- Feb 4, 2014
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Hi! I have a 7 month old bunny (mini rex) who is showing signs of pregnancy. She's always been sweet, and I never noticed anything different until today. She has been housed with a male all her life (the male recently became sexually active, lol, and we got him neutered 2 weeks after he began harassing all our girls), and my guess is that she was bred on Jan. 10th 2014.
This morning, I took the buck (a lionhead) out for brushing and she immediatly shrank back into the corner of the cage. I put their hay in their, and she started to dig in it (really weird for her), and munch on it before throwing it around the cage. I then thought this was unusual and attempted to palpate- she absolutely would not let me (usually she does- I have practiced with her a few times before this, when she was not possibly preggers) and BIT me. I put her back in her cage and she began to furiously dig again, before flopping.
This is the freaky part- while flopping, I was trimming my bucks nails, and watching her at the same time. Her lower tummy began to jerk weirdly, and I attributed it to digesting, but when I watched vids of babies vs. digesting, it looks more like babies.
She seemed like she wanted to nest, so I brought in our nesting box, and at first, she didn't use it, but an hour ago she hopped in and dug around, creating a little c shaped hole in the back. She's very antsy, hopping here and there, munching on cucumber, and then flopping- where I continue to observe the movements (which, again could be food??).
She's digging furiously as we speak... or type, lol. I am wondering what to do? If my calculations are correct she'd be approx 25-30 days along? Does she sound pregnant or am I making it up out of fear (btw, she hasn't been spayed- I took my males in first, as that's kind of a big peice of the breeding puzzle- the girls were going to get spayed in two weeks... but if she's nursing will she have to wait?).
Please let me know thoughts???
I will update if any bundles of cuteness pop out and say hello.
This morning, I took the buck (a lionhead) out for brushing and she immediatly shrank back into the corner of the cage. I put their hay in their, and she started to dig in it (really weird for her), and munch on it before throwing it around the cage. I then thought this was unusual and attempted to palpate- she absolutely would not let me (usually she does- I have practiced with her a few times before this, when she was not possibly preggers) and BIT me. I put her back in her cage and she began to furiously dig again, before flopping.
This is the freaky part- while flopping, I was trimming my bucks nails, and watching her at the same time. Her lower tummy began to jerk weirdly, and I attributed it to digesting, but when I watched vids of babies vs. digesting, it looks more like babies.
She seemed like she wanted to nest, so I brought in our nesting box, and at first, she didn't use it, but an hour ago she hopped in and dug around, creating a little c shaped hole in the back. She's very antsy, hopping here and there, munching on cucumber, and then flopping- where I continue to observe the movements (which, again could be food??).
She's digging furiously as we speak... or type, lol. I am wondering what to do? If my calculations are correct she'd be approx 25-30 days along? Does she sound pregnant or am I making it up out of fear (btw, she hasn't been spayed- I took my males in first, as that's kind of a big peice of the breeding puzzle- the girls were going to get spayed in two weeks... but if she's nursing will she have to wait?).
Please let me know thoughts???
I will update if any bundles of cuteness pop out and say hello.