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Date Posted: 13:41:40 01/06/02 Sun
Author: Stacey
Subject: Re: Pregnancy
In reply to: April 's message, "Pregnancy" on 01:46:24 08/26/01 Sun

>I question that my rabbit April maybe pregnant what
>are the signs and what is the time scale before the
>babies may be due.

Hi
The time scale is usually 31 days the signs of her being pregnant is that she will start to build a nest and pull her fur out to line it with. she will also stop eating about a day before she has her babies then after she has had them you will need to feed her twice as much food than what you usually feed her and lots of greens too. make sure that you clean out her cage about 4 days before she is ready to give birth and if she has already built her nest leave it there. when she has had the babies if you clean her out leave the nest clean around it plus do not touch the babies untill they are atleast 2 1/2 - 3 wks old because if she can smell anything but her on her babies she will kill them and if you handle them when the are 2 1/2 - 3wks old rub your hands on the mum first so you have her smell on you just incase.when they are about 4 wks you can handle them without rubbing your hands on the mum but let her know what your doing with them then at 6- 6 1/2 wks start to seperate them from there mother to be weaned and at about 7 wks seperate the boys from the girls so you don't end up with more babys from the young as they will be to young and it may kill them. thats what happened to my sisters rabbit because she seperated the boys from the girls a bit to late ! GOOD LUCK AND HAVE FUN WITH THE NEW LITTER !!!!

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