Rabbit Mating - How to Know When Your Rabbits Are Ready to Mate

Mating rituals can be observed from almost all
the animals in the kingdom except rabbits. A
male rabbit will immediately jump on a female
rabbit without any courtesy at all. That makes
it difficult to tell if your rabbit is ready or
not because they're pretty much ready most of
the time. However, you are still required to
learn about their mating habits when keeping
rabbits to better understand these prolific
breeders.

If you are breeding rabbits for profit,
overpopulation is definitely your number one
problem. In business, number is good but not all
the time. If your rabbits increase in number
while you are still unprepared on where to sell
or put them; you are in trouble. It is best to
learn how to control their population while you
still can. To understand rabbit mating habits
are not that difficult; it's controlling them
that is difficult.

1) Rabbits Have Their Own Mating Season, too -
Prolific as they are, they have their own
season, too. Anywhere you go, rabbits will mate
more actively during the warm season. This is to
ensure the survival of the newborn baby bunnies.
But generally, they mate all year round. So,
come up with a housing project for them where
the males can't get to the females unless they
need to populate.

2) Sexual Maturity - Rabbits, even really young
ones are already active. If you own a male and
female bunny separate them first if you don't
want them to mate. You must wait at least 6
months for the doe and 4 months for the buck.
This is the period of their sexual maturity. But
it is better to wait longer to ensure the
survival and health of the baby bunnies.

3) Male Sex Drive- The male sex drive can be
triggered during warm weather and condition. You
will know that your buck is ready to mate if it
starts acting aggressively among female rabbits.
A dominant male has more chances of impregnating
more than one doe.

4) Rabbit Chase - A buck will usually chase the
doe. Sniffing her rear and then he will try to
lift her tail with his nose. The male rabbit
will chase the female for a few minutes before
he can finally seduce her. Remember that if you
want to make rabbit mating a success, you have
to put the female in the male's hutch not the
other way around. If you put the buck inside the
female's hutch it could be ugly. The female will
become very aggressive and will tend to hurt the
male.

So there you have it, just a few important
things you need to consider in rabbit mating. Be
sure that when you consider breeding these guys
that they are well provided for to keep them
happy and healthy.

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first time and avoid having to make painful
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too. Separate yourself from the average rabbit
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