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My indoor rabbit is pregnant! How did she get pregnant if males are fixed?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Small Animal | Rabbit | Female | unspayed | 6 months and 13 days old | 3 lbs

We noticed over the month that Honeys stomach is getting bigger, we don't over feed her at all. So we took her to the vet and they said she's pregnant! We don't know how since all of our male rabbits are spayed and she doesn't got outside. We had to take her out of the fair for showing because they don't allow pregnant animals. Please help we don't know how she got pregnant, if it's possible do you think we could bring her to the vet to get rid of the babies? Again please help!!!

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Answered By Dr Stafford, BVetMed, MRCVS

Veterinarian

Published on July 14th, 2017

So male rabbits cannot be spayed, they can be castrated. Are you 100% that they are all done, and that you dont have a female who is actually a male? One of these must be the case. You could ask the vet to spay her whilst pregnant, it is more risky though. You could just wait until the rabbits are born and have them euthanized.

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