Would you buy rabbits?

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

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 .

I have reason to believe this is a troll.

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

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Originally Posted by 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

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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 :rolleyes:.

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?

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

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.

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

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