Thursday, January 22, 2015

Peanut

My proven female Giant Rex bunny, Peanut's building a nest in her hutch out of hay.  She hasn't ripped out any fur yet, but if she will, I think she's planning on doing that last minute with how cold it is outside.


I noticed yesterday she had made a circle out of the remaining hay she had, so I gave her a lot more.  She went right to work, gathering the hay in her mouth and arranging the hay into a tunnel type hole.

She very well could be pregnant, since she was living with 12 boy bunnies.  Although I'm not ruling out the possibility that she might only think she's pregnant and not really have any babies in her at all.

We shall see though and definitely within the next few days!  Some rabbits build nests the day they give birth, others begin building 4 to 5 days before hand, slowly making their nests bigger and bigger.

Since Peanut's a new rabbit, I'm not sure what she likes to do when close to giving birth.  Because of this, I went out multiple times yesterday to check on her.  I also did this because if she did have her babies, I'd want to make sure the nest she made (with her fur added) would be able to keep them warm enough in this weather. (it snowed 4 inches yesterday!)

So there you go, that's the latest.  Hopefully she will have a healthy litter and they will all stay nice and warm! :) 

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