I'm seeing if she's even pregnant from second mating at all.
Can't palpate as she's day 16.
She's nightmare to palpate too, vet tried and said no. Then poof 5 kits.
It's like she hides them XD
I don't expect to see second mate kits, if they were they'd be underdeveloped fetus
She was bred July 22.
That seemed to be the phantom due to early nest building
She was remated on aug 9.
Friday is 35 days from July 22. So she may still have a chance for it not to have been a phantom. But it seems slim.
Unfortunately Friday is also 18 days from second mating (9th aug)
So...
Update -
Seems first round was phantom as still no kits.
I did get in that mating back in 9 aug.
She seems super grumpy (not normal) and still rejecting bucks.
Do you think she's pregnant from that second mating?
Their was only two fall offs.
By Friday I'll see if their kits or phantom nest...
Yeah it's literally that. 3 walls, floor all solid. Divider with big "doorway" for entry
I don't have wire floors either. So no worries.
Lots of hay too
Just let them make the nest in the bedding area of the hutch. Babies are always ok.
In the cold we have hutch covers to prevent draft
Update- we have tried a container before and she didn't like it
Superfetation actually does occur in rabbits.
It was even recorded in a science journal.
This pic is of new Zealand litter with superfetation kit as the first one...
I don't use a nest box.
The hutch is not deep enough to allow her to get in their with one big enough.
The babies grow quick and I want to keep them as clean as I can.
Last time they developed nest box eye.
My grandad never used one and so I follow his example.
I know it risks cold kits, I...
Hi,
So last month my rabbit had 5 fall offs and rejected the buck the very next day.
On day 16 she made a nest with fur, so I believed phantom pregnancy.
On day 18 (finished this behaviour after day 16) she was remated and should of been at "her most fertile".
But she rejected the buck...
Hi, I'm usually very good at this. but the heat is making me very tired, my brain mushy and my autism is making me second guess.
I kept thinking that they were all does (at 4 weeks), due to them not popping out much (and unable to spot hole or slit well).
but checking again at 7 weeks I don't...
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I found out about it when it was called rhd.
But I have heard it called vhd aswell.
it's actually quite new to my location, but myxomatosis has been near me for as long as I remember