Preparation and Management of Rex Rabbit before and after delivery

In general, the pregnancy period of Rex rabbits is 31 days, the pregnancy period is shorter when there are more fetuses, and the pregnancy period is longer when there are fewer fetuses. Too large fetuses are easy to prolong the pregnancy period, and even cause dystocia, which should be paid special attention to.

When conditions permit, it is best to adjust the pregnant rabbits with 25 days of pregnancy to the same house or to several adjacent cages for observation and management. Thoroughly clean and disinfect the rabbit house and delivery box within 3-4 days before delivery (2%-3% Laisuer, 0.1% Xinjie and sterilization). After disinfection, the cage and production box should be washed with clean water, and the mobile production box should be dried in the sun and then put into the cage to remove the smell of the liquid left by disinfection, so as to prevent the female rabbit from being uneasy and drilling everywhere. Then put the soft mat grass so that the female rabbit is familiar with the environment, so that it is easy to pick up the grass and pull hair to make a nest. Pregnant female rabbits should reduce the supply of concentrate feed 2-3 days before delivery to prevent mastitis. The antenatal performance of the first-born female rabbit should be examined, and manual assistance should be carried out if it is found that it does not know how to pick up grass or feather litter. Make the nest with soft hair and grass, and pull the wool manually. Practice has proved that it can stimulate lactation, less milk secretion of those with less hair, and more milk secretion of those with more hair. Feed and drinking water should be prepared before childbirth, and soy milk and gruel can be prepared if possible, so that the female rabbit can eat and drink after giving birth. After giving birth, the mother rabbit is empty, thirsty and hungry. If the drinking water and feed are not prepared in advance, the female rabbit will be forced to eat the baby rabbit. Someone needs to be on duty on the eve of delivery, in case it falls outside the litter box and falls into a ditch to freeze and starve to death. If there is a stillborn fetus or abnormal freak, it should be taken out in time to prevent the female rabbit from eating the stillborn fetus and the placenta together, so as not to develop the addiction of leftover rabbits. You must keep quiet and guard against disturbance before giving birth. The female rabbit gives birth very quickly, only takes 20-30 minutes, about 2-3 minutes to give birth to a baby rabbit. During childbirth, the back is raised, the mouth licks the vulva, sometimes a cry is made, and the baby rabbit is produced along with the placenta. After the mother rabbit bites off the umbilical cord, eats the placenta and licks the amniotic fluid and blood on the baby rabbit, the baby rabbit goes to feed, and then the mother rabbit gives birth to another baby rabbit.

After delivery, take out the litter box, count the litter rabbit, weigh the birth weight and individual weight, make a good record, and assist the mother rabbit to rearrange the litter box.

Rex rabbit prenatal and postnatal management methods: Rex rabbit breeding now we need to raise, especially in other feeding management should be more attentive, we now see how Rex rabbit prenatal and postnatal care can better reduce our loss:

(1) make prenatal preparations. The parturient female rabbit begins to carry grass to make its nest 3 or 4 days before delivery. Breeders should prepare the litter box in advance and lay the bedding grass, which should be soft, cut short, dried and disinfected. At the same time, prepare some green, juicy and palatable forage for the female rabbit and put the bedding grass into the rabbit cage, and put some drinking water with brown sugar to facilitate the lactation of the female rabbit. Remove the dirt in the delivery box immediately after delivery.

(2) Let young rabbits eat colostrum in time (within 24 hours after birth) Rex rabbits are generally fed once a day, and breast-feeding should be done regularly.

(3) attention should be paid to the prevention and treatment of mastitis in female rabbits and xanthuria in young rabbits. Always check carefully and treat the mother and child as soon as they are found to be ill. If the treatment is too late, it can lead to the death of the whole litter of rabbits, even if it is found late or not treated in time, it will increase the mortality rate, and even if the rabbits do not die, they will grow slowly.

(4) it is necessary to always check whether the young rabbits are full or whether the milk of the female rabbits is sufficient. If it is found that individual young rabbits are not full, they can be replenished once alone, and measures can be taken if most of the young rabbits are not full because of the lack of milk of the female rabbits. To avoid starving to death. In addition, we should prevent frost damage in winter, heat in summer, and rodent damage all the year round.