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Bunny acting wierd

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QUESTION: I love my rabbits very much (I watch and play with them every day for about 3 or 4 hours (No joke)) Anyways we bought a bunny a few weeks ago and thought that the cage wasnt enough room so we bought her a hutch and there was enough room for 2 bunnies so I got another one (as the rabbit lover that i am). They are both around the same age (7 months) The owner told us that they had bred their rabbits and given the parents away with the babies but kept one baby (the one that I have) and that "suprisingly" they were all girls. They told us that the sexing of the rabbits were done by an expert. Well they must have sexed them too early to tell because the one we got was a male. When we checked after, we knew it was a male for sure. The two rabbits were together for about a day before we seperated them. So now the female is pregnant but then she started pulling fur on day 4. Then she stopped and now she is pulling fur again at day 13. Her mood has changed greatly and tries to nip me when i want to pet her. Shes alot more sleepy during the day and relaxed like i mean she just flops on her side and sleeps. Shes been spending alot more time in the nest box now. They are seperated now and she has a nest box but i dont know for sure whether she is pregnant. Please help.

ANSWER: Hi,

she is pregnant.  If both have never been fixed, she's pregnant.  Her behavior changes are typical of pregnant bunnies.

You need to read up on pregnancy and babies.  I suggest going to the House Rabbit Society web site and searching for articles on "babies" and "newborn".  They have a ton of info and it's well written, it's far easier to point you to good articles than trying to write it up myself, especially since I don't deal with litters/newborns personally.

You will need to keep the male and female separate until both are fixed (by a good rabbit vet).

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QUESTION: Thank you. But is it normal for her to be pulling out her fur this early. isn't this only normal for false pregnancies? Im really worried. We left them in the same hutch for a while, could both of her fertile horns be fertilized? If they are do they always die? Sorry for the bother. Thanks once again.

Answer
False pregnancies can happen but if they are both unfixed chances are she's really pregnant.

I am not the expert on pregnancies, I do not handle them.  I generally discourage people from breeding because there is unfortunately a much larger supply of rabbits than the demand for them.  The best thing you can do for them if you are keeping them as pets is to get them fixed by a good rabbit vet, and by fixing them, let them live longer lives, especially the females, free from high levels of normal behavior-overriding hormones.