long long ago, there was such a rumor that rabbit can't be fed with water. After drinking water, the rabbit will die very quickly. Many people have heard this rumor, especially newbies. , I will be very scared and confused about whether the rabbit can drink water, but I dare not test it. If the rabbit will die as soon as it drinks, it will be troublesome. But many times, I do not give water to rabbits and find that the rabbit country has died for a while. Can rabbits drink water?

No Give water to rabbits

I don't know which wicked person made up such a lie, which has been passed down to this day and deceived countless rabbit breeders. Indeed, rabbits are prone to diarrhea, and after diarrhea And it is very easy to die, so many people associate rabbit drinking water with diarrhea, but in fact there is no relationship between the two. Rabbits can not only drink water, but also must supply sufficient drinking water. 6-month-old rabbits can drink water every day. Drink 500-1000 ml of drinking water, and a 1-month-old rabbit can drink 100-200 ml of water a day. Many rabbit friends think that vegetables can replace drinking water. In fact, this is a big mistake. Vegetables cannot be used for water. Instead,

And for rabbits, excessive intake of vegetables will inevitably lead to diarrhea, so if you want to feed rabbits, the correct way is to supply sufficient drinking water, and vegetables supply 1-2 per day The amount of supply should be implemented according to the gastrointestinal tolerance of each rabbit. Many bunnies died inexplicably without any symptoms, which is directly related to the lack of water to drink. Any mammal dehydrated by 20% dies.

Bathing rabbits

Many rabbit friends have a lot of controversy about bathing rabbits. Death cases abound. Under normal circumstances, rabbits do not need to take a bath all their lives. This is because rabbits have extremely strong self-cleaning ability. In the animal kingdom, rabbits are notoriously clean animals. If you often observe your little rabbit, you will find that the rabbit is licking its own fur when it is fine, that is, it is bathing itself.

If you find that your rabbit is dirty, you should first determine whether it is sick, because rabbits are not dirty under normal circumstances, including the fur on the buttocks, which is also very clean. If the fur on the rabbit's butt is dirty, the rabbit has diarrhea, if the rabbit's chin is dirty, it has stomatitis, and if the nose is dirty, it has rhinitis.

So when the rabbit is dirty, the cause should be determined first, rather than blindly taking a bath, which often covers up the condition and worsens the condition due to bathing. If the rabbit is really dirty and needs to be cleaned, clean it wherever it is dirty, unless the stubborn stains require manual intervention for cleaning, under normal circumstances, the rabbit will clean up by itself.

Vegetables and fruits as staple food

Little white rabbit, white and white, with two ears pricked up, loves to eat radishes and green vegetables, jumping around Cute. Everyone has heard this nursery rhyme, but it is this nursery rhyme that has seriously misled many friends who keep rabbits, and newbies who drink a lot of rabbits. After buying rabbits, they don't know what to feed. Rabbits were fed vegetables, but after a few days, they died of diarrhea. The reason is that the water content in vegetables is too high, and this is two concepts from the direct drinking of water by rabbits.

So don't take vegetables and fruits as staple food for rabbits. The correct way is to supply enough forage grass + rabbit food + drinking water for adult rabbits, 1-2 meals of vegetables per day, and adequate supply of grass for young rabbits + A small amount of rabbit food + plenty of water. Vegetables can be served without or in small amounts.

Keep rabbits with cats and dogs

Many rabbit friends keep rabbits with cats and dogs, which is extremely dangerous, because cats are toxoplasma High-sensitivity animals, so if cats and rabbits are mixed together, rabbits are easily infected with toxoplasmosis, so cats are prohibited in all rabbit farms.

Because dogs are omnivores, they are aggressive and eat meat, so dogs are dangerous animals for rabbits. Maybe many rabbit friends keep rabbits and dogs together without incident. It can only be said to be lucky. If there are two kinds of animals in the home, the safest way is to keep them separately and have their own territory.

Feeding rabbits meat or animal food

Rabbits are typical herbivorous animals, and their gastrointestinal characteristics cannot adapt to the digestion of meat and animal food. Including many oily foods are inedible, such as chocolate, instant noodles, bread, etc., as well as egg foods, foods containing meat and oil, etc.

Rabbits eat meat food and food with high oil content, which will cause serious gastrointestinal diseases. Some rabbit friends may eat meat or food containing oil, meat and oil for their rabbits. The problem, that can only be said to be too lucky, but time will test everything, any breeding method that violates the animal's living habits may become the direct cause of its death.

The rabbit is hungry and full, and there are no restrictions when it comes to delicious food

The rabbit does not know whether to be hungry or full, especially when it encounters delicious food. When it is very sexual, it will eat desperately, or if it is hungry for too long, when it is fed again, it will eat desperately. This is very dangerous, because the gastrointestinal function of the rabbit is not yet fully developed. When a large amount of food is eaten, it is easy to cause food accumulation, that is, gastric dilatation. This disease is very easy for rabbits to get, and the treatment effect is very good after the onset. Not good, it can easily lead to death! So the best way is prevention.

For rabbit food and alfalfa, it is recommended to supply by meal, 30 grams per meal, 4 meals a day, it is best to eat until 80% full. For those of you who are busy with work, it is recommended to buy an automatic feeding machine and supply it every time. When encountering food that Tutu likes to eat, don’t supply it indefinitely. Touch Tutu’s belly with your hand. If it is already very round, stop the supply immediately. , blindly coddling will only harm your rabbit!

Don't feed the rabbit

The rabbit is a herbivore, which eats grass It is natural and justifiable, not feeding rabbits and rabbits is very harmful. To use an analogy, if you do not feed tigers, the tigers will really become paper tigers. Eating grass has two necessities for rabbits. The first is that rabbits can supplement various nutrients needed in the body by eating grass. The second is because rabbits have the habit of eating fur, especially under the condition of unbalanced nutrition, the phenomenon of eating fur is more serious. Therefore, for the hair that is eaten into the body, eating grass can help the rabbit to completely expel the hair from the body. If the rabbit does not eat grass, it will undoubtedly lay a hidden danger for the rabbit to suffer from hairball disease.

Hairball disease can be fatal if not detected and treated in time, and in the later stage of hairball disease, surgery must be used to remove the hairball, so in order to avoid hairball disease in rabbits , Be sure to start feeding grass after rabbits are weaned. It is not acceptable to feed only rabbit food.

The intestines of rabbits are completely herbivorous, and there are a lot of probiotics and microorganisms growing in their intestines. Since there are too many food components in the rabbit food, if you eat too much rabbit food, it will inevitably lead to (maize, bean cake, etc. are the main components of the rabbit food) the rabbit food fermented in the intestinal tract, making gas, which will bring serious digestion to the rabbit. bad, which leads to diarrhea. In severe cases, the rabbit's stomach will expand and die.

At present, some people say that rabbits only eat full-price feed containing grass powder, so they don't need to eat grass. This is a big mistake. It is true that many rabbit farms do not feed rabbits with grass, because considering the cost, they only feed full-price feed. Rabbit farms with a certain economic foundation will only feed rabbit food containing grass meal, but the raising method in rabbit farms , It is completely inapplicable to the majority of rabbit friends, because the rabbits in the rabbit farm will be slaughtered at the earliest 3 months, and the slow ones will only be released in 4-5 months. In such a short time, even the rabbits get hairy Ball disease is not fatal, nor will it affect the price of rabbits, because rabbits are sold by weight.

The nutrients in the full-price feed can replace the nutrients in the grass, but the grass has a more important role for rabbits, which is to regulate the stomach and expel the excess hair from the body. For domestic rabbits, it is impossible to live for only 5 months. It is fatal for rabbits to not eat grass for a long time. Don't believe that rabbits can only eat full-price feed. It is impossible for grass powder to replace grass in function, otherwise it will only harm your rabbit. The correct method is to supply alfalfa grass and forage grass at the same time after the rabbit is weaned. After the rabbit is 6 months old, the supply of alfalfa grass can be gradually reduced, once a day. supply.

Not raising rabbits with the right tools

Raising rabbits with the right tools can avoid many of the problems of rabbits. For example, many rabbit friends keep rabbits in the cages that they bought from rabbits. arouse death.

Many rabbit friends use water bowls for dogs to drink water for rabbits, which is extremely wrong, because the structure of the rabbit's mouth determines that rabbits can only drink water from a ball bottle and a sink to drink water. It will cause the rabbit to get wet dermatitis, and the chin will become inflamed and ulcerated, which will lead to the death of sepsis.

Because rabbits have the habit of grinding their teeth, it is necessary to prepare a molar wood for rabbits to grind their teeth. If rabbits do not grind their teeth, it will bring a series of problems. Growing, if there is nothing to grind the teeth, it will cause the incisors to grow too long, resulting in the inability of the mouth to close, which will lead to oral ulcers, and death due to inability to eat. The rabbit cage bought by many rabbit friends is not equipped with a station board, so the rabbit stands on the barbed wire for a long time, which can easily lead to the rabbit's foot dermatitis.

The body structure of Rabbit determines that the joints of Rabbit's two hind legs are the heaviest stress points in the whole body. Dermatitis is a stubborn disease that is difficult to cure, so prevention is extremely important.

Therefore, the following equipment must be prepared for raising rabbits, so that rabbits can grow healthily. A rabbit cage that can make rabbits very comfortable and has a certain space for movement must be equipped with a station board, which occupies at least half of the area of the cage. For rabbits to rest. A ball water bottle with enough capacity, pay attention to use a small ball water bottle for small rabbits, and large ball ones cannot be licked.

Prepare a molar wood for rabbits for a long time to grind their teeth. A food bowl that can be fixed inside the cage. A grass rack that can be fixed. If conditions permit, you can add a toilet for rabbits, which can cultivate the good habit of defecation in rabbits.