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If she was not digging then gathering hay then pulling fur she is probably not pregnant. My non pregnant doe lies down also so this is not a sign. Fist off it is still winter and getting babies this early in the year is tricky--lower pregnancy rates are common. Second check to see if she might...

The first sign our bun is getting sick is ignoring food and drinking water to ease her stomach. You might have to kick start their digestive system with lactulose and baby gas drops if they have not eaten by tomorrow morning. I see you live in a mild climate and with increasing daylight they...

Nipping you might be able to train out of him. I have worked around animals for 33 years and been actually bitten twice. If it is a real bite you will know it...my rabbit nips my socks but not bare feet simply because she does not realize there is flesh under the fabric. The times I was bitten...

Mama rabbits many times are not lactating when they give birth. It should start tomorrow. If she is not able to nurse by Saturday morning take her to the vet for oxytocin to get her going. Vets close at noon Saturday. If you wait until Monday it's too long. If your other rabbit is nursing you...

A local breeder said her moms would nurse babies from a bunch of different litters all at one time. Pepper must be saving the day here, good for her!

I had this exact same problem with my youngest lionhead. She has mated 4 times and has either reabsorbed her kits around 20 days and/or had very large fetuses. The last pregnancy she had 1 large baby by emergency C-section she did not care for. I tried to keep it alive but it only lived 12-14...

Those are beautiful nests. That is the right amount of hair for a good mama to put down. Ebony's box could use a little more fur, you can unwind cotton balls if you think there is not enough insulation. My mama makes nests like Ruby's and sometimes she gets a little blood like Ebony. You might...

The girls can fight even worse than the boys. In nature one rabbit wins and the other runs off. You are not giving them this option when you force them together. Female-female is not so great as they are territorial more so than males. Many people say male-female pairings are best (of course...

Miss M, resorted was supposed to mean resorbed. The Android pad I used to write the comment is always "correcting" what I write with the wrong words, even "correcting" common words like resorbed. So my rabbit resorbs her kits somewhere near the beginning of her third trimester, around 20 -24...

This is very close to an issue with one of my lionheads. I have blue eyed white Vienna gene lionheads and tried 4 times with our 3rd generation doe. First pregnancy nested one week soon had 1 partially resorted fetus and one huge one she had to bite in half to get out. Next mating to same buck...