Amazing Rabbit Center

Amazing Rabbit Center Promoting Backyard and commercial rabbit farming. Organic meat, embracing the wild

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16/06/2026

Invest in good breeds and KNOWLEDGE.

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Nesting boxes are essential for rabbit breeding, providing a safe, enclosed space that mimics a natural burrow. They sig...
11/06/2026

Nesting boxes are essential for rabbit breeding, providing a safe, enclosed space that mimics a natural burrow. They significantly increase newborn (kit) survival rates by offering critical warmth, preventing accidental injuries, and ensuring the mother (doe) feels secure during the birthing process.

Key BenefitsThermoregulation and Protection:

Newborn kits are born blind, hairless, and highly vulnerable to drafts and cold. A nest box, when filled with soft bedding like hay or straw, traps heat and protects the litter.Injury Prevention: Without a box, kits can scatter across the cage and risk being trampled, injured, or falling out of the enclosure. The box safely contains the litter in one central spot.Maternal Comfort: Replicating a dark, enclosed burrow drastically reduces the doe's stress levels. A stressed doe is more likely to abandon, neglect, or harm her litter.

Sanitation and Management

: Nest boxes keep nesting material contained. They can be easily removed, cleaned, and disinfected between litters to prevent bacterial infections and diseases like mastitis.

Best Practices for UseTiming:

Introduce the nest box to the cage roughly 3 to 5 days before the doe's expected delivery date. Introducing it too early may cause the rabbit to use it as a litter box, while introducing it too late may cause her to give birth on the open cage floor.

Material and Bedding:
Standard boxes are typically made of wood, metal, or plastic. Fill them with ample, clean bedding such as straw, hay, or wood shavings. The doe will typically line the box with her own fur right before kindling (giving birth).

08/06/2026

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Cannibalism in rabbits most commonly occurs when a mother rabbit (doe) consumes her newborn kits due to severe stress, f...
07/06/2026

Cannibalism in rabbits most commonly occurs when a mother rabbit (doe) consumes her newborn kits due to severe stress, fear, environmental disruption, or a lack of proper nutrition and water. While it can be deeply unsettling for owners, this behavior is usually an instinctive survival mechanism rather than an act of random cruelty.

Primary Reasons for CannibalismStress and Environmental Fear:

As prey animals, rabbits are highly sensitive. If a mother senses nearby predators (like dogs, cats, or rodents), hears loud noises, or experiences sudden habitat changes, she may panic and consume her litter to eliminate scents that attract danger.

Severe Dehydration or Malnutrition:

Giving birth requires immense energy. If the doe lacks a constant supply of fresh, cool water or essential nutrients (like protein), her body enters survival mode. She may consume her kits to replenish her body and stay alive.Culling Unviable Kits: Mother rabbits instinctively recognize when a kit is sick, deformed, weak, or born dead (stillborn). She will eat these specific kits to keep the nest clean, prevent the spread of disease, and focus her resources on the healthy
survivors.

Accidental Consumption:

When a doe cleans up the nest after giving birth, she eats the placenta. In her excitement or confusion, she can accidentally injure or ingest a live kit.Inexperience or Poor Genetics: Young, first-time mothers (under six months old) may panic during the birthing process. Some rabbits simply have poorly developed maternal instincts, which can be an inherited genetic trait.Territorial Encroachment: Overcrowded cages can trigger extreme territorial behavior. If another female rabbit is kept in the same immediate space, she may kill or eat the offspring of the competing doe.

03/06/2026

Hygienic environment and clean cages

Cleaning a rabbit cage requires a regular schedule of daily spot cleaning and a weekly deep clean to protect your rabbit's sensitive respiratory system. Keeping the enclosure clean prevents painful conditions like sore hocks and deters pests like flies, rats, and snakes.
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03/06/2026

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31/05/2026

Marondera rabbit workshop was a success.

Rabbit farming workshops provide intensive, hands-on training covering breeding, feeding, disease management, and business planning. Depending on your region, you can attend practical demonstrations or structured online masterclasses to learn how to turn rabbitry into a highly profitable agribusiness.

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Marondera rabbit workshop was a success. Rabbit farming workshops provide intensive, hands-on training covering breeding...
31/05/2026

Marondera rabbit workshop was a success.

Rabbit farming workshops provide intensive, hands-on training covering breeding, feeding, disease management, and business planning. Depending on your region, you can attend practical demonstrations or structured online masterclasses to learn how to turn rabbitry into a highly profitable agribusiness.

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