CarmenCole
Mama Doe
Hi
I'm new here, and know very little about my new rabbits, so I'm hoping someone can advise me please.
I recently rescued a doe who had been loose for a few days. Details are in my introduction thread, but cutting a long story short, it is possible she has been exposed to a male. I have some details from her previous owner, she isn't spayed, and had a first litter of 6 kits last year that all died.
This morning, when I went to change her food & water, there were bits of fluff flying around the garden. She isn't spending much time in the sleeping compartment, mostly staying in the 'downstairs' run. I opened the door by a few inches to check in there, and it's full of her hair. She also wont allow us to handle her (she was friendly last week!), and actually bit her old owner for the first time when they came to collect her (before they gave her back), and bit my husband yesterday.
I'm not sure how much food she ought to be eating (I read that she'd be eating double if pregnant), but she's getting through a couple of bowls of Johnsons Complete, 2 apples, 4/5 baby sweetcorn, broccoli by the ton and hay every day.
Is there any way to tell if she's actually pregnant or having a phantom pregnancy, or are these signs of distress?
Thanks in advance!
Carmen
I'm new here, and know very little about my new rabbits, so I'm hoping someone can advise me please.
I recently rescued a doe who had been loose for a few days. Details are in my introduction thread, but cutting a long story short, it is possible she has been exposed to a male. I have some details from her previous owner, she isn't spayed, and had a first litter of 6 kits last year that all died.
This morning, when I went to change her food & water, there were bits of fluff flying around the garden. She isn't spending much time in the sleeping compartment, mostly staying in the 'downstairs' run. I opened the door by a few inches to check in there, and it's full of her hair. She also wont allow us to handle her (she was friendly last week!), and actually bit her old owner for the first time when they came to collect her (before they gave her back), and bit my husband yesterday.
I'm not sure how much food she ought to be eating (I read that she'd be eating double if pregnant), but she's getting through a couple of bowls of Johnsons Complete, 2 apples, 4/5 baby sweetcorn, broccoli by the ton and hay every day.
Is there any way to tell if she's actually pregnant or having a phantom pregnancy, or are these signs of distress?
Thanks in advance!
Carmen