BlueSkyAcresRabbitry
wrote:
Pipp- Well (like i said in an earlier post) we weren't positively sure that she -was- pregnant, but she happened to be showing all the pregnancy signs, like growling, and squeaking when anyone came near her/touched her. So, we prepared ourselves if she needed to go the vet (which we have money to do...) and I was going to have her ultrasounded, so i asked on here if that was a good idea, since it could be so late in her pregnancy and she would just become more stressed, so Cathy (BlueGiants) said it'd be better to just wait and see what happens. But, yes we do have enough money to take our rabbits to the vet when there's emergencies, but we also have a first aid kit as well.
LOL Emily, I never questioned that stuff.
What I'm saying is that I think she WAS pregnant and reabsorbed the litter. I'm not experienced with breeding, but I've seen this so often on this forum, I think it's more common than people realize.
This is different than stuck kitsor anyissues like that. The does appear to be pregnant, their guardians can even feel thekits moving at 14 days or three weeks or whatever, and they never give birth. (Nor do thayhave health issues). I know it's definitely not uncommon for does to reabsorb litters, but I'm beginning to think it's more common than people realize.
I'm wondering howoften it's known to happen, and what kind of research has been done on it. It just seems to be an odd quirk of nature to me, but I'm not a rabbit.
sas