rabbit is perfectly save and can be given in any form u like. they eat the coat skull anything.

dont see why they need to eat it alive tho. just kill the poor things lol.

fresh caught rabbits would be best, they are selling those industry rabbits to the public, but you better not have a look at whats in their stumics!!

ps: i would make sure pups are used to raw before giving whole rabbits, start of with a little grinned meat, chicken necks, duck necks, quail carcasses, those are great starter bones. once they r on that for a couple of weeks its much easier to digest rabbit which are a little harder.