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05/08/2023
PREGNANCY CONTROL IN RABITRY
A week or two after mating you will notice that the doe (female rabbit) has become quieter, seems to eat less,and sits with her abdomen resting nicely on the floor. She will start pulling out her hair to make a nest at about 30-32 days after mating,soon followed by producing a litter.
Sometimes she fails to produce litter after making a nest. If this happens approximately two weeks after mating it is called pseudo-pregnancy. Don't be disappointed. This is a perfect time to breed her,she is willing and fertile right at the time of pseudo-pregnancy.
To check sooner whether the mating was successful you will have to check for pregnancy.
Pregnancy control requires some practice but there are some fairly clear signs. Her hair can easily be pulled out if she is pregnant. During the last days of pregnancy the teats become harder and some what red,and udder will then begin to swell.
The best method of checking is palpation, but this requires practice. Palpation is possible from 10days and onwards after mating. Place the doe facing you on a table, a bench or the floor. Put both hands on the sides and a little under the belly. gently pressing them towards each other and upwards. Of course you can feel a lot in the belly.
Amongst others,right behind the left ribs you can feel the liver.,all the way up in the abdomen on both sides and just under the spine,halfway back you will feel the kidneys. You may also feel the small faecal pellets and the guts.
If she is pregnant after two weeks you will start to feel hard things like marbles, also in the upper side of the abdomen. This becomes progressively larger until you might even be able to feel the form of an embryo. Do not worry if you cannot feel all these things at first. After some practice you will be able to identify the embryos with little effort.
If this sound too difficult it is also possible to check for pregnancy by putting the doe (female rabbit) with the buck (male rabbit) again 12 days after mating. If she refuses,the first mating has almost certainly worked out well. If she is willing again,the buck can repeat his work.
This method has the very small risk that an already pregnant doe gets pregnated again with the possible of starting another pregnancy halfway through the first. This super-pregnancy occurs occasionally.
