How do i start a Grasscutter farm? Requirements/Facilities to start Grasscutter Farming in Nigeria🇳🇬. 1) Grasscutter cage/Pen: Note that Grasscutters live in colonies. a colony should contain one male and three females or one male four females in one Grass cutter cage. The Grasscutter concrete pen/cage should be blocked at the back and opened at the front, you can as well use a wooden cage or Iron cage✅(wooden or iron cage are mostly advisable for beginners so you can easily change your rearing environment in case it's not favorable to the animals. But if you start with a concrete cage and it happens that the environment is not good for them then you have no option than to start building another cage🤷🏻‍♂️ 2) How many types of Grasscutter do we have? There are two species of grasscutters for commercial purpose, the Long breed (Thryonomys swinderi- anus) and the short breed (Thryonomys gregorianus). 3) What does grass cutter eat? The conventional feeds fed to grass-cutter include cassava tuber, guinea grass, elephant grass and sugar-cane stems, pineapple top, sweet potato, etc. 4) What is the best food of grass cutter? Feeding grasscutter Cassava. Potato. Yam. Cassava peels and scraps. Moringa. Corn. Sorghum. Millet. Ugu steam Etc 5) How many months does it take a Grasscutter to give birth? And How do I know my Grasscutter is pregnant? Staying calm at a spot mostly and frequent looks at the lower abdomen and through pregnancy test. The grasscutter delivers precocious young after 148-152days of gestation (5 months) 6) How many babies can Grasscutter give birth to? They become sexually active and mature at 6-7 months. At this age, they can reproduce and give birth to as high as 5-9 young, most times 12 if you are lucky enough. They can be easily reared or managed, and this made their domestication as an alternative to poaching them in the wild.