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Nesting

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Question
I have recently been giving a female dutch rabbit and she has made a nest about 4 days ago and we still have not had babies.  If she was breed it would have been before we got her.  Would she have had a false pregnancy or is there some reason she would do this.  I have raised rabbits in the past but have never seen this before.  I am not sure of her age either.  Any help would be very much appreciated.

Thanks

Answer
hi Patricia lots of rabbits have phantom pregnancy's but she still may be pregnant -you ought to have been told if was mated then you could be sure.
one good sign of pregnancy is the doe gets very vicious and may try and bite you but just give ger a few days and see what happens.
Dave.