Can you house together and breed 3 female rabbits and one male?

Can you house together and breed 3 female rabbits and one male?

I wouldnt, i would keep the females seprate from the male.
its easier on the female because she can raise her litter in peace, and have time to recoup and also be able to support her litter in the nest box with all the nutrients she can without having to split between litters.
not to mention the male isnt constantly driving them mad... and wasting energy (if you get what i mean).

its also easier to know when a female is due, and a nest box should be put in the cage if you know exactly when she was bred.

i have one male and 3 breedable females.
the girls all have their own cage, and are brought into the males cage when i want to breed them.

i mean, you could do it.
but its better for the rabbit, and they live longer...

plus, rabbits are naturally solitary animals.
they really dont like company - regardless of what pet stores say... :)

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Originally Posted by ChicaPiton519

plus, rabbits are naturally solitary animals.
they really dont like company - regardless of what pet stores say... :)

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I agreed with your other post, but not this. Rabbits aren't solitary creatures. They really find comfort in having others around, be it humans or rabbits, maybe even guinea pigs. But they do need company.

I don't agree with a lot of what you do and say, but it's generally not my place to say anything about it. In this case, I'm not sure where you got this information from since most informative rabbit sites will say they need company - it's not just pet stores.

so you guys are saying that 3 females can be housed together and raise their litters together once they've been impregnated?

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Originally Posted by Mindibun

I agreed with your other post, but not this. Rabbits aren't solitary creatures. They really find comfort in having others around, be it humans or rabbits, maybe even guinea pigs. But they do need company.

I don't agree with a lot of what you do and say, but it's generally not my place to say anything about it. In this case, I'm not sure where you got this information from since most informative rabbit sites will say they need company - it's not just pet stores.

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wow, ok.
either way.
let me clarify. fixed rabbits generally can get along and be housed together. but rabbits which are being bred, will fight. I tried keeping 3 girls together. one of which is not fertile, yet is/was the dominant female. By fighting with the other fertile females which were pregnant, she caused them to lose litters.

NOW that they have been separated. I will hopefully be expecting a litter in a couple weeks.

it happens, now i keep my females in separate cages, and they get to frolic together when im cleaning cages about once a week... i take them out often and they are pets.

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Originally Posted by drugaria

so you guys are saying that 3 females can be housed together and raise their litters together once they've been impregnated?

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as for that, i believe its less stress on the female if she has her own cage and nest box... what do you plan to breed for? pet? meat? snake food?
and what breed...

if you have questions feel free to PM me. :)

as for that, i believe its less stress on the female if she has her own cage and nest box... what do you plan to breed for? pet? meat? snake food?
and what breed...

if you have questions feel free to PM me. :)[/QUOTE]


I'm breeding for snakefood, and rabbit stew for myself and the breeders will be my pets ! I just got my first litter the other day I think it's 8. And I was also expecting a litter from my other pair but it seems that I have a barren so I'll be able to determine next month which one I'll cook first.:oops:
Thanks for your help I was concerned that they would fight as you said, So I'll have to build a few more hutches.
Also do you know if they make some sort of heated water bowls to keep them from freezing because their water freezes all the time?

If you go to your local feed store, you can get wire cages - OH SO MUCH EASIER TO CLEAN!

here is something i saw at my local feed shop
http://www.rabbitstop.com/mm5/mercha...uct_Code=HRB20

yeah, i just got two young mini rex girls cause i think my mixes are not fertile

im contemplating getting New Zealand's from a friend of mine to breed and sell to local big snake owners... but im not sure yet :) it really depends on the demand and if i would be able to produce rabbits and atleast cover what i spend...

Now, here is a page i found where the guy would cycle in his males, which IMHO is better... and being that he houses them in large cages, the males have less of a chance of being attacked by a female protecting her territory...
but the only issue is like he says on the site - its harder to have some tame babies to sell as pets...
http://www.blackmesaranchonline.com/animals/rabbits.htm

if i had the room and money to build a big nice run and small shed deal like that... i would... seems nice, and would be cool to let my rabbits out to run once in a while... :)
i wouldnt like the idea of chasing them around tho... lol

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Originally Posted by ChicaPiton519

Now, here is a page i found where the guy would cycle in his males, which IMHO is better... and being that he houses them in large cages, the males have less of a chance of being attacked by a female protecting her territory...
but the only issue is like he says on the site - its harder to have some tame babies to sell as pets...
http://www.blackmesaranchonline.com/animals/rabbits.htm

if i had the room and money to build a big nice run and small shed deal like that... i would... seems nice, and would be cool to let my rabbits out to run once in a while... :)
i wouldnt like the idea of chasing them around tho... lol

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Yes, this type of managed colony method is exactly what I had in mind.
I'm planing on building a larger cage and I'll try doing something like that, I do not have that much room though.
That's amazing what this guy is saying, 40 rabbits from 4 does per month, I can't wait! There will be plenty of food for the burm and the boa and for me!

yeah.
that was one of the only colony type set ups that made sense.
i would handle the babies tho, just because you want to be able to get ahold of them without causing them stress :)

hopefully i'll be able to clear out my dogs old dog run, and set up some meat rabbit colonies... who knows...

and you have to figure, if he times it right, and has does producing 10 a litter, 40 a month is not far out of reach... you'd need atleast what 3 colonies of 4 does to get this - while giving them a break... not to bad...


im curious if my BPs would eat rabbit... atleast once in a while... they are not picky eaters....

im curious if my BPs would eat rabbit... atleast once in a while... they are not picky eaters....[/QUOTE]



They probably take baby rabbits, I know mine are pretty picky. One of them eats only live mice and nothing else. The other eats frozen rats, but stopped eating 4 weeks ago, up until then it was an excellent eater never refused. My 7 foot boa has been the best feeder of all - never refused anything, eats live, frozen, rabbits chickens, guinea pigs, rats, mice he even eats frozen chicken wings.

Hello fellow Massachusettsian. Drugaria, I do have a question for you. How did you find out that your boa would eat frozen chicken wings?

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Originally Posted by kjhowland

Hello fellow Massachusettsian. Drugaria, I do have a question for you. How did you find out that your boa would eat frozen chicken wings?

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Trial and error ;) Don't try it with perdue !