The breeding of female rabbits is very risky for female rabbits, and the survival rate of the young rabbits cannot be guaranteed. How to care for the rabbit after giving birth? What should I pay attention to when nursing? Let's learn about rabbit feeding with Xiaobian!
How to take care of the rabbit after giving birth?
1. The main purpose is to clean up blood stains and keep warm. When the rabbits are just born, they will not be hungry for a while because they rely on the umbilical cord to absorb nutrients in the female rabbit. See if the mother rabbit knows how to clean up the placenta for the little rabbit. It is best for the mother rabbit to eat the placenta. 2. Give them a safe environment. It is best to keep the rabbits and the mother rabbits in separate cages to avoid accidents. We only need to send the baby rabbit box into the mother rabbit cage every day to let the mother rabbits. Breastfeeding is enough, once a day for the first week of birth, and twice a day for the second week. You can give the mother rabbit some boiled soybeans to induce milk every day.
3. If the female rabbit does not pluck the hair on the chest, you can manually pluck the hair around the nipple to facilitate breastfeeding.
4. Babies with weak physique should be fed first or the frequency of breastfeeding should be increased.
5. You can give the mother rabbit some boiled soybeans (a small spoon, not too much) or coriander to induce milk every day.
6. Give the mother rabbit more green vegetables, and don't eat too much rabbit food, which can increase milk production and prevent the female rabbit from suffering from mastitis. Pay attention to the hygiene of the young rabbits to prevent the young rabbits from getting Yellow Diabetes.
7. Newborn rabbits have no hair on their bodies, so pay attention to keeping warm. The suitable temperature is 30-32 degrees from birth to 3 weeks. If the room is cold, you can wrap the warm water bag with a towel and put it in the rabbit box. It is best to put a thermometer in the box to monitor the temperature, because if the temperature of the rabbit box is too high, it will also cause The baby rabbit died of overheating. In addition, it should be noted that the position of the warm water bag should not be more than half of the box, so that the baby rabbit can move to a cool place when it feels hot.
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