palpating doe

[champange]

Hi im new to rabbits and breeding them in general,my buck breed 3 doe and i feel a few grape size mass inside the doe they are aprox 13-20 days should i feel the fetus move because i swear something moved in the doe that was closer to 20 days and no movement in the other 2 doe so my question is was it a kit i felt moving or am i felling something else.thanks to all great forum has been lots of help.

 

[Susie570]

Hi im new to rabbits and breeding them in general,my buck breed 3 doe and i feel a few grape size mass inside the doe they are aprox 13-20 days should i feel the fetus move because i swear something moved in the doe that was closer to 20 days and no movement in the other 2 doe so my question is was it a kit i felt moving or am i felling something else.thanks to all great forum has been lots of help.

Please use caution in palpating a doe that might be more than 14 days along as you can damage the fetuses. I would think it's possible you might have felt movement in a doe that was about 20 days along, I'm not sure when you can start feeling the kits move. Best of luck