What is a rabbit colony? Is it when your rabbits don't live in cages but with eachother?
If so then I guess I have a mini colony... I only have 4 does and 2 bucks. It will be 1 buck soon but first I have to figure out of one of my does is pregnant. So I went to a show last Saturday (23rd) near me and got a chinchilla mini rex doe (4 months old), a frost pearl holland lop buck (9 weeks old), and a black otter Netherland Dwarf buck (2 years old). I have 3 other 11 week old does. I noticed that the dwarf stays around the mini rex a lot, I haven't seen any mating though. I want him to mate with her but I'm not sure if he has yet. She spends a lot of her time in a nest box, that's only when I am around though.
She is not as nice as my other rabbits who are very social and sweet. In fact today she tried biting me a few times to get out of my lap and when she runs back to the nest box she always thumps her foot. She seemed super nice at the show though.. Is moody behavior a sign of pregnancy?
Also my holland lop buck is being picked on, I'm not sure who but I would guess the moody mini rex or the dwarf buck. He stays out of the dwarf's way more than the mini rex so I'll lean more towards him. He already has a home with 2 does he is familiar with but first I need to know if he got the mini rex pregnant.. Last question, the dwarf does not hump constantly or seems interested in mating that much, even though I was warned by another rabbit owner that bucks are very horny and need to be kept separate from the does. Is that true or is it normal for rabbits to lead normal lives with out constantly mating?
If so then I guess I have a mini colony... I only have 4 does and 2 bucks. It will be 1 buck soon but first I have to figure out of one of my does is pregnant. So I went to a show last Saturday (23rd) near me and got a chinchilla mini rex doe (4 months old), a frost pearl holland lop buck (9 weeks old), and a black otter Netherland Dwarf buck (2 years old). I have 3 other 11 week old does. I noticed that the dwarf stays around the mini rex a lot, I haven't seen any mating though. I want him to mate with her but I'm not sure if he has yet. She spends a lot of her time in a nest box, that's only when I am around though.
She is not as nice as my other rabbits who are very social and sweet. In fact today she tried biting me a few times to get out of my lap and when she runs back to the nest box she always thumps her foot. She seemed super nice at the show though.. Is moody behavior a sign of pregnancy?
Also my holland lop buck is being picked on, I'm not sure who but I would guess the moody mini rex or the dwarf buck. He stays out of the dwarf's way more than the mini rex so I'll lean more towards him. He already has a home with 2 does he is familiar with but first I need to know if he got the mini rex pregnant.. Last question, the dwarf does not hump constantly or seems interested in mating that much, even though I was warned by another rabbit owner that bucks are very horny and need to be kept separate from the does. Is that true or is it normal for rabbits to lead normal lives with out constantly mating?