OUR POLICY ON BREEDING
WE HAVE HAD TO BE METICULOUS IN PLANNING OUR LITTERS THIS YEARS AS WE ARE EXPECTING A BABY OURSELVES IN JUNE. WE HAVE VERY LIMITED BABIES LEFT AVAILABLE AND WE HAVE BEEN INUNDATED WITH ENQUIRIES FROM PEOPLE WHO WOULD REALLY LIKE TO OWN ONE AND IN MANY CASES MORE OF OUR BABIES. WE HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF EVERYBODY AND FOR THIS WE CAN ONLY APOLOGISE BUT PLEASE REMEMBER THAT THE HEALTH OF OUR RABBITS ARE MORE IMPORTANT TO US THAN PRODUCING BABIES. WE WILL NOT BREED OUR DOE'S BACK TO BACK, REARING A LITTER PLACES AN AWFUL LOT OF DEMAND ON THE MUM AND SHE REQUIRES A PERIOD OF TIME TO RECOVER FROM THIS SO THAT WHEN SHE IS NEXT MATED SHE IS IN THE BEST POSSIBLE HEALTH SHE CAN BE AND HER LIFE IS PLACED IN NO DANGER. IRRESPONSIBLE BREEDERS WHO TAKE PART IN THE PRACTICE OF OVER-BREEDING FIND THEY HAVE KITS WITH NO MUM BECAUSE MUM HAS DIED. THIS IS CRUEL AND UNNECCESSARY AND NOT HOW WE CONDUCT OURSELVES. WE WANT QUALITY NOT QUANTITY. WE DO NOT MATE OUR DOE'S BEFORE THEY ARE MATURE ENOUGH TO DO SO AND NEITHER DO WE BREED THEM WHEN THEY ARE TOO OLD, WE LIKE OUR BUNNIES TO LIVE A GOOD QUALITY OF LIFE IN RETIREMENT.