How to raise drooping-ear Rabbit breeding techniques and matters needing attention

Drooping ear rabbit must be no stranger to many people, it is a very lovely rabbit, the shape is generally small and cute, at present in the market is very popular with consumers. However, when many people raise drooping rabbits, there will be some problems because the technology is not in place, so how to raise them is the best?

How to raise a drooping rabbit

1. Comb often: most drooping-eared rabbits belong to the type with more hair, so they must lose more hair than short-haired rabbits at the change of season. if you can't comb it often, it's easy to tie a knot. Over time, the skin of the rabbit will be red and swollen because of the fur problem. Raising the drooping-eared rabbit should be done in the way of long-haired rabbit, and the ear is the key part.

2. Do not scratch the ears: never catch the rabbit's ear when catching the rabbit. The ear is an important organ of the rabbit. The rabbit must use the ear to dissipate heat without sweat glands. If you scratch the rabbit's ear and cause nerve injury, the correct way to catch the rabbit should be to hold the rabbit's back with one hand and carry the rabbit's butt with the other hand, so that the rabbit's legs and belly are facing forward.

Breeding techniques and matters needing attention of drooping-ear rabbits

1. Culture techniques:

1, diet collocation: rabbit diet needs to prepare sufficient and clean plain boiled water, food should pay attention to balanced nutrition, food collocation. Food should be vegetables, rabbit food, hay and other organic mix, and then give the rabbit to eat. Rabbits do not have the concept of satiety, feed rabbits must eat, to avoid too much food caused by drooping rabbit indigestion, serious will kill the rabbit.

2. Feeding environment: rabbits like a dry and clean environment. At home, prepare a dry and ventilated place for rabbits to put a rabbit nest, and add a plank or mat in the rabbit nest to prevent rabbits from suffering from foot dermatitis and other diseases. Rabbit nests should also be cleaned regularly.

2. points for attention:

Avoid taking a bath, do not give the baby rabbit a bath, the rabbit is very clean, will lick their own hair every day, it is not recommended to give it a bath, but must choose to take a bath when the weather is good and sunny, but also should avoid water into its ears, if you are not careful, you will get otitis media.

What is the good food for the drooping rabbit?

For 1-6 months, rabbits should eat appropriate amount of alfalfa hay, unlimited amount of Timothy hay, young rabbit food and plain boiled water; more than 6 months-unlimited amount of Timothy hay plus rabbit food, plain boiled water and a small amount of vegetables and fruits, vegetables must be free of water, and only a small handful of rabbit food should be given to it.

Common epidemic diseases of drooping-ear rabbits and their control

1. Rabbit coccidiosis. It is a disease caused by infecting coccidia parasitic in the intestinal tract or in the bile duct of the liver. Emaciation, anemia, diarrhea and abdominal distension in diseased rabbits. Visual mucosal yellow staining, late neurological symptoms, the mortality rate is very high. Usually, 20% lime water can be used to disinfect the rabbit house. If rabbits are found to be suffering from the disease, 30 mg of chlorobenzene guanidine is added per kilogram of feed for 1 week, and then halved. It can also be fed with sulfamethazine or sulfamethazine, 0.20-0.50 g per rabbit per day, with good results.

2. Rabbit acariasis. It is a highly invasive parasitic disease in rabbits, which is commonly found in the feet, claws, nose and outer ears of rabbits. Suffering from severe itching pain, skin inflammation and even hair removal, due to unbearable itching, everywhere friction, scratching or gnawing, loss of appetite, increasingly emaciated. The diseased rabbits should be isolated and treated in time, thoroughly clean the enclosure and contaminated utensils, and then spray disinfection with diformamidine. Keep the enclosure ventilated, transparent and dry. Wash the affected area with hot water and apply sulfur ointment once every 3 days for 2-3 times in a row.

When raising a drooping rabbit, we must pay attention to the matching of diet, and we also need to freshen up at the right time, but we must be careful not to scratch its ears, which may lead to damage to its ear nerves. Drooping-ear rabbits are also prone to epidemic diseases when they are raised, so it is necessary to prevent and cure the diseases in time.