What technical points should be mastered when raising rabbits in summer?

There are many kinds of rabbits, some are specially used for raising pets, and some are specialized in providing carnivorous rabbits. In recent years, people's pursuit of delicious food is getting higher and higher, and rabbit meat is gradually accepted by everyone, so there are more and more people raising meat rabbits. Summer is the season with high temperature, so we should pay more attention to raising rabbits. What technical points should be mastered when raising rabbits in summer?

1. Control the density

If the temperature is high in summer, if the rabbit is raised too closely, it will be even hotter, and the rabbit will feel restless and will not gain weight. So to properly reduce the breeding density, pay attention to indoor ventilation, you can also install electric fans to cool down.

2. Cut off long hair

If it is a long-haired rabbit, the long hair in summer will make it difficult to dissipate heat, so the rabbit hair can be properly trimmed to make it cooler.

III. Scientific feeding

When feeding rabbits, we should give priority to green feed, supplemented by energy feed, and feed it reasonably. If the temperature is high but humid, it is necessary to reduce the addition of wet feed to avoid the breeding of bacteria.

Do not feed rabbits with moldy feed. Hot summer can easily lead to feed mildew, to be properly maintained. Do not give too much food at one time, lest the food residue will deteriorate and let the rabbit eat intestinal disease. So clean up the rest of the last meal before feeding each time.

4. Rational water feeding

The temperature is high in summer, so long-term water supply is needed, preferably throughout the day. In order to prevent intestinal diseases in rabbits, you can add some immunity-boosting agents to the water. 1% salt can be added to the water to prevent heatstroke in rabbits. Wait until noon, in the rabbit shed to sprinkle water, to achieve the purpose of cooling. In addition, but also to do a good sunscreen measures, you can put a sunshade net outside the shed, so that the temperature can be slightly reduced.

Fifth, do a good job in the hygiene of the shed

High temperature in summer, prone to flies, mosquitoes and so on, so viruses and bacteria spread very fast, easy to cause all kinds of diseases. If one rabbit is infected, then all rabbits will be affected. Therefore, we must do a good job in the hygiene of the shed and clean up the rabbit droppings and food residues in time. Usually, disinfect rabbit drinking utensils, cages, feed troughs and so on regularly, preferably once a day or once every two days.

In addition, unhygienic cages can easily cause coccidiosis, which is one of the common diseases in raising rabbits, which may cause the death of a large number of rabbits.

6. Stop mating and breeding in summer

In summer, the rabbit has a bad appetite, the female rabbit is not normal in estrus, and the semen quality of the male rabbit is not good, so even if mating is prone to infertility, it is best to stop breeding.