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Which Rabbits Should Not Be Selected as Breeding Stock?
Rabbit farmers place great importance on breeding-stock development, especially large-scale operations, because only high-quality breeding stock can raise a herd's reproduction rate and economic returns. Selecting excellent young rabbits as replacement breeders is key to maintaining both quality and numbers. So how should you select replacement breeding rabbits? We hope the following advice helps.
How to Raise Newborn Rabbit Kits
Raising kits is hard and losses are high, but if you ever breed rabbits you must know it. Here are the eight essentials of kit care.
Caring for a Doe Rabbit Before and After Birth
Care around birth affects kit survival. Before birth build reserves; after, support milk and watch nursing. Here is the full schedule.
Signs a Doe Rabbit Is About to Give Birth
Does often deliver at dawn while you sleep, so learning the pre-birth signs lets you stay up to watch. Here is what to expect before and during birth.
Feeding a Nursing Doe Rabbit
A doe nurses for about 35 to 40 days. Good milk needs the right feed and steady water. Here is how to manage a lactating doe's diet.
How to Manage a Nursing Doe Rabbit
After birth, kit care matters, but the doe needs care too. Poor doe care means low milk, weak next litters and mastitis. Here is the management plan.
Four Benefits of Grass for Rabbits
Many new owners think carrots are a rabbit's staple — wrong. Grass is the staple. Here are four reasons hay matters so much.
How to Prevent and Treat Rabbit Mastitis
Oversupply, thick milk, unclean glands, low water or breast trauma can all cause mastitis in nursing does. It is a key disease to prevent. Here is how.
How to Prevent Rabbit Yellow Urine Disease
Yellow urine disease is a major threat to young kits, usually appearing around 7 days of age with a high death rate if untreated. Preventing doe mastitis is the key. Here is how.
Medications for Rabbit Mastitis and Yellow Urine Disease
Yellow urine disease in kits is easy to treat if caught early. Common drugs include gentamicin and chloramphenicol. Here is how to use them and how to prevent the disease.