Rascally Rabbit Homestead

08/10/2026

08/07/2026

Cooper says good morning bunny lovers!

08/07/2026

Went to an auction about 5 weeks ago and I could't let these two babies go they weren't more than 4 weeks old and so cute.. One found her new home but The other Jasmine is ready to hop.. no clue of her mix.. but she has been the sweetest bun. She is litter trained, loves her food and always happy to spend time with us.. I would estimate she is between 8 and 9 weeks old.. she is on the small side but I have no idea what size she will be when fully grown..she will make someone a great pet

08/07/2026

Magpie litter
Mom: Indigo... Magpie
Dad: Juno.. Blue point
Mom does have harlequin in her line
Some babies have slight shading
More pics available
These babies will be ready Sept 10

08/07/2026

Update on some of our kits
Mom.. broken chocolate
Dad... harlequin
Broken choc ...buck
Broken choc ...Doe
Diluted harlequin...doe not showable
The broken are almost identical in their faces

07/23/2026

Reposting this... I find this to be very true...

Why Breeders See Less Stasis Than Pet Homes

(And what pet owners can learn from it without judgment)

I’ve had one foot in the breeding world and one in the pet world for years now. I’m a very observant person, and it is undeniably true that breeders see far less stasis than the average pet home.

I know that statement won’t sit well with some pet owners but sometimes being uncomfortable is a necessary part of learning. Nobody does everything perfectly, not breeders and not pet owners. But when we see recognizable patterns, we should be able to examine them rationally instead of emotionally.

And the pattern is very clear, breeders without a doubt have fewer GI issues than many well intentioned pet homes.

Here’s why.
Rabbits thrive on monotony, not variety.

The rabbit cecum is designed for a stable, predictable diet. Breeder diets are usually:

• hay
• pellets
• water
• same thing every day at the same time.

Pet homes often introduce:

• rotating greens
• large salads
• treats
• fruit
• novelty foods

And it really is just that simple.

Hay + Pellets is simple, but it’s stable.
• consistent
• fiber forward
• predictable
• not constantly changing

And here’s the part most pet owners don’t realize:

When a rabbit fills up on greens, they don’t eat as much hay.

Greens are:
• high in water
• low in indigestible fiber
• exciting and flavorful

So when rabbits get large salads, they naturally choose the “fun” food first. That means hay intake drops. The cecum gets less of the long stem fiber it depends on. The rabbit often becomes picky and eventually refuse hay altogether.

This is one of the biggest differences between pet homes and breeders. Breeders simply don’t create hay refusers. So hay remains the primary food and the rabbits eat it enthusiastically.

At the end of the day, perfection isn’t what keeps rabbits healthy. Consistency is.

A rabbit’s gut doesn’t care how “perfect” a salad looks, how many varieties you can list, or how impressive it seems on Instagram. What their biology needs, what their cecum depends on is predictable, stable input. The same fibers. The same structure. The same rhythm.

That’s why breeders don’t see the same stasis rates pet homes do. Not because they’re doing something magical or even “better” but because they’re doing the same thing, every day.

And rabbits thrive on that.

That’s what keeps rabbits alive.
That’s what prevents stasis.
That’s what aligns with their biology.

07/20/2026

These two sweethearts are ready to hop to their new home July 25th both bucks, both steel, sweet and very friendly, white tipped and gold tipped

07/19/2026

Welcome to these sweet little holland babies
Mom is broken Chocolate (Miracle) and dad is Harlequin (Quinn) .. they are the sweetest...the two brokens are almost identical.. will be fun watching these three kits grow

07/19/2026

UPDATE: she found her forever home... thank you Conner!!!This little girl was the runt from a litter back in early April... like all my litters I root for the underdog... she was a fighter.. it was a slow process but she was doing great, at 6 weeks we got new hay from our supplier, it was nice, fresh and green.. we mixed it with the older stuff we had from the same supplier same field, same ratio we always did when introducing anything new.. well 3 days later she was not doing well.. back to square one with her, worried we removed all new hay, limited her pellets for 2 days, gave her tiny amounts of plantain for a few days.. I went through our hay and picked out the older hay and gave it back to her,, she started eating her normal amounts again and got better.. we layed out the new hay to dry it out a bit more, we reintroduced it to her about a week later.. she did fine and it's been a month now and she is doing great.. when ever we rehome a rabbit we can't stress enough to transition food and we always supply hay as well for new rabbit owners to mix with their hay....fresh hay and older hay have different compositions, granted she is probably going to be a bun who might have difficulty transitioning from familiar food to new food.. which is why our pet rabbits all eat the same simple consistent foods..as they could all tolerate things differently... we would love to rehome her as a pet who will have an owner who will know her needs and not try all kinds of crazy foods for her.. each time you introduce new foods you can potentially risk your rabbits health..getting to know your rabbit is important.. pay attention to their p**p and p*e, how much they eat, if you have introduced something new it is important to check these things.. We have a few rabbits that love hay and hardly eat any pellets and rabbits that are just the opposite. She's fine..sweet, loves to run and binky and being held and petted.. not crazy about being picked up...she loves her pellets and hay, I won't risk her life to try something different because rabbits "should" eat all kinds of stuff they don't normally eat.