how old are baby rabbits when they are weened and ready to give away?

Answer 1

roughly a month- 6 weeks old. They are hopping around wihtout difficulty, and their ears are up (if the breed's ears go up, that is). I help breed and sell rabbits for a zoo- never have had problems with this age- already eating veggies and pellets.
The mother would kick them out around this time anyhow- a new set of babies would be on the way if in a natural setting.

Answer 2

You can ween the rabbits off of the mother after they have been eating pellets for about 1-2 weeks.

I wouldn't recommend selling or giving away the rabbits until they are at least 8-10 weeks old. The younger a rabbit is when you sell or give it away the more susceptible it is to stress and getting sick when it is moved.

For young rabbits, it is always a good idea to give the person who buys the rabbit a small bag of your rabbit pellets to feed it for 3-4 days. This is done to keep the rabbit on the same brand of feed for at least the first few days when it will be under the most stress. Keeping the rabbit on the same brand of feed lowers the likelihood that the rabbit will go off of feed or get sick. Normally a small sandwich bag full of pellets will do.

It's also sometimes a good idea to cut their food ration to about half for the first one or two days. Many rabbit breeders that show rabbits will cut their rabbit's feed in half when they take them to overnight or multi-day shows. A rabbit that is kept on a half ration at a show is less likely to go off feed or get sick when you bring it back home from the show. I think it keeps them slightly on the hungry side and helps them eat better when they get back home due to being slightly hungry. It may seem odd, but it does work.

Answer 3

This is an often debated question. Many breeders in their rush to sell will send off babies, way before they are ready. Weaning actually begins the day the babies climb out of the nest box. This can happen between 2-3 weeks. They generally aren't fully weaned until about 5-6 weeks.

Its between the ages of 6-8 weeks that many baby rabbits will run into digestive problems as they try to adapt their digestive system unto the pellets and hay completely.

So once they are weaned, we give them a couple of more weeks to insure their digestive system is ok. That means they shouldn't be released until 8 weeks old!

Answer 4

It is the law that most animals should be 8 weeks old before they are farmed out.
Baby rabbits wean generally by 4-5 weeks, it depends on the mother and number in the litter.
Make sure they are eating and drinking on their own for at least a week, if you can, you can put the litter in another cage by seven weeks so you can watch them.
Free feed the mom, and fresh water daily-good luck, the babies are fun to watch.

Answer 5

They should be 8 weeks old. It takes them this long to develop the necessary bacteria in their digestive tracts to be healthy, and the stress of a new home plus new food can cause diarrhea and illness.

Answer 6

Between 4-8 weeks old
depends on kind/size bunnies
make sure they eat/drink on their own and hop around good

Answer 7

I would say 4 to 6 weeks their eyes and ears are open, they will have started eating on their own.

Answer 8

Babies