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possibly pregnant rex bunny

FarplaceRescue

FarplaceRescue

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I have taken in a rescue bunny - a 18 week old female rex. She has been kept with her 2 brothers prior to me taking her in. She has a swollen tummy and prominant teats. I am assuming she is pregnant.... I have been told that the rex gene is a fatal gene... and that a mating between a rex and a rex will cause dead kits.... is this true?
 
FarplaceRescue said:
I have taken in a rescue bunny - a 18 week old female rex. She has been kept with her 2 brothers prior to me taking her in. She has a swollen tummy and prominant teats. I am assuming she is pregnant.... I have been told that the rex gene is a fatal gene... and that a mating between a rex and a rex will cause dead kits.... is this true?
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Utter RUBBISH !!

The Doe, if pregnant, may well reject/scatter the kits as she is just a baby herself :cry: Same would apply to any 18 week old Doe

Can you get her examined by a Vet to determine :

A- If she is pregnant

B- If she is, how far advanced

c- If an emergency spay would be less of a risk to her than to kindle a potentially large litter (6-8 kits) whilst still a baby herself.

If she really is only 18 weeks old I would be quite surprised if she was pregnant, so it may be that she is actually older.

Personally a Vet check for her would be my first move

Good luck
 
Rex genes aren't lethal or else every single rex rabbit would be dead, since the rex-gene is recessive, every single rex rabbit has a double rex-gene. (Or else explain to me how my purebred rex-couple managed to have 12 kits in one litter o.o That wasn't a lot of fun.)

Rabbits can be fertile as early as 10 weeks, so it is a possibility she's pregnant, but let's hope not:(
 
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