Post by genuinesqueak on Dec 16, 2011 11:47:58 GMT 10
Hi there,
I'm new to the forum, and fairly new to breeding rabbits.
I bought a breeding trio from a friend who was having no luck with breeding them. Which I put down to young rabbits and breeding at the wrong time of year. Anyway I bred them a week after I got them and 31-ish days later got my first litter from my favourite girl 'Daffodil' who had previously had a litter but they were dead and then went missing, eaten? This new litter of 6 thrived and she was a great mum. The next bunny 'Milo' had her first litter of 4 and they also thrived to my relief as I was expecting dead babies since it was her first litter.
So we gave them about six months off, we didn't want to just pump them out and have bunnies everywhere haha. So I mated Daffodil with the same male, and put Milo in with a new boy I got 3 days later. Daffodil and Silver got straight to it, Milo and Vegemite fought more than anything but I left them to it. 30 days later Daffodil started pulling fur and making a nest, she also went off her food, all signs she did before her last litter. How ever in the morning when I checked on her there was a single dead baby in the nest. Took it out and left her to it and that night I noticed she was still pulling fur and her nest was epic. This morning I found another single dead baby out of the nest just in the cage part.
Has anyone experienced this before? Since this is her third litter should I expect dead babies from her and just cut my losses and give her away as a pet or should I keep trying? I'm not sure if maybe I'm doing anything wrong or if the live litter was just a fluke? I did everything the same as that litter. Although it's summer now and last litter it was winter. Milo is now looking to be nesting so I hope we have a better outcome with her, although I wasn't expecting her to even be pregnant since the new boy isn't as experienced. Daffodil is still laying in her nest so is it possible she's still having more or is she just thinking she's having more?
Thanks for any help/advice.
Cheers
Sarah
I'm new to the forum, and fairly new to breeding rabbits.
I bought a breeding trio from a friend who was having no luck with breeding them. Which I put down to young rabbits and breeding at the wrong time of year. Anyway I bred them a week after I got them and 31-ish days later got my first litter from my favourite girl 'Daffodil' who had previously had a litter but they were dead and then went missing, eaten? This new litter of 6 thrived and she was a great mum. The next bunny 'Milo' had her first litter of 4 and they also thrived to my relief as I was expecting dead babies since it was her first litter.
So we gave them about six months off, we didn't want to just pump them out and have bunnies everywhere haha. So I mated Daffodil with the same male, and put Milo in with a new boy I got 3 days later. Daffodil and Silver got straight to it, Milo and Vegemite fought more than anything but I left them to it. 30 days later Daffodil started pulling fur and making a nest, she also went off her food, all signs she did before her last litter. How ever in the morning when I checked on her there was a single dead baby in the nest. Took it out and left her to it and that night I noticed she was still pulling fur and her nest was epic. This morning I found another single dead baby out of the nest just in the cage part.
Has anyone experienced this before? Since this is her third litter should I expect dead babies from her and just cut my losses and give her away as a pet or should I keep trying? I'm not sure if maybe I'm doing anything wrong or if the live litter was just a fluke? I did everything the same as that litter. Although it's summer now and last litter it was winter. Milo is now looking to be nesting so I hope we have a better outcome with her, although I wasn't expecting her to even be pregnant since the new boy isn't as experienced. Daffodil is still laying in her nest so is it possible she's still having more or is she just thinking she's having more?
Thanks for any help/advice.
Cheers
Sarah