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Should I breed my Rabbit?

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Question
Hi,I recently bought a rabbit at a rabbit show. My thought was to breed her once she is old enough.This will be in about 4 months. The rabbit seemed nice at the show, but once i got it home it completely freaked out and now i cant even hold it withouth getting all scratched up. The rabbit turned psycho! I was wondering if i should still breed her or not. Will she become even more psycho when I do? And will her babies take on her nature and be all wierd?
thank you in advance for answering my question.
-Haley Cooper
PS my arms are hurt from all the scratches!!!
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Answer
hi haley -I would not breed her as I think she is to far inbred -when you breed father to daughter or brother to sister you finish up with a rabbit like yours and the only way i would breed from her is to get a buck from another good strain so she has new blood running in the babies.
dave.it will still be a bit worrying as she may kill the babies.
dave.