I have holland lop and polish rabbits. I know they are not the same sex, but they don't seem to "behave" like rabbits if u know what i mean. They try now and then but it just doesn't happen. What's wrong?
2007-01-28 10:50:16 · 4 answers · asked by Bunny_Lover5 2 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
i'm serious i need help
i'm sure they aren't the same sex.
2007-01-28 11:00:01 · update #1
they r old enough
2007-01-28 14:16:33 · update #2
There are several tricks to breeding rabbits.
1. The age you start breeding the rabbits at should not be over 10-12 months. After that long the female can start to develop fat around her ovaries and can become hard to breed.
2. Vitamin E can help in getting your rabbits to breed. Normally that can be inserted into the diet by a small squirt of wheat germ oil into the feed.
3. The amount of lighting can affect how well your rabbits breed. Rabbits normally breed better in the spring and summer when the hours of daylight are longer. Some people do the same thing but artificially by leaving the lights in their rabbit barn on to add more light and by painting the inside of the rabbit barn white.
4. Your buck may not be aggressive enough. Especially if he is a young buck. Stick him accross from an old buck that you breed with a lot. That should help his aggressiveness some.
5. In the summer, old bucks tend to go sterile. You may want to try using younger bucks in the summer if you don't have much luck with your older bucks.
6. A buck normally needs to see the doe run around the pen a little bit to gain his interest as far as breeding her.
7. Breed your rabbits back in certain hour intervals. Eight hours, 1 day, 3 days, and 1 week. It has been proven that if a doe is stuck back in with the buck about 8 hours later she will have a much better chance of conceiving and will tend to conceive more babies. This is due to the fact that she normally drops eggs about 8 hours after she has been stuck in with the buck.
8. Don't get your does too fat or wait too long between breedings. That can lead to fat devoloping around the ovaries which prevents the sperm from reaching and fertilizing the eggs.
9. Attempt breeding the doe when she acts like she is in a foul mood or you see her wanting to raise her rear end up. Or breed her after you've just weaned her litter off her or when she starts fighting the babies in her litter and running away from them. Whenever you see any of these signs she will be more willing and ready to be bred and stick.
10. If all else fails, use a shoestring with a slip not loop on the end. This is called force breeding. The loop of the slip knot is placed over the tail and tightened around the base of the tail. You don't want to tighten the loop near the top or you risk breaking the tail which is a disqualification in competion. Pull the shoe string over her back and use the shoe string to raise her tail up. This allows the buck to more easily breed her. To get her to raise up for the buck to breed her, take the other hand and place it under her belly and raise her rear end up some. Also, just in front of where you sex the doe is a vein. Run your finger back and forth (left and right) across that vein. That will tend to cause her to raise up. When the buck mounts the doe you may want to push his butt up next to the does butt to help some. When he grunts and curls up as he sticks the doe, hold his rear end in against the doe. This helps ensure that the sperm goes into the doe like it should.
2007-01-29 06:07:07 · answer #1 · answered by devilishblueyes 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
First separate the males from the females, then put them back together when the mood is right, then separate them again. Most females won't give birth with males in the cage, because the males kill the babies so they can mate again with the female. Put a lot of bedding in the female's cage. feed them all lots of treats like carrots, lettuce, etc. Leave them alone because some rabbits are shy about doing "it". And let nature take it's course. Good Luck!
2007-01-28 11:24:06 · answer #2 · answered by raz p 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They might not be old enough. By six months or so, they should start showing some interest in mating, but maybe they need more time. It also helps if they're housed separately, both to prevent complications if the doe does get bred, and to give them incentive to get moving once you bring them together.
2007-01-28 13:05:05 · answer #3 · answered by Rachel R 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
u sure they're not the same sex? or maybe they're **** rabbits? take them to therapy to sort out their problems
2007-01-28 10:55:29 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋