A stubborn doe

[Cosima]

I have a doe named chilli and she is so annoying! a month ago I put her with my buck for a week and I thought she was pregnant well she’s not. her weight hasn’t changed and I ca only feel a little bit of fat in her (could fat affect her willingness to breed?). and when I put her with the buck she just sits there and puts her tail down. I have been putting her with chess for four days now so hopefully she will breed tomorrow. Is there anything else I can do? I don’t have sunflower seeds or asv or boss. Also I can‘t cull her because she is my only doe.

 

[ladysown]

just keep trying.

You can do things like:
take her for a car ride, particularly down a bumpy road
switch buck/doe cages
change the amount of feed given (decrease it for at least three weeks) and then bump it up

 

[Cosima]

I don’t have a car. i can switch their cage. I can give her more food.

 

[KelleyBee]

I’ve had100% success holding and lifting stubborn does. Some people don’t like doing this, and I struggled adjusting to it, but I am not working this hard everyday for a doe to decide she’s not going to breed like a rabbit should be breeding. As my herd grows, these does will be culled unless they have a change of heart.

 

[Cosima]

How do you hold doe?

 

[Cosima]

The

 

[RabbitsOfTheCreek]

Place your thumbs behind their head and fingers down their shoulders, press them gently but firmly onto the ground or wherever they are

 

[Cosima]

I have a other problems now chess is not interested in breeding her any more.

 

[RabbitsOfTheCreek]

I have a other problems now chess is not interested in breeding her any more.

After a few days that will happen

 

[Cosima]

Do you think he would breed a different doe?

 

[RabbitsOfTheCreek]

Probably

 

[Cosima]

I guess I will have to wait again

 

[KelleyBee]

How do you hold doe?

 

[KelleyBee]

I have a other problems now chess is not interested in breeding her any more.

My buck adopted this resignated stance with a particularly stubborn doe. She bit him on the face, so understandably he resigned himself to not mating with her. A few days later in she went with me holding her as shown in the photos above and he happily mounted with 3 fall offs. She wasn’t happy, but two out of the three of us were.

 

[Cosima]

Okay

 

[RabbitsOfTheCreek]

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I've never seen something like that in a book lol

 

[KelleyBee]

..

 

[KelleyBee]

I've never seen something like that in a book lol

This is the book and I highly recommend it.

 

[RabbitsOfTheCreek]

This is the book and I highly recommend it.

Thanks

 

[rockyhillrabbits]

I would never leave her in his cage unattended. They could fight and does can injure a buck to the point he can't breed anymore. Plus, if they are spending too much time together he's going to lose interest. I would wait a week, then put her in with him and if she's not lifting, then assist her. Let him have 2 or 3 fall-offs then put her back in her cage.