Would you buy rabbits?

[rabbitsforfood]

Hi,

I wanted to know how popular are rabbits for snake food? What is the general pricing for rabbits used as feed?
Do you only buy live rabbits or are butchered/frozen ok? What about butchered and skinned?
What is your preference?

I've never owned a snake. But, I just got started in raising rabbits, my primary goal was to raise them to feed to my dogs, but I figured if I could sell them then it might be more economical for me. I also plan to sell rabbit skins to a local tannery, so if a snake owner wanted to buy rabbits I would prefer to butcher and skin it first, but I might have rabbits I don't want whose furs are not up to par.

I'm just trying to find out the viability of rabbits for snake food.

Thank you!
Courtney

[PolishPython]

Feed Rabbits to Dogs !!!!!! What kind of Dogs do you have ????? Wow there is a first time for everything and thats the first time I ever heard someone say that they feed there dogs rabbits .

[omnibus2]

I have reason to believe this is a troll.

[PolishPython]

What is a troll a joke or something because i think that is insane if i was to give my dog a rabbit she would probably run away from it just like she does with my car and she is a Pit bull mix

[stealthk7gsxr]

Hi,

I wanted to know how popular are rabbits for snake food? What is the general pricing for rabbits used as feed?
Do you only buy live rabbits or are butchered/frozen ok? What about butchered and skinned?
What is your preference?

I've never owned a snake. But, I just got started in raising rabbits, my primary goal was to raise them to feed to my dogs, but I figured if I could sell them then it might be more economical for me. I also plan to sell rabbit skins to a local tannery, so if a snake owner wanted to buy rabbits I would prefer to butcher and skin it first, but I might have rabbits I don't want whose furs are not up to par.

I'm just trying to find out the viability of rabbits for snake food.

Thank you!
Courtney

[Dalishar]

Honestly, I don't see too much of a difference between giving a dog a whole chicken or a whole rabbit - or any kind of carcass. They're carnivores, and a balanced meat diet is far healthier than the grains and such in the kibbles. Just wish I could find a not-outrageous supplier for my dog .

On topic though. I believe the only snake keepers that use rabbits are ones that keep burms and other giants. I know there's a few of those here, but you might have better luck asking on a forum specifically for the giant snakes?

I don't see why this question is considered a troll?

[PolishPython]

Who feeds there dog a whole raw chicken .... maybe its me I live in philly and we stick to Dog Chow from petsmart ..I dont know

[Dalishar]

Quite a few people feed raw carcasses to their dogs, though it's not really common knowledge unless you actually make it a point to learn about it.

http://www.bigdogsporch.com/showthread.php?t=8
Is a good starting point if you're interested in knowing more.

[rabbitsforfood]

I am not a troll, I feed my dogs a raw food diet, commonly called Biologically Appropriate Raw Foods (BARF) Google it, it's getting more common by the day.

And yes, I do feed whole rabbits (butchered and skinned first) raw to my dogs, bones, entrails and all. The dogs consume everything, including the bones with absolutely no problems. They LOVE it. I feed them whole raw chickens (only cooked chicken bone is bad, raw bones are not).
On a raw diet, dogs eat less food (because of better, more dense nutrition). They poop far less often, and much smaller poop than on a kibble diet. I could go on about the benefits.

Anyways, I wanted to know about the rabbits for snake food market.

Thank you,
Courtney

[rabbitsforfood]

Dalishar, how to I find the "Burms" people? I'm not familiar with the snake world whatsoever.

Also, Omnibus....is that a real snake on your avatar? Do snakes really come in that color? I've never seen a snake like that before. Very gorgeous.

Courtney