How to Breed Rabbits

Series Summary

Owning a pet can be an extremely satisfying endeavor, so it is no wonder that millions of people around the world keep companion animals in their lives. The most common pets are cats and dogs, however, the rising popularity of exotic pets has led to an increase of people owning snakes, lizards, rabbits, mice and guinea pigs. Studies have shown that owning a pet is beneficial to both the mental and physical health of the owner. In this free video series, a veterinarian explains how to take care of pets, specifically rabbits and guinea pigs. Discover how to breed rabbits, litter train rabbits, groom rabbits and keep rabbits healthy. Find out how to tell if a guinea pig is sick as well, how to bathe guinea pigs and determine their gender. With these veterinary tips and techniques, pet care will be simplified and pet rabbits and guinea pigs will stay happy and healthy.

Video Transcript

"I am Dr. Endre Sos and I will tell you shortly how to breed rabbits. Breeding rabbits is not particularly difficult, but there are certain rules that you have to bear in mind. The general rule involving a hutch, you can keep one buck. In a good size hutch you can keep three to four doe's. If you want to breed the animals and you have compatible doe to be breed, you have to separate them for two weeks. Just keep her own hutch. Then you move the animal to the Bacca and separate after each mating. Usually you give two kinds of sound. For the mating sound one is of the evening and the other is in the morning. What is also very important, the maturity time of the rabbit, there's a difference between the small and medium size breeds and the large and giant breeds. The smaller ones usually reach the sexual maturity about when they are six months old and the others later, when they are between nine and twelve months old. If the successful mating took place then you have to provide a litter box for the bunnies and the births of the providing of the litter box twenty eight days after the mating."