He breeds rabbits for showing and is heavily into it.. I have to be very careful how I play it as if I got difficult he wouldn't allow me to take any more buns and it would be the poor rabbits that suffer.
I find his whole outlook on rabbits messed up. It's like he collects them and when he wants to show me some of his prize rabbits he just drags em out and starts to fluff them up and bounce them on his table as if they were little dumplings. He then proceeds to blow into their fur to show me their banding etc. I have to indulge him and appear interested. The sad thing is there are always new litters.
He has a row of his prize bunnies and then in the dark corners of the shed where there is no light are the forgotten about buns who have had their day and are no good for showing. You wouldn't even know they were there unless you get on all fours and peer into the tiny boxes where you will see two little eyes peering back at you. It's awful. Cos it's so dark you can't really see the rabbit that well and it's not until I get them home and check them over you see what condition they're in.
His words to me are "If they're no good you just chop 'em , you've got to be brutal in this game".
He doesn't breed them to sell he breeds them to show as he is very active in this area. He travels all round the country showing his rabbits. He doesn't make much money out of it. He gets lots of rosettes and sometimes money if he wins. It's all about winning and the social status he thinks he gets from it that he's into.
Hugs,
Nicola and Harvey xxx
