About Ordering Raw Rabbit

About ordering raw rabbit from Raising-Rabbits: Here are all the details and your questions answered about easily purchasing frozen raw rabbit from Raising-Rabbits.com for your dogs, cats, and other predator pets.

Bonnie and Clyde are impatiently waiting for dinner and training treats to arrive!

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100% Fresh Frozen Raw Rabbit.
The Logistics of Ordering and Receiving Your Boxes of Frozen Raw Rabbit.
-- Holiday Shipping and Handling.
-- Processing and Shipping Times.
-- Package Sizes.
-- Extra Protections: Insulation and Shipping Insurance.
-- How Your Raw Rabbit Order Will Arrive.
Instructions for Feeding.
Frequently Asked Questions.
Brief List of Frozen Raw Rabbit Products.

Reminder: The Raw-Rabbit page is where you place your order, or you can go straight to the Raising-Rabbits Store.

This 'About Ordering Raw Rabbit' page helps answer the majority of questions about the process of ordering frozen raw rabbit. We welcome your questions if this page fails to answer all of them. Contact us here.

About Ordering Raw Rabbit (100% Fresh Frozen)

Just so you know: Our raw rabbit offerings are NOT denatured,* and have NO ADDED dyes, preservatives, or other additives.

Raising-Rabbits has partnered with a group of small farmers and rabbit producers all over the United States. No big industrial farms are involved. These are individual rabbit producers who raise rabbits because they are passionate about farming and about caring for their rabbits. 

Raising-Rabbits enables you to get fresh, farm-raised rabbit shipped to you directly from the farm. Rabbits are raised like YOU would raise them, with loving care, and without hormones or antibiotics.

We think your pets will thrive on our 100% fresh frozen raw rabbit.

*Denaturing is the addition of chemicals that do not add to the nutritional value or preservation of the meat. Here are two very satisfied customers on a raw diet. Photo used with permission.

Logistics of Ordering and Receiving Your Boxes of Frozen Raw Rabbits

About Ordering Raw Rabbit: Holiday Shipping and Normal Handling

Holiday shipping: We do not ship during weeks with federal holidays due to increased shipping fees and higher risk of delivery delays. Please keep this in mind as you plan your future orders.

Normal Delivery and Handling: Your raw rabbit package may arrive completely frozen. Or, in some cases, depending on shipping or weather conditions, it may arrive partially or mostly thawed, still containing ice crystals, or cold, indicating very recent thawing. Recent thawing or partial thawing does not necessarily indicate a faulty shipment or spoilage.

Upon receipt: Refreeze the packages. Refreezing is believed to rupture bacterial cells (should any have started to grow), killing them and preserving the quality of the meat. See feeding instructions below.

About Ordering Raw Rabbit: Processing and Shipping Times

Lead Times: When we receive orders, we process them immediately or on the next business day.

20-30 pound orders have a 3 week lead time, 50 pound orders have a 4 week lead time. Boneless meat orders will have an additional week lead time. While we are often able to fill orders much sooner, we cannot guarantee it. The supplier does not always have the product ready to ship; sometimes it first needs to be harvested and processed, which can take a few days.

Once the product has been processed, it needs to freeze for several days so it will be frozen solid when we ship it to you. We also ship out orders only on Mondays and Tuesdays to avoid the product getting delayed in shipper warehouses over weekends where it may thaw. These procedures are all necessary to ensure that your order gets to you in top quality. 

UPS and FedEx transit time is 2-3 days: Experience indicates that the special packaging will maintain the order partly to completely frozen for at least this long. If for some reason it appears not to be possible to ship within this time frame, we will contact you about this.

Holiday Shipping: We do not ship during weeks with federal holidays due to increased shipping fees. However, if you do need your order shipped on a week with a federal holiday, that service is available for a $10 surcharge. It is in our store under the frozen products section, along with Extra Insulation.

About Ordering Raw Rabbit: Package Sizes

Fresh frozen rabbits for your dogs, cats, snakes, and other exotic pets are shipped carefully:

• Each rabbit is separately wrapped in clear packaging, with the weight of the contents marked in pounds and ounces (for example: 3 lb 5 oz).
  
• Ground rabbit, venison, and venison/rabbit blends are packaged in 2-3 pound units (no worries about waste, or having to chisel a serving off a solid block for your small dogs or cats)
• Product weights listed are product weights, not product plus packaging.
• Rabbits and venison are processed for pet consumption
• You can order meat cases in 3 different sizes: 20 pounds, 30 pounds, and 50 pounds.
• Training Treats or chew toys can be ordered in sizes from a 2-week supply to a 1-year supply. Each bag will contain 12-20 treats, depending on the treat ordered. See Rabbit Training Treats Description Page for additional info.

About Ordering Raw Rabbit: Extra Protections of Insulation and Insurance

Insulation: Maybe you want extra insulation and gel packs to keep your orders super cool, especially during summer. We have that upgrade available for only $18 per case. Check it out here: Extra Insulation and Gel Packs.

Insurance: Raising-Rabbits offers insurance on all orders! <-- This page has all the FAQs, instructions, and screenshots. Anything you order from Raising-Rabbits can be covered by insurance. Normal UPS and FedEx insurance doesn't cover frozen items, so we found a company that does. Their rates are very affordable, just 3% of your order (minimum $1.50). If anything happens to your order during shipping, the claim process is fast, simple, and easy. Just file your claim within 30 days of receipt of your order. Filing the claim takes only about 15 minutes, and they process claims quickly. This option will be available with every order when you check out.

How Your Raw Rabbit Order Will Arrive - In Photos

2lb ground rabbit from Raising-Rabbits, freshly thawed and ready to serve.

An opened, well insulated box containing frozen ground rabbit.

Freshly arrived box containing 15 packs of still-well-frozen raw ground rabbit.

Thank you to satisfied customer Ed, in Ohio, for sharing these photos!

Instructions for Feeding Frozen Raw Rabbit

• Keep frozen until ready to use
• Thaw in refrigerator (or offer while still frozen)
• Refrigerate any leftovers promptly. 

ATTENTION: Feeding cats a raw rabbit diet exclusively, especially if ground, may result in a taurine deficiency. Researchers recommend that you supplement their diets with 375 – 500 mg of Taurine per day. See this link at catsndogsnaturally.com.
(Dogs synthesize taurine efficiently, and thus won’t experience a taurine deficiency on a raw diet.) 

Why a 20 Pound Minimum for Frozen Raw Rabbit, and more FAQ's

• 20 pounds provides enough mass to remain frozen for shipping during the cooler seasons. For this reason we only ship 20-pound orders between the months of October through May, and even then, weather may dictate when we should start or stop shipping the smaller orders. 
  
  
• 30 and 50 pound quantities enable you to get the most raw rabbit for the lowest possible shipping charges.
  
  
• Consider ordering 50 pounds per order during hot weather (around or above 90 degrees Fahrenheit), as the larger frozen mass of raw rabbit tends to extend the ability to ship to your area during the hotter weather.
  
  
• We are now using double insulation, which improves our ability to ship around the lower 48 states, and to overcome shipping conditions out of our control.
  
  

About Ordering Raw Rabbit: A Quick Review of Our Frozen Raw Rabbit Products

Here is a quick review of the frozen raw rabbit products available through the Raising-Rabbits Store. Click any of the product links for a complete explanation and purchase link...

Whole Prey - Completely intact rabbits, including fur and all organs and entrails. Rabbits are packed individually. Available in 20-pounds, 30-pounds, and 50-pounds. Go to the Whole Prey Description Page for a full description of the frozen whole prey, plus a purchase link. 

Skinned and Gutted - The rabbit has been skinned, and the head, feet, and most entrails removed. Some organs are left in place: Liver, kidneys, lungs and heart. One may also order skinned and gutted rabbits also quartered (SGQ) for convenience of serving, especially for smaller pets. The Skinned and Gutted Description Page provides a full description of both of the skinned and gutted rabbit products, plus a purchase link.

Finely Ground (Bone-In) - Ground rabbit meat includes the muscle meat with ground bones and healthy edible organs. The Boneless Ground option includes meat and edible organs but omits any bones.

Go to the Finely Ground Rabbit and Boneless Ground Rabbit Description Page for a full description of both the finely ground rabbit meat and finely ground boneless rabbit meat products, plus purchase links for each.

Boneless Chunks - Boneless chunks include ONLY the rabbit meat. No bones, organs, or any other part of the rabbit are included. Go to the Boneless Chunks Description Page to see a full description of the chunk boneless rabbit meat product, plus a purchase link. 

Venison (boneless), blended with rabbit (bone-in). Looks very similar to the ground venison meat.

Boneless Ground Venison - Includes deer meat only (no rabbit). No bones, organs, or any other part of the deer are included. Go to the Boneless Ground Venison Description Page for a full description of the boneless ground venison product, plus purchase link. 

Ground Venison/Bone-in Rabbit Blend - The combo mix of boneless venison and bone-in rabbit are combined to make tasty and balanced meals of a 80-10-10 blend (meat/organ/bone).
Go to the Ground Venison/Bone-in Rabbit Blend Description Page for a full description of the ground venison/bone-in rabbit blend product, plus purchase link. 

Rabbit Chew Treats - Chew Treats also serve as training treats, and include rabbit ears, and both sets of rabbit feet, frozen, not dehydrated. Go to Rabbit Chew Treats Description Page for a full description of chew treats and training treats for your pets, plus a purchase link. 

Do you have any other preferences?

We’ve listed the products that are most popular with raw rabbit feeding pet owners. If you desire other quantities or raw frozen products, feel free to let us know; we’ll work to obtain the nutrition or treats your dog or cat will profit from and enjoy, if possible. 

More Informational Links:

• Homemade Pet Food
• Raw Cat Food
• Raw Dog Food
• Raw Meat Pet Food

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