Taboos in raising Rex rabbits

1. Avoid dampness, pollution, Rex rabbit body love dry, like cleaning, disease resistance is weak, so every day must regularly clean the rabbit cage, rabbit house, clean feces, wash feeding utensils, regular disinfection, often keep the rabbit house clean, dry, so that pathogenic microorganisms can not reproduce and parasitic, to prevent rabbit disease, epidemic and death.

two。 Do not disturb. The Rex rabbit is timid and sensitive, so don't catch it easily or make a loud noise. It is forbidden to keep a quiet environment. At the same time, you should also pay attention to the intrusion of cats, dogs, weasels, snakes and so on.

3. Avoid extreme heat. Rex rabbit is afraid of heat because its sweat glands are underdeveloped and its whole body is covered with fluff. Therefore, in the summer rabbit house to shade ventilation, to prevent direct sunlight, pay attention to temperature and heat prevention.

4. Avoid a single feed. A single feed can not meet the nutritional needs of Rex rabbits, affect appetite, and even cause nutritional deficiency. Therefore, in order to give the Rex rabbit a variety of rations, mainly green and thick, reasonable collocation.

5. Don't feed the Rex rabbit more. Feed the rabbit at a fixed time and at a fixed time, in principle, make the rabbit eat well, not more or less, and never let the Rex rabbit tread while eating, which is not only a waste of feed, but also easy to be infected with disease.

6. Avoid feed mutations. The feed should be green and rough, the change should be transitional step by step, and it is forbidden to feed moldy and deteriorated feed. If the feed suddenly changes, it is easy to cause loss of appetite of Rex rabbits, or eat too much, resulting in gastrointestinal diseases and other adverse phenomena. When changing the feed, it is necessary to make a gradual transition so that the digestive machine of the Rex rabbit can gradually adapt to the process, which is beneficial to the digestion and growth of the rabbit.

7. Avoid feed deterioration and pollution. Do not feed rotten, moldy, trampled, contaminated, unidentified fodder, and green feed that has been sprayed with dew or pesticides and does not exceed the safe interval, let alone drink contaminated water. Feed for the Rex rabbit. Be sure to be fresh, high quality and clean water.

8. Stop at night on the day of your death. According to the rabbit's diurnal and nocturnal habits, the Rex rabbit is fed more feed at night than during the day. In particular, one roughage should be fed at night, which is more conducive to fat gain and growth. 9. Avoid lack of water. The Rex rabbit is small and lively. The metabolism is exuberant and the water demand is very large. Therefore, it is necessary to replenish water in time according to the age, physiological condition, season, climate and feed nature of Rex rabbits.

10. Avoid inbreeding. In the specialized households of raising rabbits, the phenomenon of mating and reproduction between brothers in the same nest and between mother and son, father and daughter is common. Because of the close consanguinity, the offspring are often weak in physique, poor in disease resistance, slow in growth and development, resulting in the degradation of productivity, vitality and fur quality.

11. Avoid breeding prematurely. Rex rabbit sexual maturity is earlier than physical maturity, it can not be considered that the performance of estrus can be mated and reproduced. In general, male rabbits are 7 ~ 8 months old, and female rabbits need to be mated from 5 to 6 months to prevent inbreeding so as not to reduce the quality.

twelve。 Avoid promiscuity and mismatch. In general, male rabbits should not mate more than twice a day and mate continuously for 3 days, and should be given a day off. It is better for a male rabbit to ejaculate no more than 60 times a year. When re-breeding, it is strictly forbidden to have the same serious defects or the opposite serious defects. Old age and old age are prohibited. Old and young, young and young rabbits mate, and old and young female rabbits should mate with adult male rabbits. Young male rabbits can only be matched with adult female rabbits. Usually when male and female rabbits mate in their prime, their offspring have the most stable heredity and the best vitality and production performance.

13. Avoid breeding in summer. It is hot and rainy in summer. The female rabbit is abnormal in estrus and is not easy to conceive, and a small number of pregnant rabbits also give birth to babies. Due to hot weather, loss of appetite, resulting in insufficient milk, poor growth of young rabbits, poor management will lead to the death of young rabbits competing for nests. Even if they can stand it, they die in large numbers because of poor development, weak physique, and easy to be infected with coccidiosis after weaning. Some pregnant rabbits often suffer from heatstroke due to high temperature, causing miscarriage and dystocia. Male rabbits often cause testicular atrophy due to high temperature, poor semen quality, more dead sperm and inaccurate matching. Therefore, reproduction should be stopped in summer.

14. Bogey rabbit weaning too early or too late: in general, weaning too early, the higher the mortality of the baby rabbit. If the young rabbits are weaned too late, the young rabbits will rely on the milk of the female rabbits for a long time, which will affect the formation of various enzymes in the digestive tract and lead to the slow growth of the young rabbits. At the same time, it also has a direct impact on the health of female rabbits and the number of babies that reproduce every year. Therefore, the weaning of young rabbits should be 40-50 days and the body weight is about 750 grams.

15. Avoid blind mixed group feeding: Rex rabbits are raised in mixed groups, the infection is difficult to control, and it is easy to bite and fight. Generally, young rabbits should be raised in groups according to male, female, growth speed and body size. When caged, 4-5 young rabbits can be put in each cage. During the breeding period, male and female rabbits have begun to mature sexually. The female rabbit begins to be in estrus, and the male rabbit can produce sperm. Therefore, it is best for male and female rabbits to be raised in separate cages.