Did she just miscarry?

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So I was sitting here next to my rabbit eating breakfast and I look over and saw this weird pink bean in her poo pile. She had just peed apparently and was still sitting in it trying to clean herself. I scooched her out so I could clean it up. Did she just miscarry?
 

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Could be a miscarriage, but rabbits usually don't miscarry - they reabsorb their fetii. However, it could also be a false pregnancy or leftovers after reabsorbtion. It looks like leftover bits I have found if the doe does not clean up well after giving birth. It could also be that the kit was born dead.

You didn't say when you bred the doe, what breed or size she is. This would help identify what happened. Is this her first litter?

You have 2 options.
1. Put in a nest box now and see if she produces any other kits.
2. Breed her back to the buck tomorrow. If this was a miscarriage, she will be at her most fertile for the next 3 days and will want to breed.
3. If you try to breed her to the buck and she refuses him and growls, she may still be pregnant.
 

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Could be a miscarriage, but rabbits usually don't miscarry - they reabsorb their fetii. However, it could also be a false pregnancy or leftovers after reabsorbtion. It looks like leftover bits I have found if the doe does not clean up well after giving birth. It could also be that the kit was born dead.

You didn't say when you bred the doe, what breed or size she is. This would help identify what happened. Is this her first litter?

You have 2 options.
1. Put in a nest box now and see if she produces any other kits.
2. Breed her back to the buck tomorrow. If this was a miscarriage, she will be at her most fertile for the next 3 days and will want to breed.
3. If you try to breed her to the buck and she refuses him and growls, she may still be pregnant.
Yes, that would have been helpful! She is a San Juan and was bred at the beginning of the month. She has been bred several times and did finally produce a couple of still borns in March. I don't think she’ll be a breeder for me ☹️
 

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That is a shame, but if she has had this much trouble producing kits for you you are smart to pull her from the breeding pool. You wouldn't even want to keep any of her kits as breeding stock with that history.
She and the buck are so sweet though. Oh well 🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️ Its a blessing in disguise likely.
 
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