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pregnant bunny!

I have very little experience of pregnant rabbits, I have had four come in pregnant and I have a question. Is it normal for a rabbit to be "like a barrel" when pregnant? All four of the girls that came to me pregnant showed no particular signs of being so - three were checked by a vet and they didn't think they were pregnant either. :? They didn't have particularly small litters either, 4, 5 and 6.

The vet also advised me to feed them as normal even if I did suspect they might be pregnant and to only up the food once the babies were born.
 
chloaster said:
I have very little experience of pregnant rabbits, I have had four come in pregnant and I have a question. Is it normal for a rabbit to be "like a barrel" when pregnant? All four of the girls that came to me pregnant showed no particular signs of being so - three were checked by a vet and they didn't think they were pregnant either. :? They didn't have particularly small litters either, 4, 5 and 6.

The vet also advised me to feed them as normal even if I did suspect they might be pregnant and to only up the food once the babies were born.
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Many rabbits don't look pregnant at all, except if they are carrying abnormally large litters. Heck Patches had 8 kits in her first litter and we didn't notice she was pregnant:roll:
 
mine dont show any signs of being preg until they start nest building i did once have a rabbit go like a barrel but she did have 12 kits which i was very worried about so i gave her lactol to help her out
 
From al the nest i have ever bread only one female really looked pragnant.
All the others no mather how big there nest where, never showed a big belly.

I have a dwarf lop from a line that gives abnormaly large nests.
6 to 10 is normal for here and she al gets them big without any help, and she is an normal size dwarf lop.
Size and how many babies doesn't tell anything.
1 of mij color dwarf lines are also now for there large nests
 
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