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How To Determine If Your Rabbit Is PregnantPalpating Does To Determine PregnancyPalpate your does 11-14 days after breeding. Even if you don't think that you feel anything, get into the habit of palpating so that you can eventually learn how. I've seen videos that teach you to reach your hand between the front paws. Place your thumb on one side of the abdomen and your fingers on the other. Gently knead your finger and thumb closer together until you can feel your own fingers through the doe's body. Then gently feel around until you find little lumps that can pass through your fingers as you gently probe and search. They will be the size of a pea. I place the doe on the table in front of me with her face toward me. I use both hands to feel her abdomen, first finding my own fingers through the doe's body. When you locate a kit, you can feel a small lump pass between your fingers. If the doe palpates negative, you can rebreed her at this point. Although there may be a small risk of a doe being pregnant and getting pregnant again with a later litter (there are two lobes to a doe's uterus and she can get pregnant separately on each side), you may want to rebreed if you are unable to determine her status. After 14 days, until just before the doe kindles, it can be very difficult to determine whether she caught. Sometimes her behavior can be a clue, but does often exhibit that same behavior--growling, nipping, and being defensive--when they really want to be bred. Note: Around day 24, I increase the doe's feed by about 25%.
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