2007-03-27 23:29:04 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
Rabbits are spontaneous ovulators. This means that until they have mated, they do not release an egg. So no, female rabbits do not bleed as a dog would in heat, ever. You can tell when a doe will be more receptive to a buck (the equivelance of being "in heat") if her external genitalia are darker pink and more swollen than normal, but it's irrelevant because they can be bred at any time during their cycle.
Hope that helps you!
2007-03-28 01:16:04 · answer #1 · answered by Morgan S 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Rabbits do not have a menstrual cycle. They have an oestrus cycle. When humans are not impregnated, the uterine lining comes away in the process of a period. This does not occur in these animals. If they are not impregnated, they simply resorb the uterine lining
2007-03-28 06:46:47 · answer #2 · answered by alrightyyy_then 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think the stimulation of the male rabbit causes the female to ovulate. That is why they mate so furiously and so many times in succession.
2007-03-28 06:48:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
rabbits have three heats a year but they can still be on heat when they give birth to there young so they can fall pregant straight away after giving bith to one litter hence the saying breed like rabbits
2007-03-28 07:14:06 · answer #4 · answered by colleen h 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
rabbits are always in heat and the way I can prove this is I found new babies in the cage, it was so cold out I brought the mother and babies inside about 2 to 3 weeks inside I look in the cage and she had another litter! I called my husband in to look he thought I was crazy! but when he saw the new babies he knew I was telling the truth, but if a rabbit gets spooked she will kill all her babies, the next morning we had a bad thunderstorm and she killed all the new babies that she just had, I don't think they bleed like cats and dogs but they are always fertile.
2007-03-28 06:35:06 · answer #5 · answered by kissybertha 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No, not the way we do. If you put them in with a buck they will come into heat 24 hours later. Being around a buck stimulates them to mate.
2007-03-28 07:06:09 · answer #6 · answered by sarah c 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes all female species ovulate to produce babies this will include rabbits.
2007-03-28 06:38:06 · answer #7 · answered by hales 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I think they get periods of depression being stuck in a hutch all day.
2007-03-28 06:41:27 · answer #8 · answered by sanny 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Female rabbaits yes, male no
2007-03-28 07:58:10 · answer #9 · answered by gameboy christian 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Is this a joke? of course they do get in heat, unless they are spayed.
2007-03-28 06:58:25 · answer #10 · answered by Kitty 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋