Breeding decorative rabbits at home for beginners

Rabbits in the household are kept not only for breeding for meat, but also as pets. Consider suitable breeds for breeding decorative rabbits, the conditions that animals need to create, how to feed them, breed them, and treat them for diseases. How much profit can you make if you breed decorative rabbits for commercial purposes.

Suitable breeds of ornamental rabbits

To keep decorative rabbit breeds as pets, representatives of several suitable breeds can be purchased. They have an attractive appearance, a calm character, they are unpretentious in content, easily endure being in a small space, and are calm about care procedures.

The most popular breeds of domestic rabbits that can be recommended for beginners are: Dwarf Dutch, Fold Dutch, Dwarf Sheep, Dwarf Butterfly, Miniature Rex and others.

Basic conditions for keeping and caring for animals at home

A homemade decorative rabbit is kept in special cages in the apartment. They pick up a spacious one in which the animal can not only sleep, eat, but also move around. It is important to provide your pet with enough living space to keep him he althy. You need to clean the cage every day, the rabbit should not be on the dirty floor. Decorative rabbits are easily accustomed to the tray, like cats and dogs, placing the tray in a cage can greatly facilitate care. Once a month or more often, the cage should be disinfected, the rabbit should be removed from it for this time.

The importance of cleaning is not only that the animal will live clean, but also that it will breathe fresh air, and this is essential for the rabbit's body.But you also need to make sure that there are no drafts in the room where the cage is located, from which the animal can get sick.

It is necessary to remove the feeder and drinker, wash and dry. It is impossible to leave the remains of uneaten mash in the feeder, which turn sour and can become poison for the pet's sensitive stomach.

Decorative breeds have a sensitive nervous system, animals can be annoyed by loud sounds, flashes of light, constant noise from working equipment. From all this you need to protect the pet.

Rabbit food

A rabbit living in an apartment is easiest to feed with a special dry compound feed designed for ornamental breeds. It includes all the nutrients and mineral elements that a rabbit's body needs. You can buy food at the pet store.

You can also feed decorative animals with ordinary natural food.Miniature rabbits eat the same things as regular rabbits - grass, hay, grains, root crops and vegetables. Any food should be fresh and of high quality. The rabbit is fed 3 times a day, dividing the daily allowance into equal parts. In addition to food, give the pet fresh water.

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Rollies of ornamental breeds are capable of breeding at 4 months. The first time to happen animals can be in 5-6 months. For a year, 1 female can bring a maximum of 6 births, but it is not recommended to happen so often, since carrying and feeding offspring wears out the body a lot, the animal can simply die. In the practice of livestock breeders, it is customary to receive 3 rounds a year from a rabbit.

As for males, the frequency of mating does not affect their body in any way. Females can give he althy offspring up to 3-4 years of age, males - up to 5-6 years.

Pregnancy and childbirth

Sukrolnost lasts 28-33 days, in order to prepare for childbirth in time, you need to remember the date of coverage. 3-4 days before birth, clean straw should be placed in the cage of a decorative female so that she can make a nest from this material. Childbirth in rabbits is usually easy and does not require the presence of a person. Rabbits give birth at any time of the day, but more often at night or in the morning.

Female rabbits are fed with milk for 2 months, before this period it is impossible to take them from their mother. If taken earlier, then the rabbits will have reduced immunity, they can often get sick. At the age of 1 month, babies may already be interested in the food that the mother eats, and by the time of weaning they already eat the same food as adult animals. At this age, babies are ready to be sold.

Diseases and mandatory vaccinations

Despite the fact that the decorative rabbit usually lives alone, without relatives in the cage, and he can get sick.Animals are susceptible to infections of a viral and bacterial nature. For prevention, it is worth vaccinating against common diseases so that the developed immunity protects the rabbit from infection. Vaccinations are done in a veterinary clinic according to a specific scheme. Vaccination is mandatory for purebred animals that participate in exhibitions and are suitable for breeding.

Approximate profit calculations for averages

Before making a profit from breeding rabbits, you need to spend money on acquiring thoroughbred animals with a good pedigree, cages and equipment, feed and necessary medicines. Consider the cost of 5 rabbits (1 male and 4 females). A purebred animal with a pedigree and without exterior flaws, which is worth buying for breeding, costs, on average, 3-8 thousand rubles. In total, you will have to spend 25 thousand rubles. 5 cages will cost 30 thousand, food - another 45 thousand. For medicines and vaccinations, as well as paying for electricity and water, it will be necessary to spend 20 thousand.per year.

4 females can give birth to 100 babies a year. If we take into account that a rabbit can be sold for 4 thousand rubles, for the breeding season you can get 400 thousand rubles; profit in this case will be 280 thousand rubles.

The maintenance of a decorative rabbit in an apartment or house must be approached responsibly. You can keep one animal as a pet, but if you are breeding thoroughbred rabbits, then you need to purchase at least 1 male and 4 females. Of course, the maintenance and breeding of the breed will require an investment of capital, time for care, but it can, with proper rearing of rabbits, be profitable.