Any opinions on fasting rabbits 24 hours before processing?

[hoodat]

I never fast mine. I don't have any trouble getting the stomach out intact no matter how full it is. It's just a matter of developig your gutting skills. As noted by another poster a full bladder is harder to get out intact but other than the thought of it spillage from the bladder really isn't much of a problem. In a healthy rabbit the urine inside the bladder is sterile and rinses right out in cold water.

 

[InBox485]

urine is sterile, and rabbit poop isn't real concerning. Both are really easy to keep clean if you gut while the rabbit is hanging by the hind legs. Gravity really works for you on that one.

 

[oldcluck]

After you have dressed 3-4 rabbits you will have your technique down and neither poop or urine is really much of a problem.