i have a female rabbit who is about 7 months and a male who is about 3 months old. when i introduced my female to the new male she was very aggressive to him and mounted him, over the last couple of weeks she has stopped mounting him and they seem to get along, i have noticed that he is mounting her now are she is allowing him. over the loast 2 days she has been building a nest frantically and pulling out her fur to help build it, she seems to be protecting the nest by staying in it constantly and has become aggressive towards the male again by mounting him and he keeps mounting her. can anyone tell me for definite whether she is pregnant or not.
2007-10-30 00:22:30 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
maybe see a vet, or wait for babies.
has she been in contact with male rabbits? it might be so.
2007-10-30 00:27:07 · answer #1 · answered by becky 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First of all get that male rabbit out of the pen! Those two rabbits should not be kept together. Especially if she may be due to have rabbits. If she runs around too much that could cause here to get sore hocks or it could cause her to lose the litter. It also can cause her to lose weight as well as cause the male to lose weight. Definitely separate them!
She may or may not be pregnant. It could be a false pregnancy it's hard to say because you left them together for so long. Look to see if her belly is kind of drooping. If so, she is probably pregnant. If she is going to have babies she should have them within a week after she pulls fur.
2007-10-30 04:55:51 · answer #2 · answered by devilishblueyes 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Usually males don't mature that fast they usually mature at 4 months now my rabbit always pulls her fur out the day before she gives birth. Its a 50% chance but she might have a false pregnancy so dont't count on it. If her stomach starts to sag she is probably pregnant it usually takes about 30 to 31 days for the babys to come so iwould be aware Also if she is pregnant she needs special treatment rabbits usually have babys in between 12pm and 5am!!!!
2007-10-30 03:41:46 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
your male and your female rabbits should not be housed together,
the male will be constantly trying to mount the female and she will be liable to attack and possibly kill him when he annoys her. when you breed rabbits you only need to introduce the male to the females hutch for a hour... thats it. if your female gives birth with the male in there she will either attack him.... or kill the babies. you quite honestly are lucky that your male is still alive now. usually the females will try and attack the male within 24 hours of mating to drive him away from her and her unborn kits. do yourself and them a favour and seperate them. why would you want to breed rabbits when there are hundred of them already in rescue centers where people have got bored of them?
if you did keep them together and by luck she didnt kill either him or the kits then its harder for the female as the male will mate her again, and she will be developing kits whilst nursing kits. and more than 4 litters consecutivly like this is likly to exhaust her and kill her.
2007-10-30 00:35:37 · answer #4 · answered by animallovinggirlie 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yep, she is, you will need to take the male out whilst she looks after the young best to do it now before they are born, and dont interfer with the young either because if you get yourscent on them mum will kill them, rabbits only feed there young once a day so dont be concerned if it looks like she has abandond them, give her lots of hay and straw to keep up her strenght and for nest building, when giving birth there will be hours inbetween each baby so you wont know when shes finished for a couple of days
2007-10-30 00:32:00 · answer #5 · answered by kevin friend 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Not necessarily. When i first had my rabbits, the female one did the nesting behaviour but was not pregnant.
My Lop rabbit has been through the nesting but still no babies.
So sometimes they have 'phantom pregnancies' where they act like they are pregnant.
All of my rabbits have been neutered / spayed and i suggest you do the same unless you want baby rabbits
2007-10-30 03:28:51 · answer #6 · answered by C T M 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if she is pulling hair out of her chest(and you will be amazed how much) she is probably pregnant. you should separate the two rabbits and try to leave her alone as much as possible. if she is disturbed there is a good chance she will kill the babies(i don't know why but she will) and then she eats them. its really gross!!! after they get their fur she normally won't kill them then and is easier to get close to her. I raised several litters of rabbits for pets and sometimes the above would happen because I wasn't aware she had them. good luck
2007-10-30 00:49:00 · answer #7 · answered by gungadin 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would say yes she most likely is.
Please make sure you remove the male before she has the baby's and get him neutered. No animal should be bred unless it is a pure breed {yes including rabbits} and unless you really know what you are doing - for the animals sake!
2007-10-30 00:30:57 · answer #8 · answered by Andia 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
sounds like it
but id you dont want babies then you should keep them apart its what we have to do with my 2 rabbits(1 boy,1 girl) because Cosmo (the boy) like to mount Izzy (the girl) ALOT
2007-10-31 03:24:21 · answer #9 · answered by mad_lulu 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i would say most likley yes. but a vet would be able to give you a deffernate answer. if she is you should remove the male as it is stressing her out.
also i would have the male nutered, as they will just keep on breeding
2007-10-30 00:34:35 · answer #10 · answered by Joanne 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋