We have three female rabbits, approx 7 months old from the same litter, one has possibly started nesting, gathering hay when put in the hutch, pulling her own fur out and becoming aggressive with the other two. Normally they get on really well.
Master Advisor Matthew says:
November 28th, 2007 at 09:01 AM
Hi there, Clearly if the rabbits are not housed with a male, we cannot be dealing with a pregnancy here. It is likely then that we are dealing with a pseudopregnancy - a flase pregnancy that lasts for about 18 days. This is quite common in rabbits as they are 'reflex ovulators', so if mounted by another doe this would be sufficient to induce ovulation, even in a female only environment. Litter mates of the same sex are usually safe to keep housed together, but can occasionally fight. If you have any further problems, you should consider neutering the one displaying aggression (but let this pseudopregnancy pass first and things should return to normal). Good luck!
joanna garlike says:
April 08th, 2009 at 06:09 PM
Are you sure that all 3 rabbits are definetly female? I myself have been in the situation where we thought we had 2 females and it turned out to be a male and a female plus many babies!
User suggests:
July 25th, 2009 at 02:37 PM
I think I've got a similar problem. My female rabbit is with a neutered male and has started displaying behavour that I've never seen before. She will gather up as much hay in her mouth as possible and retreat to a secluded corner of the hutch, but is also pulling out her own hair. Could this be a false pregnancy? They have only been living together for two weeks but have been introduced gradually and this is the first time she has done this. Do I need to do anything?
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