It’s not that easy to tell, but in your pictures, the opening looks more like a slit, which would indicate a female. A male’s opening is more round. I don’t know if you are slightly pulling on the area as you are holding the rabbit, which might distort it and give a false impression. Hopefully someone else here has a better idea. In any case, rabbits should be spayed and neutered before any bonding is attempted, so that wouldn’t happen for 2 or 3 more months.  By that time, if it turned out to be a male, you would be seeing the testicles, and know for sure.

Looks like a girl to me. I would keep everyone separate just to be safe. Like tobyluv said, you can’t bond them until they are spayed/neutered.

I would keep them separate until both are spayed/neutered. This avoids any pregnancy possibility and you can’t bond them until they’re both altered and healed anyway.

Just be careful with some of the topics being raised here. As it says at top of page, “The subject of intentional breeding or meat rabbits is prohibited.”

It’s not easy to tell from the picture but I agree, it does look like a girl. You probably need to apply a bit more pressure to expose the genitals more. Both males and females will protrude a bit but its easier to tell what your looking at then.

Don’t they have to be purebred and have a pedigree to be shown? I’m just asking since you said her other bun was a New Zealand/Flemish mix. So you might not actually be able to find the babies a home with people who want to show them.

You definitely can’t tell male/female by those photos alone. You have to pull back on the genital area until it opens like a slit or a little thing pops out (indicating a male). This photo definitely would not tell you one way or the other. If you notice, you’re not pulling apart that area – you’re just looking at the genital area itself. That little tiny opening in the middle is where you should be looking. Make sure you’re VERY careful though. At this age, you can really injure a bunny if you are attempting to sex them and aren’t sure how. I would wait a month before trying to get a good estimate of what he/she is!

On a side note: I (personally) believe you should rethink the breeding of those bunnies OR giving your daughter the option to do so. Breeding bunnies is not a project ESPECIALLY one that should be taken on by a child. The babies need very special care and I would not entrust that care to a child OR teach them the thought that breeding animals as a project is okay. It’s something that should be taken very seriously. I really hope you don’t take offense to my voicing my opinion, just a thought. I also question how much all these breeders know as a baby shouldn’t be taken away from their mother before 8 weeks old but you said your daughter has had him/her since 6 weeks old. I would really think twice about everything you plan for this bun.

Posted By tanlover14 on 07/27/2013 09:54 PM
You definitely can’t tell male/female by those photos alone. You have to pull back on the genital area until it opens like a slit or a little thing pops out (indicating a male).

TL, I hate to correct you but females “pop up ” too. To a degree anyway. I think this is where a lot of confusion lies in determining the gender.
Definitely easier as you say, when the bun is older.

When we were sexing Nora – we were sent this link… For the life of me I can’t remember which website it was off, someone from our local rescue, Rabbit Wranglers, sent it to me on sexing here. It described in very great detail – with pictures – and one of the ways of telling was when you pull the skin apart you’ll either see the slit (where sometimes skin will pop out also) but you be able to tell because the males will be an obvious penis (a much more distinct little nub where the females will have a small opening with a very small amount of skin sticking out).  You kind of have to pull the skin apart and then push down on either side to “push it out”.   I’ve learned to to tell the difference looking between Simba and Nora a million times. But it’s hard to convey in a forum post. LOL.

I’ll see if I can find the article.

Much easier for me because with Simba and her to compare – I can see exactly what they mean. If you KNOW what you’re looking for it’s an obvious difference. Especially at my buns age.

And don’t feel bad correcting me – I know exactly what you mean! And I would rather be corrected than have people have the wrong information. It’s just REALLY hard to explain. Which is probably why everyone goes around sexing their rabbits wrong. Even when we sexed Nora we weren’t positive and I DEFINITELY had to compare her to Simba to get “closer” to thinking I was right. It’s VERY difficult on young rabbits. When I compare them now, I can see an obvious different but I remember when she was a baby it seemed like a shot in the dark at whether I was right or wrong.

Oh yeah, definitely helps to have a comparison bun. Haha

This is probably my favourite visual guide (Lol!)
Clear pics and also shows 2 differences to look for. Again, you can really see it if you have a known female and male to compare.