HELP HELP

[autumn11]

She is my pet

 

[cassie]

She is my pet

Sorry. If she were mine I would go ahead and breed her back now. Put the nest box in at about 27 days after you breed her and see what happens. It is possible she just wasn't mature enough to know how to raise a family and will do OK next time. If she kills this litter too, if she were mine I just wouldn't breed her again. Not everybody is meant to be a mother.

 

[autumn11]

She and her sister live with a buck I never separate them so she will have baby's soon and they all live with a rooster and get along very well

 

[cassie]

She and her sister live with a buck I never separate them so she will have baby's soon and they all live with a rooster and get along very well

Are you saying your doe, the one that ate her litter, is living with two other rabbits in the same hutch? That may be your problem right there.

 

[autumn11]

Really why would that be a problem

 

[TaraBellaBirds]

Rabbits are solitary when they have babies and are very easily stressed. Does need a separate hutch to successfully breed. Here is a helpful link with some great info. http://www.wikihow.com/Breed-Rabbits

 

[mindylee]

Ya need to read about owning rabbits and educat yourself more.

She should never be bred to her brother 1st off if that's is her brother in cage. Also separate the buck away. Not fair for does to be bred over and over. Its unhealthy and could be deadly.
And sorry but the rooster needs to go also. It should not be living with the bunnies due to diseases.

 

[cassie]

Ya need to read about owning rabbits and educat yourself more.

She should never be bred to her brother 1st off if that's is her brother in cage. Also separate the buck away. Not fair for does to be bred over and over. Its unhealthy and could be deadly.
And sorry but the rooster needs to go also. It should not be living with the bunnies due to diseases.

X2. The way you are managing your rabbits now, you are not just looking for trouble, you are begging for it. There are a lot of good inexpensive books on raising rabbits available. One of mine is Storey's Guide to Raising Rabbits. I think it is a good basic book but it really isn't geared for the pet owner if that is your primary reason for having rabbits. There are a lot of others. Go a on amazon.com, see what you find, and order one or two. Meanwhile, get another pen for your buck. And the chicken.

 

[cassie]

I sounded unnecessarily harsh in my last post. That wasn't my intent. We all make mistakes and no one (except maybe me) knows everything. Fortunately, your mistakes are easy to remedy. There is plenty of help available for you out there on this forum and there are many good books on rabbits readily available. If you take advantage of them both you and your rabbits will be a lot happier.

 

[donrae]

I agree housing two does and a buck together all the time is either going to lead to lots of dead babies, or pretty soon you're going to be flooded with rabbits. If you want to house them alltogether and keep them as pets, get the male at least neutered. Or, separate the buck, house him separate and don't breed the does. Pets don't have to reproduce.