First of all, do these rabbits have papers? Second, would you want to mate with your sibling? That is never a good idea. Experienced breeders will breed to keep the breed standards to the highest quality. They never breed siblings. Many experienced breeders may go further back in the gene pool, but they have experience!
There are so many rabbits at the shelter that it is irresponsible to breed unless you know what you are doing. Enjoy your pets for what they are... pets! If you are interested in learning more about breeding, join your local 4-H club. They will point you in the right direction. Don't just breed them because you think it would be fun!Is it okay to breed rabbit siblings?
It is definitely bad to breed relatives, especially if you dont understand the genetics of it. When inbreeding, you are doubling up on the good genes as well as the bad genes. So if the rabbit already has genetic health problem that you may not know about, the offspring will have a better chance of it becoming apparent. It could cause deformations, or serious health problems. Even if it doesn't show in their babies, it will follow their offspring if they reproduce. I wouldn't suggest doing this at all. Or breeding rabbits in the first place, there are too many neglected rabbits in the world to be bringing more in. Good luck
It's just like in humans, they will look very messed up and it wouldn'tbe good for their health. you should mma beyget another rabbit and breed them. My friend's rabbits mated and when the baby rabbit was born it looked really freaky and it ended up dying after 5 minuets :( SO DO NOT BREED THEM!!! YOU WILL MAKE THE BABY RABBIT SUFFER!!!
Please don't. You could end up with a litter of very messed up bunnies.
Since it's not ok to breed them, I suggest you get your female spayed and your male neutered, and just let them live their lives.
There are plenty of unwanted rabbits out there. There is no need to add to the homeless rabbit population.
NO NO NO NO NO YOU CAN NOT! If you do the babies could be weak, have serious sickness or be deformed.They will be very unhappy or even be stillborn. Please promise me you will not do this!
It's not the best choice. I've done this a few times.. only once was it bad.. the babies ended up completely retarded... retarded rabbits aren't cool. But they didn't have any actual health problems.. you could just tell there was a screw loose with all four of them.
Don't breed them if the line has any history of bad health (teeth included).. because you'll almost certainly pull up those traits.
If the lines are good and they both have great show traits it is ok to try. If they are both lacking in something (like loin, or undercut, etc) don't breed them because you double up on the genes and will just end up with more rabbits that won't make it on the table.
If the babies turn out fine then you can continue to breed that pair but never breed their babies to each other. They will be messed up if you do.
Also, if you are planning on selling them to pet stores you are probably out of luck for making any kind of profit. The stores sell them for $30+ but the most any offered me was $7.. most were $3-$4.. that nowhere near covers the cost of raising it. I breed for show... and I eat my rejects so I am not contributing to the amount of rabbits in shelters.
Selling rabbits cheap makes people view them as cheap and replaceable.
';$50 to see the vet. No, just let it die and we'll buy a new one for $15.';
So my opinion.. never sell cheap :0)
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