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rebreeding
Topic Started: Jun 1 2013, 11:52 PM (238 Views)
volz83
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Well I have my doe Zoe with 3 week old kits. I have her half brother in a cage next to her flirting up a storm and Zoe is showing a lot of interest lol so I was just wondering, how soon can you, should you, breed a doe after a litter? Of course Zoe will have to wait, her kits are too young but would like to rebreed her one last time for this year.
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NeuBunny
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'can' rebreed immediately -- but that isn't recommended of course.

'can' rebreed at 4 weeks, so that the doe is kindling the next litter immediately after weaning the 1st -- unless you have a really exceptional doe with a very small first litter that's going to be extremely hard on her body.

kits typically wean at 8 weeks. How long past that to wait before re-breeding depends on how soon the doe recovers condition after nursing. You want her back to her normal body weight and all her fur grown back. some are there as soon as the litter weans. others take months. I'd err on the side of giving her extra time.
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I agree with Neubunny.

I just go by the doe, really. I have one doe that is always wanting to be bred and loves raising babies (well, usually... recently she attacked her babies at 4.5 weeks and after that was fine but I didn't put them back with her... just rebred her yesterday) so I usually breed her sooner after weaning her babies than I normally would. She keeps really good condition all the time so I figure she knows when she's ready better than I do. I also have another antsy one that just weaned some babies 2 weeks ago. I'll probably breed her soon but I'll see if she calms down first. Mine normally have 4 or less babies so it doesn't seem too hard on them.
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Thanks guys! Zoe is a bigger doe so her weight is very good, fur is growing back under her belly. I'll probably wait until her fur grows in good because she was a little too good and pulled a ton of fur out lol! She had six kits her first litter but 3 didn't make it (2 peanuts and one large one). I have a hunch she'll have another good sized litter. I was concerned about if she got pregnant with still having a litter with her milk production. I'll check her condition again in a couple of weeks and see. :)
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I know I missed this and am a bit late but.....

I have a couple of very sweet tempered bucks who appear to have perfect manners and so when I use them to mate a doe I often leave them together right up till she's collecting hay etc for her nest......three times now different does has littered again within four weeks of her first litter and in the absence of the buck meaning she must have been carrying two sets of youngsters at different ages......does that sound crazy?
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I've heard of that happening before (pregnancies of different ages in each horn of the uterus) but thought it was supposed to be rare.

Your evidence suggests it being rare may be more an artifact of our separating the doe.
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NeuBunny, I kinda see it as being not unusual now and since I really don't want my tiny NDs nursing two sets of kits (one doe had 7 to contend with!) I no longer leave the bucks in with the does. They are put together, supervised, then separated after matung which is a shame as I always thought it nice for the buck to have company for three weeks or so.
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