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GAC · Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 4:25 pm Post subject: Rabbits !

well seeing as honeybrook have stopped with lab bred and any others seem to want to charge a fortune to ship up north, does anyone know of any other places which sell lab bred rabbits ????

lol93 · Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 6:28 pm Post subject:

Eurorep?
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GAC · Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 8:13 pm Post subject:

they dont do em it seems Sad

Stuart · Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 8:27 pm Post subject:

Watership Down?.. Embarassed

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GAC · Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 9:17 pm Post subject:

if only stu,

if i had the space and time id setup a breeding place for the them as i know of plenty of peeps who'd want em.

johne.ev · Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 10:01 pm Post subject:

@ Stu

Jezz · CaptiveBred Addict! Joined: 03 Dec 2007 Posts: 727

GAC youd be better breeding you own, once they get going theres no stopping em.
and the babies grow extremely fast. you only need 2 smelly males at the most for a load of females lol if you have a garden even better you can keep them mainly at grass just supplement the females with bred soaked in a lil milk for strong babbies with abit of hay and a bowl of rabbit food every 5 days or so.

males can be kept on soley grass and hay but you can add the commerical rabbit food every now and then.
with four females youll get around 20 or more often more kittens each breeding.
best way to do it.
typcially a few bales of hay at 3 quid each and your set.

Jezz · CaptiveBred Addict! Joined: 03 Dec 2007 Posts: 727

as for time your looking at ten mins a day for quite a few rabbits i kept mine in alarge shed but kept alot seperate.
the largish rabbit runs inside a shed/garage work a treat easy to clean and they dont need that much space if your just breeding em.
timewise the mother does all the work for the kits u dnt need to do anything.
but i soppose if your growing them to adulthood you may need more space but litters can stay together through adulthood something not often done but i never had probs jus seperate the sexes lol.

lee the gecko · Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 1:17 pm Post subject: rabbits

i have just started a breeding program with mice and rats for local shops and keepers and was thinking about rabbits aswell as we have plenty of space in the garden just wondered if anyone would be interested around the south coast.if so i will pm my phone number and address.
cheers lee