You can look for Rex breeders on the ARBA website.
ARBA- http://www.arba.net
You can also look for a show in your area and attend and talk to the Rex breeders to see what stock they have for sale.
Are your rabbits pedigreed? If not you may want to consider buying all pedigreed stock to begin your breeding hobby with rabbits.
Also the numbers that re being bantered around by the HRS and other ';rabbit rescues'; are greatly exaggerated. No one has the right to tell you not to breed your rabbits.
Many Rex breeders actually breed their rabbits as a meat source. As they are actually a duel purpose breed. One to be raised for meat and fur. Presently I raise NZWs and Satins for meat for my family. I am investigating raising Rex for meat also.
Good luck finding some good breeding stock.I am lookin for a doe full size rex rabbit 2 breed with my male rex rabbits?
Don't breed - you're adding to a problem that's already overwhelming. Have you been to the SPCA to see how many unwanted rabbits there already are?
Take a look at just how many rabbits you're going to end up with if you start this asinine project. What would possess you to think this is a good idea? You're clearly uncertain as to the most basic of details in breeding rabbits - spare the little ones the uncertainty of being bounced around from home to home.
More backyard breeders, this world does not need.
Get them fixed instead.
Why are you breeding? Think about it. Breeding is not a game... it's not a matter of just putting a male and female animal together. Mess with the wrong genes and breed the wrong animals and you could end up with some very sick babies. Do you know the mom and dad's genetic/health history at least three generations back? Pet store animals should never be bred, you know nothing about their health background. It doesn't matter if they seem healthy now or the vet gave them a clean bill of health... it's what's in their genes. There are more than enough small animals in shelters and rescues without more poorly bred ones being added to the overpopulation. There's a lot more to breeding responsibly than you might think. Please read and make a responsible decision:
http://www.petinfopackets.com/aboutbreed鈥?/a>
I'd highly recommend fixing your rabbits. Fixing rabbits cuts down on many behavioral issues (marking, aggression, territorialism, humping), makes litter box training easier, and has some great health benefits. Read more on fixing bunnies and why it's a great idea:
http://www.petinfopackets.com/rabbits/ra鈥?/a>
http://www.rabbit.org/faq/sections/spay-鈥?/a>
http://homepage.mac.com/mattocks/morfz/r鈥?/a>
Edit: Emailing me to yell at me is not going to help anything. You may be a breeder, but you are clearly a backyard breeder. If you knew anywhere near what you needed to know about rabbits, you wouldn't have posted a question asking how often female rabbits menstruate. Female rabbits do not menstruate, and if you don't even know that much, you /definitely/ should not be breeding.
Darksong~
What do you plan to do with the kits? Do you have a plan, or do you just assume that you will be able to sell them? Right now, many people are looking to get rid of rabbits, not to buy them.
Read more here:
http://www.bio.miami.edu/hare/breeding.h鈥?/a>
I strongly suggest you get your bucks neutered.
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