Hi all, :wave:
I'm new to the forum, and to keeping rabbits, but totally in love with mine. I've had a bit of a shock this morning though, when I opened my rabbit's sleeping area to clean it out and pop Tibbler and Nibbler in their run for the day - there's what looks like a nest. :shock: It's a sort of hollow in the hay, and lined with fur.
When I first got them, about the middle of March, they were 8 weeks old. I took them to the vet to have them sexed and vaccinated, and I was assured they were both boys, and because they were from the same litter I should neuter them. As soon as the vets opens this morning I'll ring up and make another appointment, but what do I do in the meantime?
My main questions are - do I need to separate them? They are brothers (or brother and sister) and have never been apart. I've read that if you separate them for more than a day, they might fight when they go back together.
Can I handle the female? I don't want her to miscarry, but I don't know whether to take her to the vet, or how to clean her out. Will she be ill, given that the father is her brother?
How old are my rabbits? Everything I've read says they shouldn't be old enough to breed until 6 months!!
My brother works with handicapped children, and Tibbler and Nibbler came along after one of the kids decided it would be funny to mix the classroom rabbits up. I thought I'd do them a favour by taking two of the 28 bunnies they ended up with, and I've tried to do everything right - I went shopping for hutches with a tape measure, and they eat better than I do - but I'm really frightened I may have done terrible damage by not neutering them. Any advice would be gratefully received - I feel so guilty.
I'm new to the forum, and to keeping rabbits, but totally in love with mine. I've had a bit of a shock this morning though, when I opened my rabbit's sleeping area to clean it out and pop Tibbler and Nibbler in their run for the day - there's what looks like a nest. :shock: It's a sort of hollow in the hay, and lined with fur.
When I first got them, about the middle of March, they were 8 weeks old. I took them to the vet to have them sexed and vaccinated, and I was assured they were both boys, and because they were from the same litter I should neuter them. As soon as the vets opens this morning I'll ring up and make another appointment, but what do I do in the meantime?
My main questions are - do I need to separate them? They are brothers (or brother and sister) and have never been apart. I've read that if you separate them for more than a day, they might fight when they go back together.
Can I handle the female? I don't want her to miscarry, but I don't know whether to take her to the vet, or how to clean her out. Will she be ill, given that the father is her brother?
How old are my rabbits? Everything I've read says they shouldn't be old enough to breed until 6 months!!
My brother works with handicapped children, and Tibbler and Nibbler came along after one of the kids decided it would be funny to mix the classroom rabbits up. I thought I'd do them a favour by taking two of the 28 bunnies they ended up with, and I've tried to do everything right - I went shopping for hutches with a tape measure, and they eat better than I do - but I'm really frightened I may have done terrible damage by not neutering them. Any advice would be gratefully received - I feel so guilty.
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