Can my 8 week old rabbit be pregnant?

[michaelfarr]

Yesterday, I left my 8 week old bunny with my 8 month old rabbit for 2 seconds and he mated her. I quickly removed him from her. But I fear that she may be pregnant. Can this be true? They are both lion-head lops.

 

[cassie]

Yesterday, I left my 8 week old bunny with my 8 month old rabbit for 2 seconds and he mated her. I quickly removed him from her. But I fear that she may be pregnant. Can this be true? They are both lion-head lops.

I'm no expert on rabbits, but my guess it that if they are old enough to mate they are old enough to get pregnant. I have known females of various species to have young at astonishingly early ages. My question on your rabbit would be if he completed the act or if he just tried.

 

[Bunnylady]

Male rabbits will mount anything that moves and a lot of things that don't. I can't say to an absolute certainty that your little doe isn't pregnant, but it would be extremely unusual. Rabbit does don't generally enter adolescence before about 12 weeks of age; if your doe is capable of conceiving at her age, she's a very unusual rabbit. Most of us separate by gender at no later than 10 weeks just to give ourselves a little 'wiggle room.' But when it comes to rabbits, "the act" only takes a couple of seconds, so if you don't want to have a litter, you need to make sure male and female rabbits are kept completely separate.

 

[Chickerdoodle13]

I agree with Bunnylady (as usual! Lol) It would be unusual for a rabbit so young, but definitely remember to keep them separate in the future!

 

[michaelfarr]

Thanks guys. Atleast I am a littlecless worried about my bunny