JF RABBITS: FOREMOST RABBIT BREEDER IN NIGERIA

  Fox glove  In the wild, rabbits eat grass and leafy greens virtually continually, and this makes up the bulk of their diet, topped up by the occasional windfall or tasty morsel of certain fruit and veg that they manage to find! In order to provide the correct diet for the domestic rabbit, these too should have access to lots of roughage to chew on continually, ideally in the form of fresh grass grazing, but if this is not possible, hay is an appropriate substitute.

In this article I will highlight what influences milk intake, solid feed intake, feed composition, restricted mode of feeding, hunger and thirst, feeding behavior in young and adult rabbits and restricted access to drinking water. The results of the research conducted by: Dr. Zsolt Szendro , Dr. Zsolt Matics , and Dr. Zsolt Gerencsér explains these factors that influence how rabbits feed.      suckling kitts   

Rabbit farming in Nigeria       Pros The advantages of raising rabbits can be anything from a profitable hobby to a full-time living. Rabbits fit well into a balanced farming system. They complement well with vegetable growing. Excess and waste from vegetable gardens and kitchen goes to feed the rabbits, whereas their manure is used to fertilize gardens, thus forming a profitable cycle and aiding the balance of nature. Consumption of animal protein in Nigeria still remains low  at about 3.0-6.4 g/head/day many years after the 13.5g/head/day prescription by the World Health Organization (Egbunike, 1997).

  Feeding your bun: Rabbits have a very fragile digestive system, which has a low tolerance for bad/wrong feeding rations. For example, feeding your rabbits lettuce creates gas, which they cannot expel (they do not fat), this can upset the stomach, resulting to bloat and eventually death in severe cases. Before feeding your rabbits, do your bunny good by looking into the following points: