Question roughly breeding rabbits?
I have a 4 month old lop eared female rabbit and my sister have a 9 month old normal male rabbit and we want to breed them.I asked the being in the pet store and they said it would be fine to breed with those 2 types of rabbit.I know what age they have to be to breed but I'm afraid to put them essential each other because the normal rabbit bit a rabbit before (which is not matching rabbit I want him to breed with) and is always very aggressive towards us.When I say aggressive he bites us growls at us and scratch us.They have seen each other up to that time but there not living in the same place.How can I introduce them to respectively other and I really want this to work.
Do NOT breed your rabbits unless they are purebred, and great examples of their breed standard.
Do you like rabbits dying in shelters ? Then breed your rabbits.
The female should always be brought to the manly for mating. She is more territorial and will attack the male if he's brought to her. I'd lurk till she is about 9 months old to breed..
I would let them see respectively other in cages side by side and then put them together after roughly a week.
Answers: When breeding any animal, you have to take into consideration the temperament of both animals. Also, don't breed the female in the past she's at least a year. If you breed her sooner, she may not be fully developed and may not handle the pregnancy well. Also, save in mind that if she's infantile and does have a liter that she may not mother them but let them die. Rabbits don't always enjoy the mothering instinct and may eat the babies if she feel threatened by something or believes that they won't survive, she could also just leave them to die, not knowing what to do. Even if she is a year or more, she could still drink them or let them die because she doesn't know what to do.
As for introducing them, put their cages next to respectively other so they can see, smell, and hear one another, then put them in an area that she doesn't know but that the mannish has been to at least once or twice. If you put the mannish in with the female, she may hurt or shoot him. Do more research on this topic though, as I've never breed one of my does and know the very basics.
But please, consider the males temperament, it may rub off on the kit, or if you socialize the kits enough when they are hoary enough, it may not.
Once a rabbit is done wrong, it may hold a lifetime grudge.
