THE CARE OF RABBITS 11% 
day once you get the rabbits accustomed to 
being fed at that time. 
It takes but little to “throw them off feed” 
and generally it is lack of regularity that does 
the trick. And another point should be noted 
im this connection. Once you find a ration 
that suits your pocketbook and the rabbits, 
hesitate a long time before you change it and 
then do it very gradually. A sudden change of 
feed will react in the development of the 
rabbit. 
It takes but a little time to care for them, 
when it is done regularly. I find it most con- 
venient to clean out the hutches each morning 
before breakfast. As soon as breakfast is pre- 
pared, I leave them and then when getting 
ready to go to work, give them the morning 
feeding. This takes only a very few minutes. 
For a small hutch of only four compartments 
one could easily do this work im five to ten 
minutes. 
They will then require no more attention 
until evening. Of course, where there are 
