how much to feed??

[tote 857]

From about three weeks i put a bit of rabbit in the nest box they might no eat it but they will give it a good sucking to get the meat juices ,a young rabbits a good size for this . then i build up to a adult rabbit and by the time there six weeks old mine were eating two full rabbits a day

 

How many was there in that litter? As we know litters can vary in size, can't see a small litter getting through 2 rabbits a day so I'd imagine that was a fair sized litter?

 

 

Not sure, but i think maybe more than one communaly raised litter

 

 

I was thinking 2 rabbits a day was a lot for a handfull of kits.

[The one 8,571]

Think there was ten or twelve in that litter ,im a great believer in filling young animals full of good grub etc when there small to get the best start in life

[Elmer Fudd 2011 39]

well said THE ONE feed them up ,if they are full most of the time they grow better i think but thats just me i do the same but i feed liver to very young kits (cows liver) and give the jill goats milk but only a egg cup full 2 or 3 times a day i think it helps the jill but that again is just me

Edited April 13, 2011 by Elmer Fudd 2011

[vduben 55]

i feed mine every other day on dried ferret mix in the summer although my mate gave me a rabbit today, and in the winter i give them roughly half a rabbit a day per ferret (hobs getting the bigger bits) but i like to feed my dogs on the rabbits i catch as well so they soon go down and most of the time fill in the gaps with dried, i even aim for pheasents in my car when time are hard