I’m new to rabbit breeding and I have a few questions

Hi there everyone I’m new here

I have two pet rabbits, one male and one female. They are mixed breed and about 5 months old,
I wanted to breed them before I get them fixed. A few days ago I put them together for an hour to see what happened, the female was very willing to mate and the male had about 6 fall offs with loud grunts. They are currently living in separate pens and are doing well. Here’s my questions:

Will she definitely be pregnant?

Do I need to put them together again? And what will happen if they breed again while she’s pregnant?

Should I breed them again on day fourteen to be sure she’s pregnant? I’ve heard this is dangerous though, what do you guys think?

I found out today that they are actually siblings and now I feel so bad for breeding them, will the babies be deformed?

It will be her first litter, is they’re anything bad that might happen that I should be prepared for?

thanks to everyone who reads this and answers my questions :)
 

Forever Fendt

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Derbyshire
They sound a bit young to be breeding ,Keep them separate from now it will most likely be pregnant give the doe plenty of straw for nesting and when the babies come don't be tempted to touch or interfere with the nesting any way at all or she will forsake them or even eat babies and make sure pen is vermin proof from rats etc
 

Ribble

Member
It's best not to breed full siblings, but the good news is that if they're mixed breed, their parents were probably completely unrelated, so the genes wouldn't be very close already in their parents.
 

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