Monthly Archives: October 2008

My wife thought I was building this gigantic nesting box today. But guess what?

My very own DIY grooming platform!!!! It comes equipped with a grooming tools compartment!

Let’s bring ourselves back through time down memory lane. In the old days, rabbits/hares are bred mostly for their pelt/fur and also as food. Even in survival guidebooks, detailed rabbit/hare snaring instructions are given. That is for the sake of survival in the wild.

Fast forward to the 21st century, rabbits are mostly kept as pets. As a child I remember myself having barbecue rabbit for dinner in a restaurant. I was told rabbit meat is high in protein and indeed, if I remember correctly, I love the taste. LOL.

But to imagine me gobbling up Holly Hope is simply outrageous!!!

As I have mentioned previously, I have enrolled myself in many discussion groups and I received a daily digest today that has got member sharing their experience on how to cull pet rabbits from their herd.

Some sell them to the local markets, some sell them to wildlife parks needed meat to feed those rehabilitating wildlife animals, some feed the rabbits to their dogs (for those hardcore fans of BARF) and the last one just set me on vomit mode. Some actually put pet quality rabbits from their herd on the dining table!

I will only cook my rabbits in situation like a nationwide curfew or if this world is running out of food and the only thing I have with me at that moment happens to be a rabbit. Even that, my imagination tells me that I will be sobbing my eyeballs off peeling those fur and chopping up that poor rabbit. ArgghhhHHhhHhh…..

The worst part is to think about the prior relation of pet & owner. A relation has been strike because I have given name to my pet. Can you imagine me saying “Holly Hope, I am chopping you up for dinner tonite”. OMG!!!!!!

We have rabbit satay here in Malaysia and if anyone plans to feed me some, please don’t ever tell me that they are made of rabbit meat. That is how I would like it to be. No damage done not knowing!

So if you ask me for an honest opinion as to whether I will cull my pet quality rabbits, and if this entire world run out of good pet homes for my rabbits, my answer would be YES and these are the choices by rank how I want to cull:

1) Donation to wildlife/rehabilitation parks (humanely put down)
2) People with dogs going on BARF diet (humanely put down)
3) Poor countries in need of food (humanely put down!)

There you have it, my take on whether I will eat my own rabbits!

Also, to test out the new poll feature of wordpress, I am including a poll here for everyone to vote:

I always wanted to write about this but always brushed it aside because I do not want to make my blog a negative one. Unfortunately I can no longer hold the urge as many incidents has made my fingers itch so badly.

Over the past 2 years, I have always been following numerous forums/blogs both locally and internationally. Of course I will not mention which one that these incidents (that I am about to disclose) took place and still taking place. I still prefer to write as discreetly as I possibly can.

When I first joined one particular forum, like any other forum it was filled with beginners. Some beginners were so highly regarded for matters that I just could not understand. It was totally like the blind leading the blind. Only a handful came out victorious because they are always doing researches on their own and obtaining very conclusive results which are shared (and goes unappreciated mostly).

We have also witness how oblivious breeders are to the breeds while they kept going and was adamant about the purity of their “purebreds”.

As for other issues such as diet, we have people whom started off not being supportive of feeding hay (related how their rabbits thrive on just cheap pellets & garden scrubs) and ended up being advisers/consultants of HAYS.

I always respect people that learn and I have seen how far they have come. But isn’t whatever they are supporting now what we have been talking all these while?

Why does it take so darn long for them to form the light bulb up their heads?

Or is it pure/sheer pride that they are too proud to admit that we were right?

As a close friend put it, “I can’t imagine how smart they look but rubbish just comes out whenever they open their mouths” (in my own words).

So there you go, my take on Hypocrites in the rabbit world. Really makes us human, the lesser kind.

It is 2.19 am now. Just done cleaning Meadow Haven by wiping every cage with disinfectant. I started cleaning at 10.30 pm last night. So it took me approximately 3 hours to get everything done. Imagine, I only have 8 rabbits and I seriously wondering if breeders with over 100 rabbits ever clean their rabbit cages at all.

It just amazes me how they actually do it. It would be nice to spend a day with a big scale show breeder to see how life is having so many rabbits.

As you would guess from the title of this blog, I can’t sleep anymore. It is way pass my bedtime and my mind is still very much awake. Luna’s keeping me company at the moment as she is munching away her hay in the cage next to my table. The more I look at her, the more convinced I am that she is the ONE.

I have made up my mind actually. I am keeping Luna mainly because, I need a really “solid” herd buck to replace Skor and Eclipse isn’t a WOW factor at the moment. Luna may not grow into a Show Quality doe but nonetheless she is of good brood quality to me.

Furthermore, the potential new owner promise that I could use Eclipse as a stud if need be.

So that shall be the arrangement and it is FINAL.