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Rabbit Nest Box PlacementPlacing A Next Box With The DoeOn day 28 after breeding, place a nest box in the doe's cage. You may want to make it a practice to do this whether the doe palpated positive or not. I once heard a long-time breeder say that he palpated a doe and thought she had missed. She later had seven babies on the wire. The moral of the story is that even an experienced breeder can miss a pregnancy. It's not that hard to put a box in just in case. There are different types of nest boxes made from different material. One breeder may just love and have good results from a type of box you hate. I personally prefer the ones made with wire on the bottom. Except in the height of summer, I fold up unprinted newsprint and place it in the bottom of the box first (you may be able to buy an end roll of newsprint at your local newspaper office for a few dollars; I use about one per year). Then you can place nesting material in the box. My boxes are a little larger, so I like to stuff a lot of hay in the box and make an indentation in the middle back. Some does will pretty much accept the box just like I put it in the cage. Others are determined to tear out the paper (mostly does I've bought from other breeders who are use to other routines). Some take out all of the hay and replace it all, piece by piece. Some breeders do not build the nest for the doe, but rather place the material in the cage and allow the doe to build her own nest. I'm sure there are several different ways to handle this step, but it is important that the doe have the box and the nesting material on day 28. I have had babies born on day 29 more than once.
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