Rabbit selling licenses!!!???

Question

im hoping to breed my rabbits and then sell them as there pedigree but i need a license to sell them doas anyone know wherei can get one!!!???!!!

Answer 1

whoa, you don't need a license to breed rabbits. unless you lI've somewhere else!! I've been doing it for 8 years, and ive never heard of anyone who has a rabbit breeders license. if you want to become part of some local clubs, then you get a membership card. i live in the US.

Answer 2

from your supplier of your rabbits . They will know the local club and registration etc

Answer 3

Please don't breed!

Thousands of unwanted rabbits are killed yearly.

http://homepage.mac.com/mattocks/morfz/r...

Some breeders will dismiss as a myth the rabbit overpopulation problem lamented by the rescuers who see it every day. Although rabbits are the third most often surrendered animals at shelters, their numbers lag far behind those of abandoned dogs and cats. We in the rabbit rescue "business" have a pretty good idea why the numbers do not reflect reality.

Many people who allow their rabbits to breed feel it's completely safe to sell or give the offspring to pet stores. They hope the babies will be sold to people who will care for them as lovingly as they care for their own rabbits. Although a well cared-for rabbit can live 10 to 12 years, an alarming number of each year's pet store purchases die before they reach their first birthday. Some of these deaths are due to unscrupulous dealers' selling them before they are old enough to be weaned (eight weeks), and others to their owners' lack of knowledge about rabbit care. Rabbits are delicate and have special health needs of which most of the general public is ignorant.

A relatively small percentage of the rabbits sold in pet stores find safe, loving homes with people who know how to give them the proper care. Most of the others will not. Pet stores do not check the intent of the purchaser, and if the rabbits are sold inexpensively (as most hybrid rabbits are) they may be sold as snake food. A terrifying death awaits these unfortunate rabbits.

Rabbits who aren't sold as snake food or pets eventually outgrow their baby cuteness and many are given to "petting zoos" (to be poked and prodded mercilessly) or to breeders who are unlikely to use them for more breeding, since their heritage is unknown. It's not unlikely that the bunny will end up on someone's dinner plate before too long.

Rabbits sold as pets often are abandoned by the time they are five to eight months old, since that's when the s*x hormones begin to cause the rabbit to exhibit destructive adult behaviors (digging, spraying, aggression). Spaying and neutering the rabbit will solve this problem, but most rabbits are never given the chance to show that they can be exceptionally intelligent, sensitive and loving companions. They are simply discarded.

The longer a female rabbit remains unspayed, the greater her risk of developing uterine, ovarian and/or mammary cancers. As rabbits age, the incidence of these disorders increases. By leaving your female rabbit intact, you increase her risk of cancer.

In addition to the danger of cancer, gestation, birth and raising a litter take a large toll on a doe's health

A few people hope to make money by raising rabbits. The brutal truth is that it is impossible to raise rabbits properly (i.e., with the rabbit's health and care in mind) and actually turn a significant profit. Huge-scale commercial breeding companies, in which rabbits live in unpleasant, cramped conditions and are usually sold for slaughter may be profitable, but no house is equipped to handle such an operation. Simply stated, if you give your rabbit the veterinary care and diet he needs and spend the proper amount of money on adequate housing, food and care you simply cannot make much money raising rabbits.

Remember: A rabbit is a social, intelligent animal. He needs companionship, proper diet and proper housing to be happy and live a long, healthy life. Your rabbit needs a balanced diet consisting of fresh grass hay, lots of fresh, raw, varied vegetables, and a bit of quality commercial pellets for general health. If your rabbit must live in a cage while you're not home, he needs a cage at least 36" x 36" x 36" if small (up to five pounds) or larger for big breeds. The bunny should be able to stand on his hind legs inside the cage, and have plenty of room to run around. The cage must be supplied with toys and clean, safe feed and water containers. Even with a large cage, a rabbit must get at least 4 to 5 hours of free running time per day outside the cage, in a safe, human-supervised environment.

So before you give in to the temptation to breed your rabbit, remember that you'll need to find homes to provide all of the above for four to fourteen babies! Are you sure you can find those homes? If the answer is "no"--and if you're honest with yourself, you know it will be--then please don't contribute to the overpopulation of domestic rabbits. Have your companion rabbits spayed and neutered for everyone's health, happiness and long life together.

from http://www.bio.miami.edu/hare/breeding.h...