Ho-Ney

Hi and Assalmualaikum for the muslims readers. :)

Remember at the my first post where I'd mentioned that I've gain a quiet strong interest on something? Well, cyeahh..That something is 'Rabbitries'!! and today post would be all about it. Okay, so... I've quite fond of rabbit since I was in middle school when I got my very first of rabbits ever at pasar malam  which is that time my kakak payung. haha They were adorable and I was thrilled at the thought of having them as my own pet because you see, when I was a little kid, I always has this thought that rabbit is the kind of pet that only rich people can afford. I don't know why I have that kind of thought when I really can have it for like rm15.00 each.

Anywayyy, it was the very first time we have a pet rabbit so we really don't have any preparation to bring them home, heck! we didn't even have a cage and I remember that time my mom put them in large basin covered with some newspaper. The day after that, my dad make some cage using wires but still, it's not so suitable for them. Sadly, not long after that, one of them died and only the male one lived (I manage somehow). I thought of getting him a partner since he's an adult and I bought a mix angora in hope that they'll mate and I got a lots of bunny babbiess! however, it doesn't work out too since not long after that a fox eat them both. A very sick, hungry, mean fox. Since that, I didn't bother to keep rabbits anymore because I thought keeping a rabbit is such a hassle. 

It didn't lasts that long tho because after I finished form 6, I started working at pet shop and one day when my boss start adding rabbit into her selling inventories (she didn't like to keep rabbit in her store but have to since customer demand her to do so) , I fall in love all over again. She first bring in a pair of mix nether land dwarf, I guess so you rabbit lover should get the idea. I mean who could resist those cute little cinnamon rolls? No one! I ended up buying a pair but this time I'm well prepared both mentally and financially. I bring them home complete with cage and other necessities.My mom was annoyed but seeing that I've bought everything, she just shake her head. haha.

I didn't stop there. Few month after, I bought a pair of pure breed Teddy Bear rabbit which cost me hundred each. My mom would be so pissed off with me, especially I bought them online but then, since it's my money... she just let me. kekeke. During that time, I begin to do more research about rabbit's care and I stumble into a local rabbit blog called 'Arnabkiut', and from there I learn a lot more about rabbit.. and I also find out that I can make money from my interest of Rabbits. I just have to know how to start a first step.

My rabbit have their first babies but sadly none of it mange to survive because the mother didn't have enough milk. It's just frustrating because I was so excited when I see the babies. Then, on the second time the mother gave birth, my dad separates the babies with it's mother which mean that we have to manually feed them with milk. I asks around and they told me that I have to gave them milk twice a day by holding it's mother and let the babies drink the milk until they full. (Perut diorg kembung mcm belon- ayah aq selalu cakap mcm nih 'dah merening2 tu, mknanye dah kenyang la tuh). I'm not sure that it'll work but eventually, it does! we manage to reduce the number of death and they did survive but even so, I didn't go straight to selling them because the babies still didn't manage grow healthily. They have few problem which I don't want to tell you guys about it because it's a long story.

So long story short (not really) , only after a few times of birth after the first batch, we manage to get it right. My dad and I manage to raise all of the babies without even one of them, died. They were the first batch that I sold out to pet store. 

This is them' babies. Aren't them cuties?

 Following that, my TB also gave birth but hell, I didn't know that raising TB is wayyy more difficult than mix angora because it was a delicate breed. The babies was one time smaller than MA and just MA, the babies couldn't survive. We also feed the babies manually and it prove to bit difficult since TB mommy had a very long fur which covered her nipple and make it hard for the babies to search for it. I have to trim to fur a little. Unlike MA, TB only gave birth to two or maximum four babies per birth and the gap of giving birth was longer than MA. However, after a few tries, we manage to get all of them grow up beautifully!. My dad was the brain and I barely know anything. -_-

I really had a hard time of letting them go, not just TB but my MA babies as well. It's like letting your child go but I got to do what I got to do. We start to have lots a MA and TB babies after that and the standard cage (yg beli kat pet shop tu) is no longer relevant. ayatt~ My dad, yg sngtlah baik dan pemurah built me a bigger cage at the back of my house. I'm so freakishly happy!!

This is them' babies. It's not the first batch tho but aren't they cute?

I start selling them to local pet shop but it didn't last long since an expensive type of breed like this is hard to sell at my place, so the shop owner refuse to buy more. I personally think it was their own fault for setting the price way too high from the usual price. I mean, the usual market price for TB is 1 hundred and they sell it back for 2++, who would want to buy it right? I sold my TB to them for a half price which is usual for 'store price' but they mark the price up like crazy! that's their loss. So, to sum it up, I stop supplying TB to pet store, only MA sometimes but then, one thing lead to another. I have to find another way to sell my TB because I can't kept it since my dad told me business have to go on no matter what. It was a headache until I found Mudah.com ~duhh, aq je yg tak penah terfikir. I put my first ad and wallah! I got myself a buyer. Business has goes steady eversince and on average I manage to earn like RM1++ per sell (sekali jual,) but still, sometimes, there is a downhill of it, like annoying customer who keep bargaining at ridiculous price reduced, customer who cancelled order last minute and so on. Worst when a few week after, they text me back and say that the rabbit had died. Imagine how heartbroken I felt?. 

However, moving on... I've been thinking to buy other breed. I craved for Holland loops and Netherlands Dwarf but can't find any during that time until my old boss call me one day and told me that she want to let go all of her rabbit. Her ND was a mix one unfortunately and her HL was bought first by someone else so what left for me is just Mini Rex. The standard price for one is RM250 but she offered me that price for three. Which I immediately fell for it and decide to buy. My dad was against it at first because that time, I've just continue my study so there's no one to take care of them but I talk him out of it, and eventually, he albeit reluctantly, agreed. *Grin Grin.

This is Mini Rex. It's got a fur that feels like carpet. Soft and silky.

Unlike TB, MR is a little bit wild. They didn't like to be touched but that maybe because my boss didn't play with them often.. IDK. I planned to sell it for like hundred each but it turn out that MR is loootttsss more harder to take care of than TB. The mother gave birth to only max 2 babies per births and for the first batch, only one survive. I had a lot of restriction with this one and more babies means more commitment. I don't have enough time and I'm not financially ready to support this one because I'm now a student. (student kan miskin) Also,with me not be able to return home more often, I have to totally depend on my parent. No, I can't do that since they've done a lot for me and my rabbit and they too have lots to take care of in their hands. The only solution left was to let go of them because if I have to choose between my TB and MA... it has to be them. My mom said it's okay because I can do lot more after I graduate later. I put the ad on Mudah and not long after that, I got a buyer. I am sad but luckily, that buyer is someone who was experienced enough as a rabbit lover and his place was not too far from my home either. Until now we still keep a close tabs with each other.

So, the point of this lengthy post is to told you guys that since I manage to earn money from selling rabbits, I can see that this kind of business may work out in the future for me, I've been thinking that someday, I'll open my own rabbitries and from there, if Allah wills, I'll start a business. From doing this since the very beginning, I've gain a lots of experience. From taking care of rabbit to dealing with people, it's a whole new thing for me. I know zero when I first started and now, I can say that if it not much, I did know something about starting on my own business. It wasn't hard but it's not that simple either. Unlike before where I don't really know what to do or what I'm really good at doing, now... I feel like I have a clear life goals and it is to be a rabbit entrepreneur.

That's all for today post. I'll talk more about this on my next. Love'chaa. If you hv questions or something to share, feel free to leave your comment down beloww.  :D

Until then~