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I have a one year old buck and a five year old doe...I have been trying to mate them....I put her in his cage and the fight...today there was fur and some blood..does anyone have any advice??thanks
Christy
Christy
HillBilly Heart said:the pen has a place that is closed in so its not real light there...but the cage is open ..their cages are side by side..has been for two months...the doe is five months old and I was told and read that is the best time to breed...no she hasn't been breed before...and no she's not really overweigth...she acts like she wants to fight instead of love..lol....how long should I keep her in his pen???? I was afraid one of them was gonna get hurt so it was only about ten minutes that I kept them together...
This has really got me worried...thanks for the info and the help...
God bless
RoyalOaksRanch said:5 months is too young, Normally you wait til they are 6 months. Mainly because they are growing they need to concentrate on growing a good body and bone , not growing babies... she may not even be cycling yet. You can check by flipping her over and gently push down on the vent so that you can see the inside color, is it white, pink, red?? White means definete no, Depending on how you breed , when its red or pink introduce her to the buck... Some swear pink is when you breed others swear by red...Who knows, long as the bunny gets preggers I dont care LOL.. She will let you know real quick if shes ready or not....Place the DOE in his cage. never place him in hers.... She will cycle approx every 30 days ....
10 mins is too long, your gonna wear out your poor buck LOL Once they hop around and he tries and shes starts having a hissy and attacks him pull her out of there..she can neuter your buck quick!. When she is ready she will grumble and jump around a bit but then she will probably stick her nose in a corner or lay flattened , when he jumps on she will tilt her tail up and walaaa.... I breed in the morning just before feeding, Both my does took on the single pink breeding, Both had babies... I just rebred one (because she had her babies on the wire,) again on the pink. The other is nursing 3 that survived her introduction into mamahood. Poor thing kept trying to clean the nest box and would take all the babies warm bedding out.....so we went from 6 to 3Oh well shes getting better, I add new bedding each day, check the youguns and she seems content now.
What kind do you have? Mine are Californians...
Robin Pundzak said:Not enough light could be a problem, but I would definitely look at the age of the doe. I'm confused about the ages. In your first post you said that she was 5 years old and the buck was 1 year. Your second post stated that she is 5 months. Five years is too old, and if she hasn't had a litter before, or in a long time, you probably won't get her to mate. Most commercial breeders begin breeding junior does at 4 months old. If she is 5 months old, I would continue trying to breed her weekly (I breed every Saturday) for a month and if she still won't mate, cull her and get a new doe. I leave my does with the bucks until the buck falls off 3 times, and I have good conception rates. The good does get bred 3 times in about 10 minutes, but some take a lot longer. I wouldn't worry about wearing out your buck, but you want to have good breeding stock and does or bucks that are not good breeders should not be keepers. I have also left the does in overnight, but wouldn't recommend it for such an aggressive doe. (Are you sure it's a doe? Sounds like it could be two bucks. I did that once. I checked the "doe" a month before and it sure looked like a doe, but a month later, at mating, it turned out to be a buck!)