Instructions
Ensure that the male and female chinchilla rabbits are in good health before breeding. If you find that the droppings of either rabbit are loose, the rabbit may not be in perfect health. If either rabbit appears to be sick, don't breed the rabbits. Take the rabbits to a veterinarian before breeding, to ensure that they are both healthy and that neither rabbit has vent disease.
Breed only rabbits that are old enough. Female rabbits need to be at least 6 months old, while male rabbits need to be at least 7 months old.
Place the healthy doe into the buck's, cage. Males that are placed in the female's cage can become too distracted with the new surroundings to breed, but females usually don't have this problem. Breed can occur whenever you like, as female rabbits don't go into heat, but produce eggs after mating. However, there are a few days out of each month when a doe will not be willing to breed. You can make sure your doe is ready to breed by looking at her vent area. It should be a red, purple, or dark pink color.
Watch the rabbits. They will most likely chase each other around before breeding. Finally, the female will lift her rear for the male. The rabbits will then breed. After a successful mating, the buck will fall over, off the female. The buck may make a sound, like a squeal or grunt.
Remove the doe from the cage and put her back in her own cage.
Mate the rabbits again about 8 hours later. This will ensure that the eggs are developing, that the mating was successful, and may increase the size of the litter.
How to Breed a Standard Chinchilla Rabbit
Standard chinchilla rabbits are medium-sized rabbits with a coat coloring that closely resembles that of a chinchilla. The three layers of their fur are slate blue, pearly gray, and black, giving them an overall dark gray coloring, with different colors peaking through here and there. The standard chinchilla rabbit is known as "standard" because they grow to weight between 5 and 7 pounds, while there is another chinchilla rabbit breed, the large chinchilla rabbit, which gets slightly bigger. These rabbits can be bred in the same way as any other rabbit.