Preparedness for when

NewShadow

If I remember rightly newshadow.. Even though rabbitvis a good clean meat. It can't be eaten day in and day out due to the lack of certain things???

As has been said, it's the almost complete lack of fat to protein. A rabbit is something like 10% fat, compared to beef or pork at 30%.

I think it's fine if you serve it with fats - nuts/seeds/butter/oil.

Alternatively, chickens are fab - a bit noisier and need more space, but eggs are great for you - 10% (really good) fats v's 13% protein.

NewShadow

COOLTRIKERCHICK wrote: »

Re- rabbit and cats. I should imagine it's like feed chicken to cats. It lacks certain vitamins which the cat needs, so if feeding a fresh meat diet to cats you have got to give things like heart and liver for a balanced diet.

Another vote for chickens

We recommend natural sources of Taurine for cats whenever possible, including:

Shellfish – Excellent sources of Taurine, with high levels in clams, scallops, krill and shrimp.Natural source of taurine for cats - sardines
Fish – Cold water fish such as sardines or salmon are excellent, natural sources of Taurine that cat’s love.
Meat – All meat contains Taurine, with dark poultry meat being one of the best sources.
Eggs
Dairy products
Natural Taurine supplements suitable for cats – Fresh or low-temperature dried seaweed, freeze-dried krill, and brewer’s yeast. Our senior cat is fed both freeze-dried krill and a seaweed/algae mix on a regular basis.

mardatha

We used to eat a lot of game birds and wabbit when my youngest son - the falconer- was at home. I got really good at skinning them with a stanley knife. I'm not mad on the taste but I found chucking it in a stew with odd & ends of bacon and kidney etc made it bearable. The RV loves it though.

nuatha

NewShadow wrote: »

Another vote for chickens

Thank you for the taurine source info. It gives me an excuse for harvesting seafood

greenbee

http://knowledgenuts.com/2015/01/21/how-to-starve-to-death-while-stuffing-yourself-with-rabbit-meat/

Personally I can't stand the smell - my landlady when I lived in Italy used to boil half a rabbit a couple of times a week

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COOLTRIKERCHICK wrote: »

As if you got financial problems then you can catch a FTE pigeons , squirrels etc...

Not forgetting rabbits, the easiest of the animals to skin and prep, for the pot.

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COOLTRIKERCHICK wrote: »

If I remember rightly newshadow.. Even though rabbit is a good clean meat. It can't be eaten day in and day out due to the lack of certain things???

As long as you eat some greenery with it (dandelion or nettles leaves will do), you will be fine.

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COOLTRIKERCHICK wrote: »

I keep the rabbit idea on the back burner..

Fatal Attraction anyone?

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fuddle wrote: »

I tend to think that it would be nothing a bit of lard couldn't fix.

A bit more to it than that.

fuddle

Tongue in cheek Bob, tongue in cheek.

It's not the lack of fat that would worry me, it's the high protein count.