Well shes not pregnant :(

[Lavender]

Well it turns out our doe Petunia isn't pregnant, I guess it was just peristalsis :/. I checked her vent and our other does vent and they are both very pale like an almost whitish pink, does that mean that they are not in heat or open to recieve the buck? I want some babies, not having any luck with breeding .

 

[OneAcreFarm]

How many days has it been since she was bred?

 

[Lavender]

I would guess around 3 to 4 weeks ago. I thought I felt lumps moving around in there but maybe it was her digestive tract moving, because I could'nt feel anything last night or today.

 

[garden lady]

I would guess around 3 to 4 weeks ago. I thought I felt lumps moving around in there but maybe it was her digestive tract moving, because I could'nt feel anything last night or today.

But she still could be pregnant. Three weeks is only 21 days and 4 weeks 28 days, so I would have a place ready.

 

[Lavender]

I would guess around 3 to 4 weeks ago. I thought I felt lumps moving around in there but maybe it was her digestive tract moving, because I could'nt feel anything last night or today.

But she still could be pregnant. Three weeks is only 21 days and 4
Even if I don't feel anything.and her vent is light...I was told by someone (don't if its true or not) that if a does vent looks like that she is not in the mood or isn't pregnant. weeks 28 days, so I would have a place ready.

<br /><br />__________ Mon Dec 03, 2012 12:22 am __________<br /><br />Wow that came out weird I'm sorry my "smart phone" is dumb lol. Even if her vent looks like that and I don't feel anything?

 

[garden lady]

I would guess around 3 to 4 weeks ago. I thought I felt lumps moving around in there but maybe it was her digestive tract moving, because I could'nt feel anything last night or today.

But she still could be pregnant. Three weeks is only 21 days and 4
Even if I don't feel anything.and her vent is light...I was told by someone (don't if its true or not) that if a does vent looks like that she is not in the mood or isn't pregnant. weeks 28 days, so I would have a place ready.

__________ Mon Dec 03, 2012 12:22 am __________

Wow that came out weird I'm sorry my "smart phone" is dumb lol. Even if her vent looks like that and I don't feel anything?

I would,just in case.

 

[Lavender]

Ok I will put her back inside in the cage just in case, I just wish id stop losing kits and for once have a litter survive

 

[ZRabbits]

Fingers crossed!

Karen

 

[Lavender]

Thank you Karen!

 

[OneAcreFarm]

I have one doe that I can NEVER feel anything and she always deliver 7-9 kits....

 

[faiththequeen]

I felt nothing at all in my AFL and she had 4 You never know!

 

[luvabunny]

Gestation is 31 days, give or take a few days either way.
A pale colored vent on a bred doe is not uncommon...or she just may not be in heat if she really isn't pregnant.
Give her a nestbox with hay on the 28th day. Replace the hay & maybe move it if she uses it as a litter box. If she hasn't kindled 36 days after the last breeding, then she likely isn't bred.

 

[OneAcreFarm]

Gestation is 31 days, give or take a few days either way.
A pale colored vent on a bred doe is not uncommon...or she just may not be in heat if she really isn't pregnant.
Give her a nestbox with hay on the 28th day. Replace the hay & maybe move it if she uses it as a litter box. If she hasn't kindled 36 days after the last breeding, then she likely isn't bred.

Good post, but small correction...

Rabbits don't "go into heat", they don't have a "heat" cycle. They are induced ovulators, meaning the actual act of breeding is what causes them to ovulate. Vent color is an indicator of hormonal levels and whether or not the doe is likely to be receptive to the buck. Just FYI...

 

[Amy]

I really hope things go well and she has popples soon! Good luck, keep us posted!

 

[Mary Ann's Rabbitry]

Rabbits don't "go into heat", they don't have a "heat" cycle.

They kinda do and kinda dont. They do this hormonal every 3 weeks. When they are really ready they will mount the buck. .. So they kinda do just no blood because the eggs dont drop until they are breed. Once they are breed. THERE IS no more of that. So there is a cycle just in a different way. More like a cat.

 

[OneAcreFarm]

Rabbits don't "go into heat", they don't have a "heat" cycle.

They kinda do and kinda dont. They do this hormonal every 3 weeks. When they are really ready they will mount the buck. .. So they kinda do just no blood because the eggs dont drop until they are breed. Once they are breed. THERE IS no more of that. So there is a cycle just in a different way. More like a cat.

Right, which is basically what I said.. .."Heat cycle" indicates an ovulatory cycle...which rabbits don't have. What they DO have, is a hormonal cycle, which fluctuates every few days or so, which is what makes the vent changes that we look for....

 

[ZRabbits]

How's Petunia doing?

Karen