We had what we thought were 2 boy rabbits that were given to us by our neighbour back in August. We were told they had been checked by a vet and were definatley boys. 
Just recently one of them had become quite aggresive towards me and would'nt let me go near him/her, the other one was quite protective too, and all i was allowed to do was feed and clean. Even then, trying to put them in the outside run was a nightmare. I thought they were hormonal teenagers and had them booked to be 'done' next week. However, in the last couple of days they both suddenly became affectionate again. So seizing the chance of a lovely cuddle we picked them up. One of them was quite chubby and the o/h asked could he be she, and pregnant? I said don't be stupid, until I took her and realised she either was or had had some. :? I'm now feeling really bad for not taking more notice of the behaviour, but as i was so sure they were both boys, i really wasn't expecting what happened next. We decided to investigate and found 5 babies, all look healthy and absolutley gorgeous. But i'm not sure how old they are, they can't be too old, because we put loads of hay in during the week because of the cold weather and saw nothing to suggect they were there. They had made their nest in the wooden house that we put in the sleeping compartment for the winter. The funny thing is, we adopted a female bun (lizzie) from Janice yesterday and i told her about our 'boys' and that i thought they had been fighting, because the fur on one of them looked like it's been pulled out. I really wanted to take all three sisters yesterday and o/h said No. The look of shock on his face when he saw the new 5 was a picture. The good thing is, he's agreed that we will keep them all, and because we didn't know, and we think, ok, theres a chance now that she could be pregnant again (fingers crossed shes not) we will also keep the next litter if she is.
He had better start brushing up on his hutch making skills.
The advice i need is, how can i tell how old they are? and how can i tell if she is preganant again? and is there anything i should do? Mum and dad are doing well and seem to have done fine on their own, but now i know im panicing.
Lizzie has settled well and was found cuddled up to Patch this morning. I have included a pic of baby in case it helps with ageing them.
Dad was swiftly removed into the spare hutch.
Thanks
Ginny
p.s i need to read how to load pics, will add it soon
Just recently one of them had become quite aggresive towards me and would'nt let me go near him/her, the other one was quite protective too, and all i was allowed to do was feed and clean. Even then, trying to put them in the outside run was a nightmare. I thought they were hormonal teenagers and had them booked to be 'done' next week. However, in the last couple of days they both suddenly became affectionate again. So seizing the chance of a lovely cuddle we picked them up. One of them was quite chubby and the o/h asked could he be she, and pregnant? I said don't be stupid, until I took her and realised she either was or had had some. :? I'm now feeling really bad for not taking more notice of the behaviour, but as i was so sure they were both boys, i really wasn't expecting what happened next. We decided to investigate and found 5 babies, all look healthy and absolutley gorgeous. But i'm not sure how old they are, they can't be too old, because we put loads of hay in during the week because of the cold weather and saw nothing to suggect they were there. They had made their nest in the wooden house that we put in the sleeping compartment for the winter. The funny thing is, we adopted a female bun (lizzie) from Janice yesterday and i told her about our 'boys' and that i thought they had been fighting, because the fur on one of them looked like it's been pulled out. I really wanted to take all three sisters yesterday and o/h said No. The look of shock on his face when he saw the new 5 was a picture. The good thing is, he's agreed that we will keep them all, and because we didn't know, and we think, ok, theres a chance now that she could be pregnant again (fingers crossed shes not) we will also keep the next litter if she is. He had better start brushing up on his hutch making skills.
The advice i need is, how can i tell how old they are? and how can i tell if she is preganant again? and is there anything i should do? Mum and dad are doing well and seem to have done fine on their own, but now i know im panicing.
Lizzie has settled well and was found cuddled up to Patch this morning. I have included a pic of baby in case it helps with ageing them.
Dad was swiftly removed into the spare hutch.
Thanks
Ginny
p.s i need to read how to load pics, will add it soon
