Breeding Rabbits

[Karen]

Netherland Dwarfs are a breed. They do not have lop ears, though. Contact their breeder to find out what kind of bunny you have at least. Poor bun, losing her babies. How old is she? Thank you for agreeing to let her rest for at least 6 weeks before attempting to breed her again.

[crazzy4lops]

Yes I am glad that I am waiting 6 weeks too. I don't want anything to happen to my baby. I am talking to my friend from the pet store that I bought my rabbits from tomorrow so I'll ask him what type of Lops I have. I didn't reliaze there were more than one type of Lops. My baby is almost a year old. I got her in July of 2004. She was 5 weeks old. My male,Cuddles,was 5 weeks when I got him in Oct.Smokey,my other female,was 5weeks old when I got her in Dec 2004.Snuggles is my rabbit. Cuddles is my oldest daughters rabbit.Smokey is my youngest daughters rabbit. I'll keep you posted on what type I have.Ok,Karen? Again thanks for replying to my post.

[jackie]

I am breeding my rabbit for a profit. I have 2 females that I'm going to use for breeding. I have one male in which I'm going to use for the breeding.

if I want to breed them to help out people in my town then I'll do it.

ok.

[Daisylover]

You and that pet store are EXACTLY the reason why there are so many homeless rabbits!

Do you have any idea how many impulse buyers take a baby rabbit home then don't know what to do with it? So it dies or is neglected, gets mishandled/injured or killed by children or bored teenage boys, or when the kids will no longer care for the rabbit because it's "boring" the parents decide they can't be bothered to care for it either so they dump it in a field or park to take care of itself?????????? !!!!!!

Do you realize that people will buy or take "free" baby rabbits to feed to their snakes?????

Or how many of your baby rabbits will become some person's dinner?

You obviously do not have any idea of the heartbreak and bad endings for most rabbits because of ignorance. Rabbits are considered a disposable pet and get no respect....not even from the humane societies and animal shelters....they are the first to be put down....some shelters and hum soc won't even accept rabbits, or they do and then put them down without trying to adopt them out.

Do you ahve any idea how many breeders put down their females once they get worn out and exhausted??? Say around the age of 3 - 4 years, depending on the mom bunny? Do you have any idea how many breeders will purposefully destroy the imprefect babies who are not quite show quality. And what do you think pet stores to to rabbits they can't sell? Some will send them back to the breeder who may put them down. And here you go, just adding to the suffering of these gentle animals.....the world needs less rabbits, not more.

I hope the cash makes you happy, because you sure aren't doing the rabbits any favors.

[jodi]

crazy4lops,

The way I looked at it they are my rabbits

I agree with you. It is no ones business but yours why you breed them. It sounds like you have 2 good reasons for breeding them, one being for profit although you would need a lot more than what you have to make any money or atleast to break even and I also thought the other reason of demand in your town was also a good reason. I'm 100% with you.

When my doe had her first litter we lost all but 1 and I was told that was unusual because they do usualy lose all of them.

Next time will be better.
Jodi

[Daisylover]

You know Jodi, you are right up to a point.... it may be no one's business what Crazzy does with her rabbits, but it becomes everyone's business when something like this is published on a public forum.

Homeless rabbits have reached an all time high and there are not enough sanctuaries to take them in. The purpose of this forum is to help educate people about pets. Most people only consider pets to be bird, cats and dogs. Well, I've been involved in the rescue of domestic rabbits for 7 years, which by the way don't survive on their own when dumped. I have seen and participated in rescues that would break your heart, make you cry and toss up your cookies. The world is not a kind place to animals and those of us here love all animals, be they wild or domesticated, or even "pets". It is not appropriate to heedless have animals reproduce when there is no guarantee of a safe and loving home for them. I think what's going on here is that Crazzy loves her rabbit and wants everyone else to realize what great pets rabbits can be, but breeding them is not the way to go about it, educating the public is.

Before you go off angry crying because I'm picking on Crazzy and to some extent you, you go to www.rabbit.org and read up of the problems of homeless rabbits. Hopefully you will become part of the solution instead of part of the problem.

[wolfsoul]

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.

[PJ's Mom]

Originally posted by jodi
It sounds like you have 2 good reasons for breeding them, one being for profit...

What? You want profit? Get a job. Don't bring more animals into a world that has too many already.

I also thought the other reason of demand in your town was also a good reason.

If the demand is so high, perhaps advertising for a bunny rescue would help those who want bunnies to get one.

Neither of these are good enough reasons to breed bunnies.

[Suki Wingy]

If you want profit from working with rabbits, then work at an animal shelter!

[jodi]

I'm sorry, I thought this site was to help answer questions not judge people just because their agenda doesn't match yours.

[Kfamr]

No one's judging anyone. They're stating FACTS.
There are far too many homeless pets in this world, breeding your pet soley for profit is irresponsible and selfish.

[PJ's Mom]

Thanks Kay. Well said. I couldn't find the words to say what you did.

[jodi]

curious, where did you get your pets from?

[Kfamr]

I adopted one of my dogs from the SPCA of St. Petersburg, and the other two of them from the Humane Society of North Pinellas.

If you're going to try and turn this onto a different subject as to where people got their animals - Shelter VS Breeder, DON'T.

Something that has already happened is done and over with.

There ARE responsible breeders out there, in which they are not at fault for the overpopulation of animals we face today. However, people such as the original poster ARE the problem.

[Karen]

We do not presume to know the particulars of her situation, either financially, or of the availability of rabbits in her area for rescue, or lack thereof.

Please remember that this is Pet Talk, and we should be polite to people even when we disagree with them.

I definitely think that people should go to shelters and rescues, and even petfinder.org to try to find a rabbit that needs a good home before they go to a pet store.

The original poster should go to http://rabbit.org for all sorts of rabbit information, and for rabbit rescue as well. It is the website of the House Rabbit Society, and has been very helpful to us as bunny owners.

More information, instead of getting angry at someone, is more likely to help in any situation.