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Shontelle

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I have a little of pure mini lop babies and just wondering how much I should sell them for. Please don't come at me it was an accidental litter my girl bunny got pregnant when she dug out of her house and had a fun day with free range male. I do want to sell the babies though and wondering how much to sell them for and if all colours are sold at the same price.
they are 4 weeks old and born on Easter Monday.
 

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Oh my gosh! They are too cute! I definitely think it’s wise to sell bunnies from an accidental pregnancy for two reasons:

A. You want to make sure the person taking home the bunny has the funds to provide for him/her. Someone who is actually paying for a bunny is less likely buying or adopting one as spur of the moment decision. So really it’s just another way to vet potential owners.

B. The cash you make can be invested in a better enclosure for that runaway bun of yours :)

So if I had to throw out a number, I would say $50-$75. Also, tell people it’s a rehoming fee. It sounds better and takes away the notion that animals are products to sell. I would charge the same fee for all of them. They’re such adorable colors so there’s no reason to charge more or less for one over the other.
 
Oh my gosh! They are too cute! I definitely think it’s wise to sell bunnies from an accidental pregnancy for two reasons:

A. You want to make sure the person taking home the bunny has the funds to provide for him/her. Someone who is actually paying for a bunny is less likely buying or adopting one as spur of the moment decision. So really it’s just another way to vet potential owners.

B. The cash you make can be invested in a better enclosure for that runaway bun of yours :)

So if I had to throw out a number, I would say $50-$75. Also, tell people it’s a rehoming fee. It sounds better and takes away the notion that animals are products to sell. I would charge the same fee for all of them. They’re such adorable colors so there’s no reason to charge more or less for one over the other.
Oh yes I will def escape proofing her cage, she is very fond of my male bunny which is defiantly a recipe for more accidental litters.
 
The price you can sell them really depends on your local market, so do some research on your equivalent of craiglist, spock etc.

When I want to sell a rabbit as pet I ask somewhat well above meat price, about 15-20€. But my rabbits are just mid sized meat mutts, fancy pet breeds might get more.
 
Definitetly do something to prevent more accidental litters. We are well-aware of malicious humans who want to find a rabbit for snake food or dog bait, or to end their life in a horrific way, or eventually abandon a rabbit (because they are too much work) or because they got tired of him or her... Lost interest. The surrender reasons at the shelter were lengthy. Made you cry, if you are a caring person. REsponsible rabbit owners will take the time to prevent overpopulation.

Spaying and neutering with a refundable downpayment to the person purchasing your innocent litter of babies would encourage them to invest the money in a spay and neuter. Or wait until they are old enough to be spayed/neutered by a rabbit savvy DVM, from your wallet. Most humans don't want to invest but a dedicated human WILL INVEST the money to make sure a rabbit isn't abused, or propagates forevermore. We know those stinky hormones can cause more buns to be euthanized at overfull shelters.

Socializing at a shelter for numerous years, I went home many times and hung my head in sorrow. Cheaply priced buns will go into the mouth of a snake, or reptile, or be used as dog bait, etc.
 
I remember the time a breeder surrendered 40 of his rabbits. All those innocent babies never experienced a humans love again. Their lives were terminated.
 
When the shelter had more kittens than they could handle, and early on in years before people got smart about spay and neuter to prevent overpopulation, the shelter would give an amount back to the adopters when you brought in the surgery certificate from a DVM. Again, that was decades ago. Now people wisely want to prevent overpopulation, and proactively get their pet/s altered.

What do the shelters or rescues charge in Melbourne for a spayed/neutered rabbit or un/altered bun?
 
Please don't sell before 8 weeks! Preferably not before 10 weeks. The youngest I sell is 10 weeks, when I wean at 8 weeks and give them two weeks to observe and adjust to solid food.

The going price for mixed breed rabbits tends to be about $15-20. Charging more money for different colors is a tacky thing to do, in my opinion, it makes it seem as though you are breeding just for cool colors (which I know you aren't, as this is an accidental litter... but some people do :( ) I sell my purebred show rabbits for $30-50, for reference.

In theory, you shouldn't be making money off an accidental litter. In my opinion, whatever you're charging should be just to cover the costs of raising them to this age, maybe get some money to improve the caging set up that led to this, or maybe to make sure they go to a decent home.
 
Please don't sell before 8 weeks! Preferably not before 10 weeks. The youngest I sell is 10 weeks, when I wean at 8 weeks and give them two weeks to observe and adjust to solid food.

The going price for mixed breed rabbits tends to be about $15-20. Charging more money for different colors is a tacky thing to do, in my opinion, it makes it seem as though you are breeding just for cool colors (which I know you aren't, as this is an accidental litter... but some people do :( ) I sell my purebred show rabbits for $30-50, for reference.

In theory, you shouldn't be making money off an accidental litter. In my opinion, whatever you're charging should be just to cover the costs of raising them to this age, maybe get some money to improve the caging set up that led to this, or maybe to make sure they go to a decent home.

I totally agree with SableSteel here about when to sell them i do about 9-10 weeks old to be safe as well as i'd suggest selling them for just enough to make sure they go to a good home!
I raise purebred Holland Lops and i sell my pets for about $50s and my show for more than that but hollands from good lines are very pricey....
 
I just did quick googling how much reptile food cost in Australia, frozen rabbit is from 23 australian dollars (200-300 gram) to 36 AUD (1kg) so you should be asking more than that to avoid interest from people buying cheap rabbits for their reptiles. As far as I know selling living rabbits for feeding reptiles is illegal but there is always black market so just find out prices on that and make your price higher than that.

I second that babies must be with their mother until 8 weeks at least and get mothers milk. Until 4 weeks you don't spend on them, only feed mother unlimited pellets so she can produce quality milk to feed them, but when they start eating solid food it will add cost to your expenses. If you got 6 babies there, they should eat unlimited high protein food (up to 200 gram per day instead of normal portion 50 gram), nursing mother is also on unlimited pellets so with 7 unlimited rabbits you will have to buy one 2kg bag of food per day, maybe two days since they are mini sized, but still, it's one month's food for one rabbit. They are growing and every day will eat more and more so that will cost you. Hay is cheaper, well depending where you buy hopefully not from petstores, that would be very expensive.

So if you think you can get lots of money selling your babes it's not that easy, be happy if you cover your expenses.

For max price check out your local online advertisements boards, I agree that make it sounding more like rehoming fee rather than price for the rabbits and make it equal for all babies.

When advertising you try selling boys first because it is not that fast it may take time a few weeks to few months if you want them to go to caring homes. Boys will need to be kept separately each individually from about 10-12 weeks when they will start fighting, so keeping girls would be a bit easier they can stay with mother until up to 5 months if needed, then they can also become territorial and will need to be separated, it depends on your rabbits how long.

Breeding rabbits is not as profitable as it can look if you want them to go to loving homes. It's expensive actually, that's why surprise breeders are giving their babies for free rehoming, to avoid extra cost and work, extra expenses on additional cages/housing when you need to separate boys from girls first and then boys keep individually housed.

Free or cheap babies often go to reptiles or dog baits (takers will never tell you that they will send you fake photos of where they will house them and will ask their girlfriend or grandma to collect them for her kids), it is hard to know if there's genuine people or not. Also some people buying females to breed them commercially every month just selling one-two week old babies as frozen reptile food. They usually kept in horrible conditions and fed scraps, they are just working does.

If your price is too high it can take time to sell. If you want to sell responsibly of course it would be best selling already neutered and in bonded pairs, but neutering is expensive and you will need to keep them until 6-8 months at least so in reality you will never get what you spend on babies.

So that is how you set your price, above reptile food price but keep an eye on your local market prices for your maximum, keep in mind that every day will take money from your wallet, be open to negotiations for right people.

Selling in pairs is more economically attractive but remember that selling two 8 week old boys might cause problems for people in just a few weeks since they will need to separate, neuter and rebond them or rehome one boy because two boys can rarely live together they will fight sometimes to death for dominance, you don't want to sell a problem to some nice people right?
Selling babies in pairs is not easy at 8 weeks they are often mis sexed so people buy two sisters and then have a surprise litter a couple months later, you know that. When selling in pairs you should warn about separating and neutering and rebonding if people want to have a pair. People can change their mind when you warn them about future problems so most sellers won't tell you anything, you want two, sure great they are best buddies (at 8 weeks).


In short, you can start advertising when they are 6 weeks stating that they are ready to go in two weeks when fully weaned from their mother.
Price should be higher than reptile food but not max as takes longer to sell, check your local prices and keep on middle.
Incalculated one month food supply often would make your higher price more attractive, anyway you should give changeover food pellets for one week at least and instruct that they should stay on same pellets or if changing do it gradually mixing old pellets with new to avoid upset stomach and more serious health problems.
 
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I just did quick googling how much reptile food cost in Australia, frozen rabbit is from 23 australian dollars (200-300 gram) to 36 AUD (1kg) so you should be asking more than that to avoid interest from people buying cheap rabbits for their reptiles. As far as I know selling living rabbits for feeding reptiles is illegal but there is always black market so just find out prices on that and make your price higher than that.

I second that babies must be with their mother until 8 weeks at least and get mothers milk. Until 4 weeks you don't spend on them, only feed mother unlimited pellets so she can produce quality milk to feed them, but when they start eating solid food it will add cost to your expenses. If you got 6 babies there, they should eat unlimited high protein food (up to 200 gram per day instead of normal portion 50 gram), nursing mother is also on unlimited pellets so with 7 unlimited rabbits you will have to buy one 2kg bag of food per day, maybe two days since they are mini sized, but still, it's one month's food for one rabbit. They are growing and every day will eat more and more so that will cost you. Hay is cheaper, well depending where you buy hopefully not from petstores, that would be very expensive.

So if you think you can get lots of money selling your babes it's not that easy, be happy if you cover your expenses.

For max price check out your local online advertisements boards, I agree that make it sounding more like rehoming fee rather than price for the rabbits and make it equal for all babies.

When advertising you try selling boys first because it is not that fast it may take time a few weeks to few months if you want them to go to caring homes. Boys will need to be kept separately each individually from about 10-12 weeks when they will start fighting, so keeping girls would be a bit easier they can stay with mother until up to 5 months if needed, then they can also become territorial and will need to be separated, it depends on your rabbits how long.

Breeding rabbits is not as profitable as it can look if you want them to go to loving homes. It's expensive actually, that's why surprise breeders are giving their babies for free rehoming, to avoid extra cost and work, extra expenses on additional cages/housing when you need to separate boys from girls first and then boys keep individually housed.

Free or cheap babies often go to reptiles or dog baits (takers will never tell you that they will send you fake photos of where they will house them and will ask their girlfriend or grandma to collect them for her kids), it is hard to know if there's genuine people or not. Also some people buying females to breed them commercially every month just selling one-two week old babies as frozen reptile food. They usually kept in horrible conditions and fed scraps, they are just working does.

If your price is too high it can take time to sell. If you want to sell responsibly of course it would be best selling already neutered and in bonded pairs, but neutering is expensive and you will need to keep them until 6-8 months at least so in reality you will never get what you spend on babies.

So that is how you set your price, above reptile food price but keep an eye on your local market prices for your maximum, keep in mind that every day will take money from your wallet, be open to negotiations for right people.

Selling in pairs is more economically attractive but remember that selling two 8 week old boys might cause problems for people in just a few weeks since they will need to separate, neuter and rebond them or rehome one boy because two boys can rarely live together they will fight sometimes to death for dominance, you don't want to sell a problem to some nice people right?
Selling babies in pairs is not easy at 8 weeks they are often mis sexed so people buy two sisters and then have a surprise litter a couple months later, you know that. When selling in pairs you should warn about separating and neutering and rebonding if people want to have a pair. People can change their mind when you warn them about future problems so most sellers won't tell you anything, you want two, sure great they are best buddies (at 8 weeks).


In short, you can start advertising when they are 6 weeks stating that they are ready to go in two weeks when fully weaned from their mother.
Price should be higher than reptile food but not max as takes longer to sell, check your local prices and keep on middle.
Incalculated one month food supply often would make your higher price more attractive, anyway you should give changeover food pellets for one week at least and instruct that they should stay on same pellets or if changing do it gradually mixing old pellets with new to avoid upset stomach and more serious health problems.
The whole concept of illegally buying rabbits as reptile food is so repulsive to me. And then selling off the babies frozen yeeesh :’-(
 
I bought my bunny for 40$ at our local pet store. Shes a woolly jersey. I would say a purebred lop could be 50-70$.
 
I have a little of pure mini lop babies and just wondering how much I should sell them for. Please don't come at me it was an accidental litter my girl bunny got pregnant when she dug out of her house and had a fun day with free range male. I do want to sell the babies though and wondering how much to sell them for and if all colours are sold at the same price.
they are 4 weeks old and born on Easter Monday.
Hey!! We actually saw these buns advertised on gumtree! My sister was looking to get her own bunny!! My three buns are purebred mini lops, and we bought them for $60 each from a breeder.
 
I bought my bunny for 40$ at our local pet store. Shes a woolly jersey. I would say a purebred lop could be 50-70$.

I personally sell my purebred Holland Lops (similar to Mini Lops, but smaller) for $280 - $350 depending on the individual rabbit. You can sell them for whatever you think they are worth, probably around start at around $60-$80 each (girls tend to be worth more) each and lower if need be. You mentioned they are purebred, do you know if the parents are pedigreed? If so, papers increase the value of the bunny dramatically - but be careful because anyone wanting papers will most likely have the intention of breeding, so make sure they will be responsible!! The patterned ones are probably worth a bit more than the others, but also watch for size and demeanor... good luck!!
 
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Definitetly do something to prevent more accidental litters. We are well-aware of malicious humans who want to find a rabbit for snake food or dog bait, or to end their life in a horrific way, or eventually abandon a rabbit (because they are too much work) or because they got tired of him or her... Lost interest. The surrender reasons at the shelter were lengthy. Made you cry, if you are a caring person. REsponsible rabbit owners will take the time to prevent overpopulation.

Spaying and neutering with a refundable downpayment to the person purchasing your innocent litter of babies would encourage them to invest the money in a spay and neuter. Or wait until they are old enough to be spayed/neutered by a rabbit savvy DVM, from your wallet. Most humans don't want to invest but a dedicated human WILL INVEST the money to make sure a rabbit isn't abused, or propagates forevermore. We know those stinky hormones can cause more buns to be euthanized at overfull shelters.

Socializing at a shelter for numerous years, I went home many times and hung my head in sorrow. Cheaply priced buns will go into the mouth of a snake, or reptile, or be used as dog bait, etc.
Yes most likely going to spay and neuter them, thanks I do not want to add to abandoned bunnies
 
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They should not be sold at just 4 weeks. That's too young (and actually illegal in some places). 8 weeks is the soonest they should be sold.
No of course not, I was just showing how old they are. They will be allowed to leave their mother at 10 weeks. I want them to be fully ready
 

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