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[Animals970]

Well, was the kits that died peanuts?

 

[Lynzi777]

Well, was the kits that died peanuts?

No, this litter was all same size when born. I mean, unless ALL of them are peanuts? It did seem that the size of these kits is smaller than any other litter I've ever had.

 

[Animals970]

I hope they're not peanuts D:

 

[Bunnylady]

Quote: That's theoretically possible, if both parents are true dwarfs. However, you have noticed full bellies more than once, and that's not likely with peanuts. These kits don't really look like peanuts to me - a peanut usually has an underdeveloped look to its hind end/hind legs.

 

[Lynzi777]

None of them looked like peanuts to me either, just a tad smaller than the other litters I've had here, where as a peanut is usually half the size of a newborn kit.

 

[PrimroseMom1]

Don't look like peanuts. Peanuts can't digest food so they just shrivel up after birth and like others said, their form is different.

Normal kit next to a peanut on Day 1

Same kits on Day 3; the peanut died on Day 4.

 

[Animals970]

Don't look like peanuts. Peanuts can't digest food so they just shrivel up after birth and like others said, their form is different.

Normal kit next to a peanut on Day 1


Same kits on Day 3; the peanut died on Day 4.

Aww, so sad. But, it's the circle of life...

 

[Bunnylady]

Aww, so sad. But, it's the circle of life...

No, actually, it's caused by people breeding animals together knowing that they have a lethal gene, and risking these to get the babies that, like the parents, only carry one copy of the lethal gene. It is possible to avoid peanuts altogether, if you breed true dwarf to false dwarf, though the false dwarfs can't ever be registered.

I have heard that breeding two "true dwarfs" together is actually illegal in one European country, as is any breeding that could result in the death or prolonged suffering of the resulting offspring. There is also a limit on how long the ears of English Lops can be, since damaging their own ears by stepping on them is possible, and that is considered suffering.

 

[kacklinkelly]

When I went out to feed our two does this morning,there was quite a racket in the hutch. I found one circling the other, biting the other on the back of the neck and appeared to be attempting to mate. I quickly pulled the aggressor out (who nipped me a couple of times) and double, triple checked the sex. She looks like every female I have seen sexed on youtube. Is she just trying to assert her dominance? Are her hormones starting to kick in at 4 months old? We are already planning to build a separate hutch for them but currently they are staying together. Once let out to free range, they were fine.

 

[Bunnylady]

When I went out to feed our two does this morning,there was quite a racket in the hutch. I found one circling the other, biting the other on the back of the neck and appeared to be attempting to mate. I quickly pulled the aggressor out (who nipped me a couple of times) and double, triple checked the sex. She looks like every female I have seen sexed on youtube. Is she just trying to assert her dominance? Are her hormones starting to kick in at 4 months old? We are already planning to build a separate hutch for them but currently they are staying together. Once let out to free range, they were fine.

Dominant does will mount subordinate does, which can result in the doe that is being "ridden" experiencing a false pregnancy (really annoying if you are trying to breed a doe for the first time, and she thinks she's already bred).

Does might continue to get along at this point, or they may not - you can never tell. I have had does far older than this that shared a cage quite peacefully, and others that, well, let's just say that if things seem a little intense and aggressive, you want to separate them now.