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pulling fur???

bunnylove

Wise Old Thumper
i have been bonding my neutered buck to my unspayed doe for the last 6 days and this morning i went to check on her and she had pulled fur and made a nest :shock: i thought a phantom pregnacy is around the 17th day and other than today he has not mounted her once :shock:

why is she doin this and should i leave the fur or remove it?

thanks
 
Leave the fur until she stops being interested in the nest (usually a couple of days) otherwise she'll pluck more to rebuild it. Its just her hormones going wonky.

She might be territorial of the hutch whilst she has a 'nest' there so keep the bonding somewhere neutral for now.

Tam
 
Some does are more broody than others, and only have to smell a buck to think they are in kit, hopefully in time your castrated buck will stop smelling like a male and she will not do it. But dont worry about it to much . val
 
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