Cultivation of Ornamental Rabbits

Cultured rabbit is lucrative. Especially of ornamental rabbits, the price can be 10 times the price of rabbit consumption. Fecesnya urine and can be used as money.

If your hobby culinary definitely agree that a restaurant with a menu of rabbit meat mushroom growing. Creamy texture and savory increasingly popular due to the cholesterol content of rabbit meat is much lower than beef or lamb so much healthier if consumed. Indeed rabbit farming has long been well done. Because rabbits breed quite lucrative profits. This beast is ready to mate when entering the age of six months and the relatively short buntingnya, ie 29-31 days. Once the bear 4-12 reproductive rabbit pups, which means it does not take long to break even venture.

But not only that, with a growing group of people who loved animals ornamental, animal cute petite with soft bristles that have been counted as a target of the hobbyist. So in terms of economic value clearly more profitable.

Rudy Hustamin which has more than seven years in the business of cattle rabbits, especially the ornamental rabbits, said something similar. “More profitable ornamental rabbits play in the world as a hobby. If related to the hobby people never see the money, how it boldly. Types of New Zealand released for consumption in the market at a price of Rp 10,000. While the rabbit ornamental species sold hotot Rp 100,000, “he said.

More detailed, decorative rabbit began to have sale value after 2.5 months. Within a year a parent has married three times or three times the bunting. Put the words, on average once a midwife delivery 5 tail, it means that in a year producing 15 chicks. With a selling price of Rp-Rp 100.000,00 75000.00, then a year per cow can produce revenue to $ 1,500,000.00, with survival reaching the age of 4 years. Breeders who are not earning it still has an economic value, ie, as the animals cut in the restaurant or rabbit satay stall.

It is true, to meet consumer tastes, Rudy did not just rely on one type of local rabbits, but also bring in some kind of ornamental rabbits from abroad, such as barrel, angora, rex, hotot, dutch, dwarfs, lion, and Flemish Giant. The difference, if the local rabbits are physically part of the mouth and ears are longer, larger relative to body weight 2-3 kg, and usually there are patterns in the fur, rabbit type of import is more varied. There are manifold rabbit ear down, little ears, and so forth. Rabbit hotot most types of body weight only 1.5 kg. But there are also rabbits imported, the Flemish giant, per head may weigh 10 kg.

For terms of maintenance, in general, between local ornamental rabbits with rabbits, which are mostly just for consumption purposes, does not vary much. “But because it’s from overseas so need little adaptation. Ornamental rabbits easier to die, local rabbits do not, “Rudy explains. The most basic, every day cleaning the cage should be maintained. Otherwise, these animals are prone diseases, especially diarrhea, scabies, and pneumonia.
Meanwhile, on operating costs, especially feed ornamental rabbits, breeders should not rely only on grass or water spinach alone but must be accompanied by additional food. But do not worry, the final count, the fall of the cost even less. Rudy admitted to regular bran pellets are made from ingredients, soybean meal, and coconut pulp. Within a month he even produced his own no less than 20 tons of pellets to be marketed with different brand names. “We have a parent around 1,300 animals, only need about six bags of grass every day, plus 70 kg of concentrate feed. Very efficient, if only to use the grass, the day should be a truck, “he admits.

In Bandung, West Java, Rudy has had a cage containing about 1300-2000 berbaterai sires, and employs approximately 50 people. Every week he used to send an ornament to the whole pet rabbit shop in Jakarta and its surroundings as much as 600-700 birds. But not just ornamental or selling rabbit pellets only, Rudy recalled, there are some additional income as well. Because both urine (urine) or stool (feces) rabbits have a high sales value. Urine is accommodated and packaged in bottles and labeled, sold as organic fertilizer Rp 10.000,00 / liter. Within a month he could collect at least 1500 bottles. Meanwhile feces mixed with husk ash remaining fuel out of his factory, in Jakarta Rp 6,000 per sack sold as fertilizer. “Every week we can send about 800 sacks. More big side, “he added with a smile.

According to him, for some time hare bright prospects of ornamental intensified after outbreak of bird flu cases. Little by little animals birds began to be abandoned, then the exchange glances rabbits. So in anticipation of demand will continue to increase his supply of plasma in the region to develop and prepare a site Ciwidey larger capacity in Cipanas. “Looking ahead will be busy until the out of town. We have reached to Samarinda, and Papua, “said the businessman who has already penetrated hamster farming, dairy, tofu factory, until the sale of the company.

Hamster breeding business man born in Edinburgh in 1972 was arguably too successful. Rudy each week to sell 2000-3000 tailed rodents similar to mice throughout Greater Jakarta, plus a monthly export as many as 3,000 head to Saudi Arabia. At the same time he also sent a bunny tail ornament around 300-400 every one or two months.

Alluding to the development of cultivation of ornamental rabbits with a plasma system, Rudy said, if it is relatively easier to implement, due to better breeding rabbits if not kept in one group were increased. The main reason management will be easier to do, such as cleaning cages and caring for sires mated every day.

“I have the planning in the future will take the cooperation of government, if you’ll be ready, I will prepare a good seed about 5,000 head for community projects in disadvantaged areas. Rabbit breeding rapidly, so that at least assist the provision of animal protein, “she said as she confessed, at first he was only thinking of doing business the rabbit pieces, not for ornamental animals. “Because in Jakarta was more respect for ornamental,” he said reasonably.

Historically, after the economic crisis in 1998, former employees in IT companies began looking for opportunities to open their own businesses. After all this time to weigh up, in 2000 he is interested in rabbit farming which he said it was still a lot of competitors. At that time he entrusted the capital of Rp 12 million to one of his acquaintances to manage the business in Cianjur, West Java. But unfortunately did not go smoothly, just walk 3 months eventually fall apart.

Do not be discouraged, in 2001 he began the business of ornamental rabbits in Bandung area and no longer rely on others, but handled himself. Rudy is also persistent in terms of marketing, once a week, or every opportunity, he sambangi every pet shop in Jakarta, one by one, so that finally paid off. Although initially much less sure rabbits can live with only given food pellets, but after testing, so marketing was going well. Even for food, in a month he could sell up to 20 tons at a price of $ 4 thousand to Rp 6 thousand per kilogram.

“I began, completely from scratch. From the beginning of wooden cage, now had a wire cage. Thankfully, now we will soon expand its business in Cipanas, land has been provided. The plan and unloading capacity of 5000 head sire, “he said. Turnover, certainly in the hundreds of millions a month. Lack of confidence? Please prove yourself!