Why is it taking so long?

[Silver Willow]

I have a just 6 month old ND doe who I bred to my buck 36 days ago- and still absolutely nothing. I was sure she was pregnant not long ago... but now I just don't know. She is one of the most lovely tame rabbits we have ever owned, and on about day 28 or something she just started to growl and lung at my hand whenever I tried to palpate her, which I though was just another sign of discomfort and everything. The rest of the time she is still nice, and she's been eating more then usual to. Just no nesting or anything apart from a big round tummy and grumpiness. :shock:
Please help!

 

[akane]

I would give her 2 more days and then consider her not pregnant. Make sure she keeps eating and moving around or it could be a sign the kits died and are stuck. She will quickly suffer sepsis then and die without veterinary intervention. Have you been free feeding her? If so her round tummy may just be fat. Rabbits pack fat around their internal organs first making pregnancy and birth difficult. You want to be very careful not to over feed a rabbit pellets and make them fat because it's hard to reverse.

 

[Silver Willow]

She is eating all that i am feeding her at the moment and I have just been giving her the usual amount of pellets in the morning and veggies'n stuff in the evening so no free feeding here. She seems to be the right weight everywhere else, and she has been running around her run heaps- mostly at dinner time . This is her first litter and the bucks first time to. He was actaully a bit shocked when I put her in his hutch, just sitting there for ages staring while she was hopping around sniffing everything!
I think i might take that advise and cut down on the pellets a bit.
Thanks heaps!

 

[akane]

We joke that netherlands live on air. The ones that don't get fat barely eat anything. A bin feeder full or a slice of hay lasts months for one ND.