Saturday, January 10, 2009
Cage Space isn't the Problem
Time used to be, and now it's energy and interest. Do you know that I once maintained close to 150 rabbits in my rabbitry? Looking back, I really don't know how I did it. The cost to feed them alone would have been astronomical. I remember I used to buy feed in 1/4 to 1/2 ton increments (500-1000 lbs). And I'd be buying feed every month or 6 weeks! Nowadays I can only afford 250 lbs at a time and it usually stretches a month to 2 months (depending on season). I now only house 20 rabbits, with plans to move 5 more that aren't contributing to herd advancement any longer. However, cages don't simply disappear, they just remain unoccupied. So I did a little calculation for what I actually have available at this moment (without building anything new). Even with having removed some of my older, wooden type hutches, I still have 50 holes inside the barn, 20 large holes in the pen, 6 holes outside the pen (wooden hutches), 2 holes in the basement (kindle cages), and 20 holes requiring minor refurbishments. For a total of 98 available rabbit cages. That translates into approximately 80 empty cages. Most breeders complain about not having sufficient cage space. I'm probably one of the few that does not have to worry about that for quite awhile.
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