Rabbits as food

[Emzie]

sorry to ask a question in your thread but what are guinea pigs like as food compared to rabbits?

 

[gozz]

cris? i was looking at dropping a few traps out at the port of brisbane an hemmet for rabbits/ hares.

their everywhere out there?

keen to come along for a hunt one night?

i would say just using rabbit snares an then the old neck break would be just as good.

Mate there are heaps of hares there but there are also heaps of cameras out there and the water police, be careful could get into trouble

 

[Lozza]

sorry to ask a question in your thread but what are guinea pigs like as food compared to rabbits?

Guinea pigs are quite fatty actually, worse than rats. Rabbits are the leanest, therefore the healthiest (as far as small mammals are concerned that is - birds are a different kettle of fish ).

 

[wokka]

sorry to ask a question in your thread but what are guinea pigs like as food compared to rabbits?

They have smaller ears and no tail.

 

[bubbaloush]

reptile city in adelaide sell frozen rabbits if anyone in sa needs

 

[Emzie]

They have smaller ears and no tail.

haha good one

 

[Sturdy]

Mate there are heaps of hares there but there are also heaps of cameras out there and the water police, be careful could get into trouble

bet they cant catch a ninja.

plus in QLD isnt a rabbit/ hare a pest that can be killed on site ie. same as a toad?


EDIT_____________________

also i went out there yesterday just to have another look around

found a good spot. an also found someone else's snare
it was right out the front of a burrow.

might drop some traps there this weekend sept 500m in the other direction.

 

[Hsut77]

bet they cant catch a ninja.

plus in QLD isnt a rabbit/ hare a pest that can be killed on site ie. same as a toad?


EDIT_____________________

also i went out there yesterday just to have another look around

found a good spot. an also found someone else's snare
it was right out the front of a burrow.

might drop some traps there this weekend sept 500m in the other direction.

I think they meant that steel jaw traps and neck snares are an illegal method of catching rabbits. Hence you may get into a bit of trouble if the police see you using illegal methods of capture.

 

[kitling]

Late addition to thread

But I have an olive and would be interested in rabbits when he is big enough, which is soon.

 

[jessb]

Guinea pigs are quite fatty actually, worse than rats.

Do you have a source for that? It would be interesting to compare the different fat contents of rats/rabbit/guinea pigs? I was looking on Wikipedia the other day and they actually mention that GPs are very low in fat and cholesterol and vey high in protein. Not sure what it is in comparison to tho...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinea_pigs

Slugga, I agree that there is a growing market for rabbits as food (atm you pay around $25-$25 for a farmed rabbit!) But keep in mind that regulations surrounding food for human consumption is WAY more stringent than those for animal consumption. That said, I would love to try hare - I've eaten farmed and wild rabbit, but it just takes like chicken really. Apparently hare is much more interesting.

 

[cris]

Here is a site with some data, it is based on fairly limited samples so it is only really a rough guide but still very useful.

http://www.rodentpro.com/qpage_articles_03.asp

 

[jessb]

That's great cris, thanks for that.

So young guinea pigs have comparable fat ratios to adult rats and adult chickens, but adult guineas are higher in fat than most food sources.

THAT's why you don't use Wikipedia as your only source of information boys and girls! :lol:

 

[cris]

That's great cris, thanks for that.

So young guinea pigs have comparable fat ratios to adult rats and adult chickens, but adult guineas are higher in fat than most food sources.

THAT's why you don't use Wikipedia as your only source of information boys and girls! :lol:

I was just reading the wiki page, the referance was made in relation to guineapig meat, not the whole animal.

I think if i bred gunea pigs i would be eating them myself look how tasty they look(pic from wiki)

 

[jessb]

mmmmm guinea crackling...