The mountain cottontail rabbit can give birth at about 4 months, and the gestation period of the mountain cottontail rabbit is 30 days. It is difficult to identify the early pregnancy of mountain cottontail rabbits. In the middle and late stages, the food intake will increase greatly, the weight will also increase significantly, the belly will become larger, and the breasts will develop. However, some mountain cottontail rabbits will appear false pregnancy, which needs to be checked by the hospital to be sure.

During the period from pregnancy to breastfeeding, the cottontail female rabbit, The owner should keep the surrounding environment quiet, because the mountain cottontail rabbit female rabbit is more sensitive at this stage, and it is easy to be frightened and aborted or hurt the mountain cottontail rabbit baby.
Mountain cottontail rabbits do not breastfeed immediately after giving birth, but start breastfeeding at night after giving birth. The milk of the mountain cottontail rabbit is rich in nutrients, which is enough to provide nutrition for the baby mountain cottontail rabbit. The baby mountain cottontail rabbit can only eat 1-2 times a day.
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