Secret Book of Pet Rabbit's safe Winter

Beijing is cold and dry in winter. If you have a lovely pet rabbit at home, you should take good care of it. In such a season, the rabbit at home is easy to get sick because of a little carelessness. Therefore, it is imperative to take more measures to make it pass the winter smoothly. The Grand ceremony of Chinese Finance

Pet rabbits are prone to diseases in winter.

★ colds if you find a sudden rise in the temperature of a rabbit at home, or if its eyes become dazed with tears, or if it has a cough, runny nose and panting, it may be a cold. Rabbit colds are mainly caused by sudden changes in climate, poor air quality caused by improper ventilation in rabbit houses, and cold shearing in winter.

The main symptoms of ★ diarrhea are lower appetite, more frequent defecation, diluted and watery stool. Generally speaking, young rabbits and long-haired rabbits are more likely to suffer from the disease. If the rabbit catches cold, or if the rabbit eats spoiled food or a sudden change of feed, it may cause rabbit diarrhea.

★ constipation in winter when the climate is dry, if the rabbits at home are fed too much dry food, and the rabbits do not have enough drinking water and lack of exercise, it may lead to constipation. The symptom is that the droppings from the rabbit are small, dry and hard, and the urine will be red in severe cases.

★ pneumonia is a serious disease for rabbits. After the onset of the disease, the rabbit will show signs of mental malaise, sudden rise in body temperature, loss of appetite, difficulty in breathing, head tilting up, and constant coughing. At this time, the rabbit refuses to eat, slightly carelessly, and the rabbit will die three or four days later. The disease is mainly caused by dampness in the rabbit house, poor ventilation, long-term accumulation of various harmful gases in the rabbit house to stimulate rabbits and other reasons, mostly in young rabbits.

Precautionary measures

★ pay attention to cold protection and warm night rabbit house doors and windows or holes should be tightly closed, hang cotton curtains, etc., the house should be covered with soft cushions or sterilized waste cotton wool, you can also put a hot water bag in the rabbit house. Pay attention to taking some time to ventilate the rabbit house during the day to keep the air inside the rabbit house clean and hygienic.

★ scientific feeding should pay attention to the palatability of rabbit feed, it is best to wet the dry material with warm water before feeding. Don't feed it frozen feed, or moldy and spoiled feed; you'd better give it warm water. Feed it up at night to prevent rabbits from going hungry for a long time.

★ take more care not to cut the rabbit's hair or bathe the rabbit in winter, otherwise it will reduce the rabbit's ability to keep out the cold. Take it to bask in the sun, strengthen exercise, and let the rabbit move freely for a period of time on a sunny day. The rabbit house should be cleaned frequently, disinfected frequently, and the mat grass should be changed frequently to maintain a good sanitary condition in the rabbit house. Often observe the rabbit's eyes, ear color, dung shape, appetite, touch the back, abdomen and pulse of the long-haired rabbit, listen to the rabbit's breathing times and sound, and carry out isolation treatment in time when it is found that the rabbit is sick. If a disease is found, it should be taken to the pet hospital for treatment immediately.