I want to rear rabbits
By megaplaza
@megaplaza (1441)
Nigeria
July 13, 2009 12:41pm CST
I have always been a lover of rabbit. I want to know the type of foods they eat, their breeding habit, housing unit, and any other thing u feel it is useful.
3 responses
@megaplaza (1441)
• Nigeria
13 Jul 09
I won't be pets. I just want to build a house where each one has a room.
@Pigglies (9329)
• United States
14 Jul 09
I would highly recommend looking at your local shelter first, because a lot of areas have way too many rabbits. Check www.petfinder.com or www.petharbor.com to see if the shelters near you are already overcrowded.
Rabbits do best kept inside where they won't overheat, with at least 16 square feet of space per pair. Puppy exercise pens over linoleum work well. They need grass hay (timothy, orchard grass, etc., NOT alfalfa), veggies (look at www.guinealynx.info for a list, the list is for guinea pigs technically but rabbits eat the same veggies, except that rabbits don't need vitamin C), and if you feed pellets, alfalfa pellets are good for younger rabbits and timothy pellets are best for adult rabbits. Pellets should only be a side dish and not the main diet. They should be plain pellets with no little treats mixed in.
Breeding rabbits can be dangerous and will put the lives of your pets at risk. If you want to keep your rabbits healthy and have them for a long time, I'd recommend spaying/neutering instead of breeding.
@Pigglies (9329)
• United States
14 Jul 09
I responded about spaying and neutering above, but you can also learn more about it at www.rabbit.org
I would definitely recommend doing a lot of research first. At least you'd got the right idea... some people go out and get the rabbits first, and then realize they need to do research. But you're doing this in the right order.
@megaplaza (1441)
• Nigeria
14 Jul 09
What spaying and neutering. What dangers can breeding a rabbit have. In that case, i will do alot of research. Thanks for the links, i will check them out.
