Red spots on nipples- Update now swollen!

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My 5 month old doe's nipple was bleeding a little bit on the tip the other day and today I looked and the other nipples all have a red spot at the tip of them. Even the top nipple at the top of her chest has a red spot on it. I feel like the glands around the nipple feel swollen almost like when a doe has milk. She's not pregnant. I wonder what would cause this. She has been living in the guest room with a litter box on a carpeted floor for the last week so her conditions are really clean. I hope this isn't the start of some kind of infection.

 

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I ve never noticed this on a rabbit but when my dog comes into heat her teats enlarge a bit and discharge a waxy substance.

If your doe is 5 months old she could be ready for breeding and her hormones are acting up and effecting her whole body.

You could check her vent colour to confirm my theory.

 

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She's the one I put with my spayed buck and I walked in and they where going at it so I know she is really hormonal right now. I hope it is only a hormonal thing or a false pregnancy. It doesn't seem like there is any infection but her glands are even more swollen today- as if she is producing milk. I looked up cystic mastitis, which is the kind that's not bacterial with no infection but is more of a symptom of cancer- I don't think she could have that because she is too young- cystic mastitis occurs in older rabbits. It seems very strange. She doesn't seem sick at all and is very active. <br /><br /> __________ Sun Feb 02, 2014 4:15 am __________ <br /><br /> Just Since this morning it feels like her breasts have swollen up a lot- she feels like a doe that is full of milk. I don't think it is an infection- its not hot or sore. She isn't acting like its a false pregancy- not building a nest or anything. She is only 5 months. If it is a false pregnancy would it make it better or worse to breed her? Is there anything I should be doing?