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Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Sexing a Rabbit

Warning!!! Only if you're over 18 you can keep reading this entry

It's nearly impossible to tell which rabbit is male or female by just looking their physical appearance. The only way to determine their sex is to see their sex organs. Sexing a baby rabbit (under 4 weeks old) is harder to be done. However it's possible once you know the difference between male and female sex organs.


You will need to place two fingers to each side of the genitals and gently apply pressure. Then differentiate which is male and female.

This is male

Male

This is female

Female


Older male rabbits (9 weeks old and above) is easy to determined as they've testicles. Sometimes the fur will always hide the testicles, so you should pushing the fur out and feel it with your hand. 

Testicles of male rabbit

Sometimes it's quite tricky to determine the sex of your rabbit. The easiest way is to ask a breeder which is male and female rabbit. If they don't know then you should do it yourself!
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