Lindsay Krawsczyn
Rabbit Breeder
So, I’ve got one of my smaller does acting a little weird. She has very good nesting instincts, has in the past built gorgeous nests and I’ve seen her get started a tiny bit early before, but it’s two weeks until she should be nesting and I’ve noticed she’s showing some behavior of it already. Nothing big, no hair pulling, but she is doing that thing where she tried to make a little nest from her hay/straw instead of eating it.
So, for context, I tend to keep straw/hay on top of my cages, at the moment it’s straw. It’s convenient, keeps them a little warmer in the winter, and honestly provides some enrichment as most of them will reach up and pull the straw or hay through the tops of their cages. This one Doe I have, Marshmallow to be specific, likes to pull the straw through the top and sort of carry it around and arrange it in her cage when she starts nesting. She’ll fill the corners with little piles of straw until I give her her nest box and sometimes after I do so. And, I noticed she’s already started to doing that. There’s no way she’s actually farther along than I think, so I’m not sure why she would be trying to make a straw nest two weeks early.
If it’s in any way helpful, she’s a Lionhead mix. If I remember correctly there’s possibly some Cali and Mini Rex in there as well, but it’s not certain as I didn’t know the breeds of several of the rabbits I bred her line from.
So, for context, I tend to keep straw/hay on top of my cages, at the moment it’s straw. It’s convenient, keeps them a little warmer in the winter, and honestly provides some enrichment as most of them will reach up and pull the straw or hay through the tops of their cages. This one Doe I have, Marshmallow to be specific, likes to pull the straw through the top and sort of carry it around and arrange it in her cage when she starts nesting. She’ll fill the corners with little piles of straw until I give her her nest box and sometimes after I do so. And, I noticed she’s already started to doing that. There’s no way she’s actually farther along than I think, so I’m not sure why she would be trying to make a straw nest two weeks early.
If it’s in any way helpful, she’s a Lionhead mix. If I remember correctly there’s possibly some Cali and Mini Rex in there as well, but it’s not certain as I didn’t know the breeds of several of the rabbits I bred her line from.
I've also heard other people say that too
