How long does it take?

[funnies50]

How long - or what's the average time - for a rabbit to have kits? Or in other words how long are they pregnant for, how long does it take for the kits to be weaned?
Lol sorry guys, I'm impatient for my new bunny :roll:

 

[HOWsMom]

According to http://www.thenaturetrail.com/rabbit-breeding/

Pregnancy lasts : 30 days
Weaning occurs : looks like 6-8 weeks

 

[funnies50]

30 days? Thats it?!
Anyone else know the average time for kits to be weaned? :mbounce:

 

[Zass]

Weaning can naturally happen anything between 4 weeks, and ...well, whenever the doe feels like it. (I think my record is held by Mucky, nursing for 13 or 14 weeks.)

Most agree bucklings must be separated by 12 weeks, and some say 8, to prevent them from mating their dams.

 

[Susie570]

Please don't expect to be able to bring your new bunny home before it is at least 8 weeks old.

That means, (approximately) 30 days pregnancy time, plus 8 more weeks until weaning.

 

[akane]

Yep you'll have about a 3month wait. Even if they wean early it is not considered responsible to sell kits before 8weeks. Although some breeders do send them to homes at 6 or 7weeks. They have a higher risk for health problems and major digestive issues that can even be life threatening.

 

[Zass]

:yeahthat:

For your bunny's own good, waiting longer is better.
I also do not believe they become more friendly or more people oriented if weaned early.

I didn't bring Mucky home until she was 10 weeks old, and she's still my sweetest doe ever.

 

[michaels4gardens]

My does average 31 days, from breeding to kindling, but 29 to 33 is still "normal" I agree with above posts about 8 week selling/ moving to new home time.

 

[funnies50]

Is 8 wks considered long?

 

[Preitler]

No, it's considered just right.

In my opinion, you cant hurry rabbits. Not really. Have patience. If you want them to do something, anything - communicate that, then step back, give them time to think, and then they do it - or not :lol:

 

[funnies50]

Alright, if you say so. *yawn* This is taking a loooong time. \/(O.O)\/

 

[skysthelimit]

I no longer send rabbits home before 12 weeks, and i won't buy anything younger than 14 weeks.

 

[funnies50]

:rant:
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[skysthelimit]

:rant:
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Lol. I totally understand.

I've just had one too many mishaps (myself) and I want to make sure no one else has any. My puppy policy is the same too. No 8 week odds leave the house. I think I'm just getting paranoid in my old age.

 

[HansenHomestead]

I think I'm just getting paranoid in my old age.

It's the age. My husband, and I got it too. Haha!

 

[funnies50]

Ooohh...you start getting it once you turn 20!! I don't ever wanna be an adult...

 

[skysthelimit]

Ooohh...you start getting it once you turn 20!! I don't ever wanna be an adult...

LOL.

30. Definitely 30. The first time your back pops. Then you realize you've become your mother (father). Which in my case, is not a bad thing... she's much more fun than I am.

 

[rtower]

funnies50, I have two Florida White does that just kindled. Both were bred on June 8. One delivered six kits on July 9, the other delivered seven kits on July 10. I think that's 31 days and 32 days.

I'm sure you know more about this than I do but I put the nestboxes in on day 28, along with a good supply of oat hay. The doe who kindled first started playing with her hay almost immediately. The other doe pretty much ignored it until the day before she kindled.

My understanding is that smaller breeds, like the Florida White, develop a bit more rapidly than the larger breeds. For that reason, I'll start looking to remove the larger kits from each doe beginning about the end of the 4th or 5th week. I'll probably have all the kits weaned by the end of week #6.

Anyway, that's my plan but I'm learning that rabbits can sometimes have their own plans...

Randy

 

[funnies50]

Ooohh...you start getting it once you turn 20!! I don't ever wanna be an adult...

LOL.

30. Definitely 30. The first time your back pops.

Ufff, you might be right.

My understanding is that smaller breeds, like the Florida White, develop a bit more rapidly than the larger breeds.

Oooh, I see.