whitecat007: Long throat! Humans should stick with fish, beef and chicken, and leave bunny alone, haba! Those cuties make great pets and avoid ebola.

olumzzz: ONE WORD........
#EBOLA............
Rabbit meat kor Bunny meat ni

dyoungforester: Kudos to all my rabbit lovers;
now grasscutter vs rabbit which one is better to rear.To me apart from being a rabbit lover, rabbit rearing pays better than Grasscutter rearing. My reason
1st. Rabbit is easy to domesticate than a grasscutter in terms of facilities like building of cages requirements. Money for acquisition i.e purchasing for instance grasscutter is sold in colony or family which mean 4 female and 1 male but not matured one at the rate of 45k unlike a rabbit where u can establish rabbitry with just 10 mature female and 2 or 3 male with less expensive housing unlike grasscutter.
2; Grasscutter are all wild and not friendly like a rabbit
3; Gestation period of grasscutter is 45 day or more unlike rabbit 28 - 32 max 35 days
4. In terms of litters i.e kit, rabbit is the first ranging from 5 kits 12kits with my experience while grasscutter is ranging 2 to 5 kits hardly 7kits. E.t.c as you can see rabbit rearing is the best.
As you can see start one now and enjoy the happiness of it. One love rabbit lovers, one love dyoungforester.
Motto- breeding to be the best.
And remember the love of rabbit is the love of good returns. Stay bless.

stanzo: Natural rabbit hutches

dasparrow: Don't forget, rabbits love carrots and gnawing on carrots is good for their ever growing teeth.

dasparrow: Don't forget, rabbits love carrots and gnawing on carrots is good for their ever growing teeth.

ewizard1: Glad to find this thread...

I love rabbits with Passion and i just bought 2 (Male n Female) from an Aboki i saw passing by on my street.
I dont know the breeds, neither do i know how old they are but i am very sure they are still babies. They are both PLAIN WHITE in color.

I need help on how to rear this animals.
Can they stay in my room, cause i presently have the hopping around on my rug.
What local food/grass can i feed them with.
How often i should feed them and also the enviroment care.

Thanks.

NOTE : I bought as a pet as i would sometimes carry them like babies.

I would share pictures of them soon. I petnamed them RONNY(Male) & BELLA(Female)

FarmTech:
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I have one advice for you: dont feed them anything that's high in starch/sugar. This include fruits, carrots, etc. If you'll feed at all, feed very little. 3 teaspoon of fruit juice may even be too much sugar for an adult rabbit! High starch/sugar can lead to death!
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Also, dont feed them with wet grass. Dont cut grass in the morning, allow them to dry first bc wet grass can lead to a serious condition called bloating. This can lead to death.
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Feed them with lots of hay, it's good for wearing down their ever-growing teeth.
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Goodluck.

Rexxie:

umm...wheres the pic of that main bunny,suarez?

ab3458: please I will like to visit your farm someday, hope you don't mind

boitz:

I think they look like giant Rats and they smell bad!!

ewizard1:

Thanks, I really appreciate. Being wondering where I can get this HAY in Lagos....

stanzo:
You are welcome. The farm is open to anybody to visit. Farmers, aspiring farmers, students and even tourists are welcome . Aidyl Farms is an integrated farm.

dyoungforester: Rabbit is the 2rd prolific domestic animal that can partuate to 1-24 litters after pig.

Rabbit can live 8-12 years in wild and captivities respectively.

Rabbit gestation period is average 28-32 days ... wow.

Rabbit meat is lower in fat,cholesterol and calories than chicken, pork, and beef and therefore heart patient friendly

Rabbit meat is all white meat.

Rabbit dropping makes an excellent garden fertilizer,

Hey read this... Rabbit can produce 6 pounds of meat on the same feed and water as the cow will produce 1 pound of the same feeds and water.
So as you can see there are many health benefits to eating rabbit meat. It is healthy for you and cheap to produce. Why not try to incorporate some rabbit meat.
For purchase of rabbit, or for more enquiring Contact no 07066444540.
Motto: Breeding to be the best.

stanzo:
You are welcome. The farm is open to anybody to visit. Farmers, aspiring farmers, students and even tourists are welcome . Aidyl Farms is an integrated farm.

FarmTech:
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Hay simply means dry grass. So u can make tons of it by urself.

ewizard1: I think I found elephant grass by the road side close to my place. Getting enough asap....

dasparrow:

So why is there no Ebola in the western world? I ask this because I know several oyibos who keep rabbits as pets. They rear them mainly as household pets and not for food consumption. Many of these pet rabbits live in the home with their owners although in their cages and are sometimes allowed to roam within the house. How come Ebola is not dealing with the oyibos in the western world? I thought some people claim Ebola is carried by bats? Anyways, na Jehovah God dey protect persin.

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Thanks for this thread. I have been having rabbits on my mind lately. I love rabbits though I have never reared one in my life before. I intend getting a pet rabbit someday. I am not interested in raising them for food consumption or for sale. I just want to keep them as pets. When I am ready, I intend to get the Netherland dwarf rabbit. They make excellent house pets and come in different colors. They are cute and like their name implies, they don't grow too big but rather remain small. I have attached pictures of these wonderful specie of rabbits. I doubt you can find them in Nigeria though but then again we never know.

Billygee2u:
I think putting light bulbs are of no use.In my experience ,rain beating and much hot environment is not good for them.they like cool environment most .I kept my tabbits in a cage room which I made for them in my penthouse on top of 3 floor house ,but
latter discovered that they love a largely place to run around and play.
I then removed the door ,they became more lively and friendly .during cold weather here their hairy body looks very good .I fed them with fresh vegetables everyday.I did not give them water and gives them feeds once in 2 months because I love their meat when it's natural . They can survive in any weather as long as you avoid rain beating them.Their meat is really nice to eat.