When they are wanting to mate, they develop certain behaviors such as marking with urine, mounting of objects, restlessness, biting, destruction and general aggression. There is also some anecdotal evidence to support a rabbit having the ability to be pregnant with two litters at the same time, but it is rare if so.īucks do not have a heat cycle, but sexually active throughout the year. In fact, you shouldn't have male rabbits around females after they get pregnant and especially after they give birth. It will put a lot of strain on the rabbit and can affect the rearing of their litter. This can happen year round, stopping when the rabbit becomes pregnant.Īnother reason rabbits can breed so much is that they are able to become pregnant almost immediately after they give birth. This means that an egg is released for fertilization during the act of mating, triggering by the mounting of the male. They have something known as ‘induced ovulation’. Rather, they are able to reproduce during the majority of the year.įemale rabbits also do not need to be ovulating as other mammals do. Female rabbits do not have a heat cycle in the same way as other animals.

Their large reproductive capacity is, in part, due to the early age at which both females ( does) and males ( bucks) reach sexual maturity.

Rabbits have just been particularly good at it. As with all animal species, they have evolved and adapted so they can continue the species.

Rabbits breed so prolifically for a number of reasons.

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