False or really preggers?

Question
HAppy new year Dana!!

I was just wondering what u think. I have a four month old bunny. Who had bunnies like two weeks ago. MY male has been neutered for a month and half now.after she had the babies she was beggin him to hump her ( i know it sounds bad.) I tried to keep him rom humping her but they dont always try to hump her and i was told that after a while he would settle down and not be so horny. Now I am wondering becuase my female is sort of acting like how she was when she realy pregnant so i m just wondering- do u think she could be really pregant or is it a flase pregnancy. I will take her to the vet to see but was just curious to what u would think. Also, I am so nervous if she is having real babies because the last birth was horrible, I had to deliver a baby because she gave up on pishing for some reason and it took like an hour and she only had two and the babies didnt make it. Do u you have some suggestions for me if she gives birth sgain? An another question- sorry, but i was also wondering if it is possible for a rabbit to get pregnant at seperate times becuase i know she doesnt ovulate or anything.Those babies were two complete different sizes. Thank you for your help.

Answer
Dear Amanda,

If the male has been neutered for six weeks, it's extremely unlikely that he has any viable sperm left.  Your female is probably having a false pregnancy.  However, it would be a good idea for you to have her spayed as soon as she's recovered from the first pregnancy, which is pretty much now.  This will stop her sexual frustration and remove her very high risk of uterine cancer.  Please see:

www.bio.miami.edu/hare/spay.html

and you can find a good rabbit vet here:

www.rabbit.org/vets

I have heard of rabbits possibly being impregnated at different times, but it's rare.  It's much more likely that one of the babies was a "runt" with some congenital problems.  If your rabbits are Dwarf bunnies, then it's possible that the small one was a "peanut," carrying two copies of the dwarfing gene instead of just one.  A rabbit with one gene can survive (it will be a dwarf), but a rabbit carrying two genes for dwarfing almost never survives.  The gene is considered a "lethal".

I'm glad your bunny survived the ordeal because of your good parenting and rescuing her from the hard birth.  Let's hope this is the start of a good new year for all of you.

Good luck, and Happy New Year.

Dana