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Precautions for Group-Fattening Meat Rabbits
Group-fattening meat rabbits saves labor and improves finishing, but only if you manage stocking density, separate sexes and group by condition, keep littermates together, run an all-in/all-out system, and maintain strict hygiene, disinfection, quiet, and temperature control. These measures raise survival and finishing rates.
How to Use Medication for Rabbit Health Care
A sound rabbit health program relies on timely medication: anticoccidials in feed for kits, a structured vaccination schedule against VHD, pasteurellosis, Clostridia and Bordetella, routine ivermectin for mange, and antibiotics in hot humid seasons. Consistent prevention is far cheaper than treating outbreaks.
How to Raise Meat Rabbits Efficiently
Efficient meat-rabbit farming comes down to five things: choose high-quality breeding stock, manage them well to reach their full production potential, improve feed conversion to cut costs, keep the rabbitry disease-free, and adjust your scale to market demand. Strong breeding selection and good husbandry are the biggest levers on profit.
How Long Do Holland Lop Rabbits Live? (And How to Care for Them)
Holland Lops are loved for their small size and cute looks, but they live shorter than average rabbits—usually 5–7 years. Good care (free roam, proper diet, health checks, clean housing) can extend that toward 10–12 years.
5 Good-Looking, Easy-to-Keep Pet Rabbit Breeds
Rabbits are adorable and popular, but breeds vary. This guide highlights five attractive, beginner-friendly rabbits—Lionhead, Lop, Angora, Panda and Mini Rex—with notes on temperament and basic care.
Can Rabbits Understand You? How to Interact with Your Rabbit
A rabbit's intelligence is like a 3-year-old child's, so it can learn simple commands through training. This guide explains how rabbits process human language and practical, patient ways to bond and play with them.
Rabbit Rhinitis: Symptoms and Treatment
Infectious rabbit rhinitis is usually triggered by temperature swings; young rabbits are hit hard with high death rates. This guide covers symptoms, when it strikes, and treatment plus prevention (isolation, penicillin/streptomycin, vaccines).
Why a Rabbit’s Foot Fur Turns Yellow and What to Do
Yellow fur on a rabbit's feet is usually urine staining, but it can also signal poor nutrition or a normal molt. Left uncleaned, urine corrodes the skin and causes sores — here's how to find the cause and fix it.
Rabbit Eyes Bulging and Watering — Is It Conjunctivitis?
Bulging, red, watering rabbit eyes usually point to conjunctivitis, which can progress to pus, ulcers, and blindness if untreated. Causes include irritants, allergies, trapped debris, or infection; treatment is cleaning, antibiotic drops, and removing the trigger, with a clean, dry, well-ventilated hutch for prevention.
What to Watch When Raising a Lop-Eared Rabbit
Lop-eared rabbits are small, gentle, and popular, but new owners must heed five points or the rabbit may fall ill: age-based diet (alfalfa for pups, timothy for adults), a ventilated dry home (no outdoor in summer, a floor board in dog cages to avoid sore hocks), daily cleaning of urine, no baths (keep ears dry), and never lift by the ears grip the belly and rump instead.