Originally posted by jodi
It sounds like you have 2 good reasons for breeding them
The only good reason to breed anything is to better the breed or species. You can't take rabbits whose bakgrounds are unknown (may not be purebred, may carry genetic faults or diseases like cancer), who've never participated in any shows to make sure they match the standard, who were bought at a petshop of ALL places, and who are being bred to the maximum for profit, and expect anything good to come out of it. The female will surely die, the babies will be sold at a pet store to likely live the same life as the female, be eaten by a snake, or be bought my someone who has no clue what they are doing (as the majority goes, atleast). That is not breeding for the better of anything. That is taking sh$t and throwing it at rabbits altogether. If someone really cared about rabbits, they wouldn't breed them for profit. A pet rabbit should be worth more than that to you.