Friday 25 August 2017

Garden Affairs

It's one of those rare days when rain went missing in the month of August, the sun shining so bright, the sky so clear and the weather is warm.
 
Lucky day for the rabbits!
 
I am taking them out into the garden for some refreshing air, fresh grass and herbs. But that's not the only reason I am bringing them out... they will also mate, am 100% sure of that, especially when the garden is a neutral ground.
 
A neutral ground is where neither the male or the female has a marked territory. It is not always necessary to have them in a neutral ground for mating to take place. Except in rare cases where the doe (female) is aggressive even when she is placed in the bucks' (male) territory. Another suitable option would be artificial insemination.
 
On this particular day, the doe had all of the buck... + had a really good time in the garden.
 
If both does were not pregnant, I could still use the garden method to have them both conceive. Another way is to take the does separately to the buck on scheduled dates.
 
Artificial insemination would have been more precise but much more expensive and harder. Besides, the rabbits will want it natural I am sure. 
 
By 9:56am I placed both rabbits in the garden. A rabbit tractor was on stand by incase they were destructive.
By 10:06am the buck had done it twice and was still attempting to mount the doe the third time. Now that's precisely what I wanted. That buck rocks!
 
The second doe should have been in the garden too if the palpation on her was negative.

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