Are you acquainted with the term palpation? It is basically a method of examination in which the examiner feels the size or shape or firmness or location of something (of body parts when the examiner is a health professional). What makes me use the same term now? This is your question also. Am I correct? Here is the answer then. The same process is used by experienced breeders and also owners to determine whether the rabbit is pregnant. It can be used by you also but with lots of cautions. Any negligence on your part can lead to fatal outcome, which is not desirable at all.

How can palpation be used? Try to palpate does 11-14 days after breeding and even if you are not feeling anything in the beginning, don’t lose hope. You may have the grace of God in the following moments. Grace? Surely! Every owner wants to have healthy and robust baby rabbits. It simply doesn’t matter if you don’t know how to palpate. Nowadays lots of videos along with apposite information are available in the cyberspace and you can have them without mistake. These are, indeed, best to teach you how to reach your hand between the front paws.

You have to learn how to place your thumb on one side of the abdomen and your fingers on the other. Remember that there is the need to softly massage your finger and thumb closer together till you can feel your own fingers through the doe's body. Afterward it’s vital to gently feel around until you stumble on little lumps that can pass through your fingers as you gently explore. They will be in the size of a pea.

The best process is to place doe on the table opposite you and its face should be towards you. Without wasting a single moment, make use of both hands to be aware of her abdomen, first finding your own fingers through the doe's body. As soon as you track down a kit, you can feel a small lump pass between your fingers.

Apart from this the behavior of a doe can signal the pregnancy. Does are found to depict several behaviors- including growling, nipping, and being defensive, when they want to breed. Be careful as a result.