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Hello byc! My friend is getting a male and female rabbit, is it ok to breed their babies? Like brother/sister? Will it cause mutations? Thank you
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Short answer: it is not likely to be a problem, but there are no guarantees.Hello byc! My friend is getting a male and female rabbit, is it ok to breed their babies? Like brother/sister? Will it cause mutations? Thank you
For selling purposesWhy do you want to breed the rabbits?
Sell them to friends and family.What do you intend to do with the bunnies?
Thank you for the info. Weird question, but what if it is father/daughter, mother/son, or cousins? I am only thinking of doing this because I don’t want to have to buy separate rabbits for breeding.If you are raising rabbits for meat, I would say to just try it, and if any babies have problems you can eat them and decide not to repeat that mating. If you want to sell pet rabbits, I would probably not breed a brother/sister pair. There is some chance of problems, but I would be more concerned about what the buyers think. No matter whether the bunnies would be healthy or not, the idea that their parents were siblings is going to upset some people. That could have a big effect on your ability to sell the bunnies.
It will probably come down to whether your potential buyers care about the matter. So if you know who you would sell the rabbits to, ask those people.For selling purposes
Sell them to friends and family.
Different relationships lead to minor changes in how likely you are to see problems, but I do not think the risk of physical problems is high enough that you really need to avoid the inbreeding. That changes if you actually find problems in the bunnies. If that happens, then you should not repeat that breeding, but you should probably not breed those specific rabbits to any others either (to avoid spreading the genes that cause the trouble.)Thank you for the info. Weird question, but what if it is father/daughter, mother/son, or cousins? I am only thinking of doing this because I don’t want to have to buy separate rabbits for breeding.
I think, genetically speaking, it would be better to breed parent/ child pairs. that is because the baby would have DNA from its moms parents and its dads parents, instead of having DNA from the same grandparents twice.For selling purposes
Sell them to friends and family.
Thank you for the info. Weird question, but what if it is father/daughter, mother/son, or cousins? I am only thinking of doing this because I don’t want to have to buy separate rabbits for breeding.