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Is my rabbit sick or in labour?

Ultimately it's your decision of course, I just wanted to make you aware that if you leave them together but don't notice she has given birth until after she has done so - she will get pregnant again straight away. Eve at Briar Patch rescue recently had this happen (someone brought a family with a day old litter in to her - and four weeks later she had another litter - leaving 11 buns to rehome!) so apart from the strain on the mother it's a lot to be aware of. Even if you rehome them responsibly yourself - those homes you find for the babies are taking up homes which those owners could give to rescue rabbits which already exist, instead :cry:

If you are going to keep them together in the long term after she is spayed, you will need to get the male neutered anyway. If you do a search on here, the topic has been discussed before - unneutered males are very...erm...'randy' and will harass a female to the point of her getting aggressive and possibly biting his 'bits', so it really is extremely unlikely to work out in the long term :cry:

Like I say, at the end of the day it's up to you of course, I just wouldn't want you to not realise quite what you could be letting yourself in for!
 
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