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Backyard Rabbit Keeping, Part 7/15 – Growing Crops for Rabbits
It may seem to be rather an effort to set about growing crops for rabbits, but there are many advantages. Pollution from dogs, gasoline fumes and sprays makes wild food…
Backyard Rabbit Keeping, Part 6/15 – Feeding
Rabbits need roughly the same constituents in their food as other animals and as we do, with one or two exceptions. They are herbivorous and will eat most greenfood, grains…
Backyard Rabbit Keeping, Part 5/15 – Housing
The way in which your rabbits are housed depends on your preference and also on whether you have a garden or a field. I think that it is better to…
Backyard Rabbit Keeping, Part 4/15 – Making a Start
There is one way in which you and your family can take a headlong plunge into the rabbit world and begin to find out about it straight away. Go to…
Backyard Rabbit Keeping, Part 3/15 – Some Basic Information
Rabbits are not true rodents. They have two pairs of upper incisor teeth, whereas rats and mice have only one. They are very powerful teeth - a large curved pair…
Backyard Rabbit Keeping, Part 2/15 – Rabbits Past and Present
The rabbit was originally a Mediterranean animal; possibly Spain was its home. It lived in a warm dry climate and it still prefers these sort of conditions. Wild rabbits seem…
Backyard Rabbit Keeping, Part 1/15 – Why Keep Rabbits?
This article is meant to be an introduction to the prospect of raising rabbits on a small scale for personal use (and perhaps a bit more). We'll be starting by…