How old are baby rabbits when they start venturing out of the nest? And how old are they when they can regulate their own body temperature?
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Kits start coming out of their nest box about their 3rd week. But they spend most of their time in their nest as they get very cold alone. A rabbit can be weaned at about 8 weeks but it still needs good shelter if it is cold outside. Regulation is really more a case of acclimating and having good draft-free shelter. A full grown rabbit that has lived it's whole life indoors can't just be placed outside for the winter in Oct. It will be too cold. But a rabbit that has lived outside all summer and has been given the opportunity to shed and grown a new coat of fur for the colder weather will do much better in the winter.
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they are normally 3- 3.1/2 weeks old and they regulate their own body temeperature at the age of 5-7 weeks.
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Most kits start venturing out of the nest box at 3 weeks of age, and that is the age they also begin to nibble on hay.
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...around 2 1/2-3 weeks old
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