Rabbit Africa

04/09/2026

🌿 RABBIT FORAGE BUNDLES

Fresh from the garden. Made for rabbits.

A hand-tied selection of fresh, rabbit-safe herbs, grasses and leafy forage — giving rabbits different smells, tastes and textures while encouraging natural foraging behaviour.

A bundle could contain seasonal combinations of:

* 🌼 Dandelion leaves & flowers
* 🌿 Plantain
* ☘️ Clover
* 🌱 Fresh grass
* 🌿 Lemon balm
* 🌿 Mint
* 🌿 Basil
* 🌿 Coriander
* 🌱 Parsley
* 🌼 Nasturtium leaves & flowers
* 🌿 Raspberry or blackberry leaves, where available

Bundle idea:
Tie a small mixed handful with natural sisal or untreated jute twine.

Fresh Forage Bundles for immediate feeding and Dried Forage Bundles for longer storage.

A seasonal selection of rabbit-safe herbs & forage.
Hang it • Hide it • Let them forage! 🐇🌿

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Make a Rabbit Africa mulch blend.

A practical starting mixture is roughly 2–3 buckets of old hay/dry bedding + 1 bucket of manure/urine-soaked material + some dry leaves or other “browns.” Let it partially compost, then use it as a surface mulch.

The important principle is:

Don’t dig thick layers of fresh hay into the soil. Put it ON TOP.

As the mulch breaks down, earthworms and soil organisms gradually incorporate the nutrients. It suppresses weeds, protects the soil from Pretoria’s heat, reduces evaporation and returns rabbit-farm waste.

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🌹Flowers that rabbits can eat🌹

Good choices include:

* 🌺 Nasturtium — flowers and leaves edible; one of my top choices for your raised beds.
* 🌼 Calendula (pot marigold) — petals and leaves can be offered.
* 🌸 Roses — petals and leaves are suitable if completely pesticide-free.
* 💜 Violas and pansies — flowers and leaves.
* 🌼 Dandelion — flowers, leaves and stems; excellent forage.
* 🌼 Chamomile — flowers and foliage can be offered in moderation.
* 💜 Lavender — safe in small amounts; useful around your garden and attractive to pollinators.
* 🌺 Hibiscus — flowers and leaves can be offered.
* 🌻 Sunflower — petals and leaves can be offered; seeds are too calorie-dense for routine feeding.
* 🌸 Cornflower — edible flowers and a nice addition to dried forage mixes.
* 🌼 Yarrow — edible forage, although I wouldn’t plant large quantities specifically as feed.
* 🌿 Clover flowers — along with the leaves, useful as forage, but introduce gradually.

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02/09/2026

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02/09/2026

Rabbit manure supplies nitrogen and other nutrients and adds organic matter to the soil. For established clivias, I prefer aged rabbit manure or rabbit-manure compost rather than piling large quantities of fresh manure around them.

For your clivias, use roughly a 2–5 cm light layer of compost containing rabbit manure around the plants, but leave a clear space around the crown/base. Covering the crown with manure or wet organic material can encourage rot.

The important part is not giving clivias too much nitrogen, particularly as they approach flowering. Excess nitrogen can produce beautiful dark-green leaves but comparatively fewer flowers.

A very good Rabbit Africa mixture would be approximately 1 part aged rabbit manure + 2–3 parts leaf mould/compost, used as a surface mulch around the clivias. Water afterwards and allow the nutrients to work gradually into the soil.

And your rabbit urine is much more concentrated than the manure—I would not pour undiluted urine onto clivias. If you want to experiment with it, dilution and cautious application away from the crown are important.

For Pretoria conditions, your rabbit manure could be particularly useful for building a cool, organic-rich clivia bed under trees or in bright shade.

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🐰 80 MOST COMMON RABBIT BREEDS AROUND THE WORLD

Here are 80 recognized and commonly known rabbit breeds, ranging from popular pet rabbits to commercial meat and show breeds:

1. 🐰 New Zealand White

2. 🐰 New Zealand Red

3. 🐰 New Zealand Black

4. 🐰 Californian

5. 🐰 Flemish Giant

6. 🐰 Holland Lop

7. 🐰 Mini Lop

8. 🐰 French Lop

9. 🐰 English Lop

10. 🐰 American Rabbit

11. 🐰 American Chinchilla

12. 🐰 Standard Chinchilla

13. 🐰 Giant Chinchilla

14. 🐰 Rex

15. 🐰 Mini Rex

16. 🐰 Lionhead

17. 🐰 Dutch

18. 🐰 Netherland Dwarf

19. 🐰 Polish

20. 🐰 Britannia Petite

21. 🐰 English Angora

22. 🐰 French Angora

23. 🐰 Giant Angora

24. 🐰 Satin Angora

25. 🐰 American Fuzzy Lop

26. 🐰 Jersey Wooly

27. 🐰 Himalayan

28. 🐰 Harlequin

29. 🐰 Tan

30. 🐰 Silver Fox

31. 🐰 Silver Marten

32. 🐰 Champagne d'Argent

33. 🐰 Creme d'Argent

34. 🐰 Silver

35. 🐰 Beveren

36. 🐰 Belgian Hare

37. 🐰 English Spot

38. 🐰 Checkered Giant

39. 🐰 Giant Papillon

40. 🐰 Blanc de Hotot

41. 🐰 Dwarf Hotot

42. 🐰 Cinnamon

43. 🐰 Lilac

44. 🐰 Havana

45. 🐰 Palomino

46. 🐰 Florida White

47. 🐰 Rhinelander

48. 🐰 American Sable

49. 🐰 Sable Point

50. 🐰 Thrianta

51. 🐰 Argente Brun

52. 🐰 Argente Creme

53. 🐰 Argente Champagne

54. 🐰 Belgian Giant

55. 🐰 German Giant

56. 🐰 Continental Giant

57. 🐰 Altex

58. 🐰 Blanc de Termonde

59. 🐰 Czech Red

60. 🐰 Deilenaar

61. 🐰 German Lop

62. 🐰 Meissner Lop

63. 🐰 Cashmere Lop

64. 🐰 Velveteen Lop

65. 🐰 Plush Lop

66. 🐰 Mini Plush Lop

67. 🐰 American Blue

68. 🐰 American White

69. 🐰 Blanc de Bouscat

70. 🐰 Alaska Rabbit

71. 🐰 Belgian Grey

72. 🐰 Japanese Harlequin

73. 🐰 Trianta

74. 🐰 Vienna White

75. 🐰 Zemmouri

76. 🐰 Chinchilla Giganta

77. 🐰 White Vienna

78. 🐰 Swiss Fox

79. 🐰 Czech Spot

80. 🐰 Gotland Rabbit

🐰 Which rabbit breed do you raise or want to own?

💬 Drop the name in the comments! 👇

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Hope this helps anyone who is trying to bond with a new baby bunny. 🩷


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From gentle pets to meat and fiber producers, every rabbit breed has its own unique strengths. Choosing the right breed can make rabbit keeping easier, healthier, and more rewarding.