I think my Bun is pregnant

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- 11/26/2017 at 12:43 PM
  Chastity
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  I have a female French Lop and a black male bun. When I purchased the black bun I asked if it was male or female. Well apparently the guy didn’t have a clue. They’ve never been in a cage together except once. I wanted to see if they’d get along. Well my black bun Ninga attempted riding Bun Bun in the face then her rear. I immediately pulled him off of her. Now my Bun Bun won’t let me pet her she grunts and growls even thumps at me and she never displayed this behavior before. She’s eating less. She’s taken her bedding and shoved it in her cubby. I don’t know what’s wrong with her? I just want my sweet little Lop back. Could she possibly be pregnant? They were literally only in the same cage together for two seconds before I separated them. Thats how I found out I had a boy bun and not two girl buns.
- 11/26/2017 at 12:55 PM
  LittlePuffyTail
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  How old are your bunnies? Mounting is often done by both boy and girl bunnies so that’s not an indicator of the sex.
- 11/26/2017 at 1:03 PM
  LBJ10
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  Humping is not a reliable indicator for determining the sex of a rabbit. Females will hump as well. Did you confirm that he is a boy? Does he have visible testicles? I’m assuming he’s old enough to determine his sex by looking at his parts too.
  
  That being said, it only takes a few seconds for a male to impregnate a female. Heck, they don’t even have to be in the same cage. Buns have been known to do it through the bars!
  
  So now your female has been exhibiting a change in behavior. There are 3 possible scenarios here:
  
  1. The new rabbit is a boy and he has gotten her pregnant.
  2. The new rabbit is a boy and he has not gotten her pregnant. Instead she is experiencing a false pregnancy (a biological response to being mounted).
  3. The new rabbit is a girl and, therefore, nobody has gotten anyone pregnant. The behavior change could be a false pregnancy or simply her hormones acting up because a new rabbit was put into her territory.
  
  How long ago did this incident occur? You’ll have to wait 30 days to see if there are babies (if the new rabbit is a boy).
  
  For future reference, it isn’t a good idea to stick two unaltered rabbits together. Sometimes two rabbits of the same sex who are not fixed can get along OK. But more often than not, hormones will cause them to fight… particularly if they are in a confined space. The best bet for having two rabbits with a lasting bond is to have them spayed and/or neutered first. Then you gradually introduce them to each other. And, even then, it all comes down to personality (i.e. they don’t always accept one another).
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