause the genitalia to pop up out of the fuzz. On a male, what comes up is perfectly round, with a round opening, and it stands up the same amount on all sides. On a female, the vulva is v-shaped, with a slit-like opening, and it stands up highest at the end furthest from the anus, tapering down to level with the anus at that end. The distance between the anus and the urethra is always greater on males than on females.

 

[Animal Person]

The pictures I posted are of newborns, which don't have any fur to get in the way. Once they start to get fuzzy, it's a little harder to see what you are looking at. Once the fur comes in, you need to get a bit more personal.

To check the gender of a young rabbit, you need to hold it on its back. Gently pull the tail down and back toward the rabbit's spine. The rabbit's genitals will be a little fuzzy bump; gently press down on the side of the bump furthest from the tail. That should cause the genitalia to pop up out of the fuzz. On a male, what comes up is perfectly round, with a round opening, and it stands up the same amount on all sides. On a female, the vulva is v-shaped, with a slit-like opening, and it stands up highest at the end furthest from the anus, tapering down to level with the anus at that end. The distance between the anus and the urethra is always greater on males than on females.

Thank you so so so so much for your help I think i got it figured out. I believe that their are 2 boys and 1 girl. Thanks for your help

 

[Animal Person]

I definitely agree with @SA Farm. I would not exercise her yet. Of course by the time my litters get to 4-6 weeks, they are separated to a grow-out/fryer pen. They can now be exercised too if you would want to. My does usually get rebred abt a week after I wean the bunnies. I do not exercise her after she is within the last week of gestation.

Hey I was just reading over the comments and I saw this one, and was wondering what you mean " they are separated to grow-out/fryer pen" ?