All i can do is advise you NOT to breed the doe in the first place x

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My only advice here is please don't breed. There are far too many rabbits dumped and in rescues, by breeding you'll only be adding to the huge number of unwanted bunnies.

Its not a good idea to breed from any old pet rabbit anyway, you need to know at least four generations of history to minimise health problems and the average pet rabbit wouldn't come with this sort of information.

Badly bred rabbits have a lot of health problems mainly with their teeth, I for one know the suffering they go through with bad teeth. I've lost two rabbits due to being badly bred and having bad teeth. I still have one living who has to be anaesthetised once a month to have her teeth filed and she has had her front teeth removed. Each time she is anaesthetised she takes longer to wake up and I'm currently haing to weigh up her options as to her quality of life and whether she is happy despite the slow recovery she's now having from anaesthetic after going through it so much. Both the rabbits that died suffered near the end even though I done everything I could to help them.

I'm not trying to be harsh by saying it but breeding your does is probably the worst thing you could do for them. The best thing you can do for them is to let them live happily as pets together and get them both spayed for health reasons as well as to prevent breeding.

If you were to breed your does you would have to seperate them and they couldn't go back together till the babies are weaned at 8 weeks old. By seperating them you would then be making both your rabbits lonely for at least three months, they can become very depressed in this time and even become ill from the seperation. You would then have to go through rebonding them, which may or may not be sucessful after seperating them.

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Hiya, thank you for your fast input
The young doe that i have has great lines, both mother and father are holland imports and show pets, hence the idea of breeding her. She was the only doe in the litter too, the owners wanted to see the line carried on in her so they could have a doe back from the potential litter.

I really dont want to be risking splitting up my girls as the elder one is getting on a bit now, any stress on her and that could be it for her.
I dont think she has much time left, if im honest. Im expecting the worst each and every day

In that case I really wouldn't split them up the stress could be the end of her.

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Some does can be kept together throughout the whole pregancy, birth and upbringing of the offspring. Some can't. It depends on the temperament of the rabbits involved.

Rabbits are at the moment too much in supply, not enough demand. Rabbits can be bought very easily from pet shops, breeders have a very difficult job of selling rabbits, unless you show and the rabbits can be shown or bred. I wouldd suggest going to a rabbit show and seeing what it's all about, talking to breeders and asking them about it all. If you really want to breed rabbits, then invest in a good show doe and start showing her. If she's good, then you can breed and many show people will know you from showgrounds and you are more likely to have a long waiting list for your rabbits and have less problem selling them.

Breeding rabbits solely for pets is very difficult, as I said there is too much supply and not enough demand.

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RIP David xx Run free at the bridge. Love you always xx 19th February 2011
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^ This.
I'm researching my butt off before I start breeding (hopefully will by my first buck this Winter and start Summer 2011) as the breed and colour I want to start on are somewhat in demand but not very good in terms of showing.
If you haven't already, do some research, go to shows, and chat to some breeders
What breed is your doe?

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She is a chocolate french lop Very beautiful bunny and the sweetest of temperments. My other is a lionhead lop cross who also has an amazing temperment, like a small dog

Wow, i find it amazing that some rabbits can be kept together throughout a whole pregnancy
Im pretty sure if its possible between rabbits, that my two would be great. But im still a little iffy about the whole situation.

Ive successfully reared a small litter by myself when i was just 10 years old and loved every moment of it, unfortunately the runt died at 5 weeks which was heart breaking, we kept the girl (the girl we still have) and the other two boys found a great home together.

What is the doe mated to?

My does mum?
She was bred to another chocolate french lop