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Rabbit farming began thousands of years ago when the wild European rabbit was hunted and killed as food by humans. Phoenician sailors visiting the coast of Spain circa 1100 B.C., mistaking the European rabbit for a species from their homeland, gave it the name i-shepanham. A corruption of this name, used by the Romans, would become the Latin name for Spain, Hispania. In Rome rabbits were raised in large walled colonies. These captive rabbits were raised as food and permitted to interbreed at will. All of the different varieties of European rabbit at the time were natural as no man-made breeds had been developed.

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Selective rabbit breeding began in the middle ages with monasteries keeping colonies of rabbits. French Catholic monks are credited for the actual domestication of rabbits. During this time, the emergence of rabbits as household pets began and rabbits were bred for specific traits including weight and fur color. By the 1500s, several new breeds with different fur colors and weight were documented.

Rabbits were introduced to Great Britain in the 13th century. By the 16th century King Henry VIII had leporaria or rabbit colonies so large he could hunt in them. His daughter, Queen Elizabeth, kept "rabbit islands", islands in lakes and rivers where rabbits could flourish. This is where Coney Island in New York got its name because coney is a name for rabbit (the name for rabbit used in the Authorized Version). Today there are over 800 rabbit islands in the oceans and lakes of the world.

As people and explorers moved about all over the earth, they moved their animals with them. Rabbit feed in the form of vegetables and other green plants were readily available, so the rabbits made the transition relatively easily.

Today, rabbits can be found in most habitats of the world because of their ability to convert varied plant life into nutritious food. In addition to this, rabbit production has enabled many cultures a ready source of food and clothing, thereby making rabbit farming a popular activity across the globe.

Rabbits are prolific breeders and have been known to produce large quantities of offspring in short periods of time. Because of this, there are significant problems with overpopulation of both domestic and wild rabbits around the world. For this reason it is important that we familiarize ourselves with the rabbit's mating habits in order to gain a better understanding of how, when, and how often a rabbit reproduces.

Rabbit mating season begins during the warm seasons to allow wild newborn baby bunnies to have the best chance to survive. During the spring and summer seasons, the increase in the amount of light available triggers a release of hormones in rabbits that begins to alter a rabbit's behavior. Male rabbits will begin to act more frantically and aggressively as the hormones trigger their sex drives. They will compete with other male rabbits 우리카지노 for the attentions of female rabbits. Dominant rabbits are more successful at this competition and usually manage to mate with more females.

When a male rabbit has successfully seduced a female rabbit, the female will position herself flat on the ground and lift up her tail. The mail will mount her and bite down hard on her back. The mating lasts about twenty seconds after which the male will release the female from his bite grip and likely emerge with a mouthful of fur.

Once impregnated, the gestation period for female rabbits lasts about one month. Then she will give birth to anywhere from three to eight blind, hairless bunnies. The female rabbit is capable of giving birth several times in one year.

Remember, if you are planning to breed your domesticated rabbit, there is already an overabundance of rabbits in the United States and by creating more rabbits, you may be lessening the likelihood that other rabbits can find a home to live in.