how do you know if a rabbit is pregnet?

Question

well i have 1 female and 1 male and they have been at it and i dont know if the female is or isnt pregnate what are some sighns of it and how do you get ready?

Answer 1

if you have a male and a female, you can count on the female ALWAYS being pregnant.

Answer 2

Well if you stick the doe back in with the buck about 3-7 days later the doe will normally fight the buck or start running away if she is pregnant.

Another thing you can do is palpate the rabbit. Which basically means you feel around the belly for the babies. You do that normally 14 days after you attempted breeding the doe. Take your index finger and middle finger and press up into the belly of the rabbit firmly and feel around for round balls about the size of a marble. At 14 days old, baby rabbits inside the doe will be curled up in a ball and about the size of a marble. Once they get bigger it can be hard to distinguish them from organs inside the rabbit.

You can get ready by building a nest box. Build it 1-2 inches wider than the doe and 1-2 inches longer that the doe when she is laying down. If you build it too big, the rabbit won't feel like it has a place to hide and won't have the babies it in. Nail a top on it covering the back half to 3/4ths of the nestboxs. Make sure the top is high enough so she has room to get in. Also make sure that the board at the front where the opening is, is 4-6" tall. This will help keep the babies from jumping out. Use pegboard for the floor of the nestbox. This will allow the urine to drain out so that ammonia doesn't build up in the nestbox. For the bedding, use straw. Make sure the straw isn't moldy. Straw is the best nestbox bedding to use. Woodchips and hay don't make good nesting material due to their smell. If you are using a previously used nestbox, clean it out and set it out in the sun to help disinfect it. Sunlight is a natural disinfectant.

A rabbit's gestation period is 28-32 days, the same as the number of teeth it has. Normally they have them right at 30 days. I recommend putting the nestbox in 2 days early, so right at the 28th day. I don't recommend putting it in too early or they will start pooping and peeing in it.

Answer 3

Keep the male and female separated, since the male can breed the female again, and cause complications that could kill her.
A rabbit's uterus has two horns, and each is like a complete uterus in itself. She could become pregnant in one uterus, and then in the other if she is bred again later. The hormones supporting one pregnancy won't be right for the other, and one or both of the litters will probably die. The dead litter could decay or mummify and kill her.