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Hello I was wondering if my rabbit is prenant
Becouse she always takes all the bedding and puts
It in her small room/Nest thing in the end of her cage.

She never did that before. And yes we did accidentally let
Our male rabbit meet her on accident
 
It's quite possible. Rabbits gestation period is about 30 days. So if it's been about that long since she was with the male, then she could be having babies any day now. She'll need a large pile of hay to build a nest with. If she doesn't have a wire bottom cage, and it's not cold where you are located, then her small room might work fine for her to build a nest in. If it is cold, or you have wire bottom floors, then you will need a nesting box for her to build her nest in. If she starts ripping out fur to build her nest with, then you most likely have babies coming pretty soon.

It is possible for females to have false pregnancies, where they will think they are pregnant, and start to build a nest and pull some fur out. But when I've had a female rabbit do that, it's just been her starting to do a little nest building, a little grass gathered and a little fur pulling, but never the full on nest building like they do when actually pregnant. You could try lightly feeling her belly and see if you can feel anything moving around in there.
 
When I lived at home with my parents i had two rex bunnies in my bedroom, my mum would let them out when I was at work on the evenings so that they had some free time, i got home one night from a long shift at the pub to find that the female bunny had nested in my bed!!!! There was fur in between the duvet at mattress on my sheets, i thought something serious had happened, but she didn't look like she had lost any fur I couldn't work out what had happened- until my friend told me she had just nested! She wasn't pregnant as the male had been fixed, i have since had her done so that there were no further incidents of nesting.

Yours could very possibly be pregnant though if she had been around a male bunny!
 
How about if it has only been 1 week ago since the female was with
The male?
 
After a little research ive done - at two weeks you can feel the kits in the tummy, maybe wait until two weeks and see how she is acting, if she is still acting unusual I would take her to the vets to be 100% as they can do an xray to check.Rabbits do nest without being pregnant though so you may just have to keep an eye on her.

Also if you Google 'how to tell if my rabbit is pregnant' loads of pages come up, might be worth a read to find out what to look out for before deciding on going to the vets?
 
Rabbits can have phantom pregnancies where they go through the motions of nest building but aren't pregnant. Unless you are experienced it's hard to detect pregnancy in rabbits and the only way to be certain is why they pass the potential due date (30 days since mating) without having kits.

If she's a pet and the mating was only a week ago then you may want to consider an emergency spay so you don't have to cope with the expense and difficulty of housing a whole litter of babies and finding homes - which can be very difficult!
 
If it's only been a week then it's really too early for her to be behaving like she's nesting. You can palpate a doe at 2 weeks, but unless you know what you're doing you can hurt her and any kits she might have. You don't need to see a vet unless you don't want the 'possible' litter and want an emergency spay. Otherwise, at about 28 days provide her with some hay and a box or place for her to nest, and wait.
 
When they have phantom pregnancies (it very well could have been triggered by "meeting" the male), I find they will have like, 1/2 a "pregnancy." So if she was with the male a week or two ago, she may be nesting now with a phantom, vs at 28 days with an actual pregnancy. However, with that said, if she was with the male, she could easily be pregnant, and I would plan accordingly just to be safe!
 

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