I have just been on a different forum and picked up this post...
my nieces rabbit had a litter who are now about 5 wks old - today she discovered the mother has had another litter!
How has this happened? The male rabbit was taken away from the female about a week before the first litter was born (or so they thought). they separated them as soon as they realised they had male and female and not 2 females.
Do you think the first litter were maybe born before the male was taken away and they didn't realise the babies were there?
Surely this can be the only explanation
Unfortunately, I don't know enough about breeding to be able to answer this question.... can anyone else tell me how I should reply?
my nieces rabbit had a litter who are now about 5 wks old - today she discovered the mother has had another litter!
How has this happened? The male rabbit was taken away from the female about a week before the first litter was born (or so they thought). they separated them as soon as they realised they had male and female and not 2 females.
Do you think the first litter were maybe born before the male was taken away and they didn't realise the babies were there?
Surely this can be the only explanation
Unfortunately, I don't know enough about breeding to be able to answer this question.... can anyone else tell me how I should reply?