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What to Do When a Rabbit Has Diarrhea
Rabbit diarrhea is common and can turn critical fast, especially in weanlings that have lost maternal antibodies. Treat infections with rabbit-safe antibiotics and keep the cage clean and dry; prevent it with safe food, gradual feed changes and isolation of sick rabbits.
Lop Rabbit Care Essentials
Lop rabbits make popular pets but need correct care. Buy a 2 to 3 month healthy one, feed pellets and hay as staples with small vegetable and fruit treats (none under 6 months), never meat or spicy food, and keep cats away to avoid toxoplasmosis. Litter-train early, walk at dusk on safe ground, keep 18 to 25°C, and groom, bathe monthly, and trim nails.
Preventing and Controlling Rabbit Colibacillosis
Rabbit colibacillosis (mucoid enteritis), caused by Escherichia coli, strikes weanling rabbits hardest with high death rates from watery, jelly-like diarrhea and dehydration. Prevention hinges on steady high-fiber feeding, clean dry housing, insect and rodent control, and feed-additive or vaccine prophylaxis.
Rabbit Constipation: Causes and How to Prevent It
Rabbit constipation, common in young and old rabbits, comes from dry hardened gut contents due to poor feeding, too much concentrate, low water, or too little exercise, and can block the gut. Signs are poor appetite, hard small stools, then no stool with a painful belly and palpable hard masses. Prevent with balanced feed and water plus exercise; treat early with greens and, for severe cases, sodium sulfate or salt laxatives.
Grasses and Plants Rabbits Must Not Eat
Not every grass suits a rabbit; many wild plants are toxic and can kill. Always avoid groundsel, potato and tomato vines, larkspur, castor bean, aconite, belladonna, datura, water hemlock, and others; some are toxic only when flowering, sprouting, or to lactating does. Safe staples are alfalfa (young and nursing), timothy, and Bermuda grass.
Rabbit Viral Hemorrhagic Disease: Symptoms and Prevention
Rabbit viral hemorrhagic disease (RHD, or 'rabbit plague') is a highly contagious viral infection with up to 100% mortality and no specific cure. Control relies on the semi-annual RHD vaccine, strict hygiene, and disinfecting feed and water contaminated by sick rabbits.
Rabbit Cannibalism of Kits: Causes and Prevention
Cannibalism of kits is a metabolic and nutritional disorder that peaks right after kindling, driven by salt, calcium, protein, or B-vitamin gaps, thirst, fright, odd smells, or poor mothering. Signs are missing kits with blood in the box. Prevent with complete feed, ample water, no handling of kits, quiet surroundings, and isolating the doe if she has the habit.
Rabbit Louse Infestation: Signs and Treatment
Rabbit pediculosis is caused by the rabbit blood-sucking louse (Haemodipsus), spread by contact, that bites and itches the skin, causing restlessness, weight loss, and poor coats, worst in kits. Spot the lice and yellow eggs at the fur base; treat with ivermectin injection or coumaphos/trichlorfon/fenvalerate washes, and prevent by quarantine, cleaning, and routine deworming.
How to Improve the Survival Rate of Young Rabbits
Weaned rabbits under three months old have the lowest survival rate of any age group, with more than half of deaths caused by digestive disorders. Boost survival by minimizing stress during the transition, keeping a calm and clean environment, feeding small frequent meals of digestible high-fiber pellets, and following a strict vaccination and coccidiosis-prevention program.
Rabbit Feeding Habits and Eating Behavior
Rabbits are single-stomach herbivores that prefer plants, pellets and a little vegetable oil or sweet feed, with animal feed kept under 5%. They practice coprophagy — eating nutrient-rich soft cecotropes at night — and eat mostly after dusk, so sudden feed changes cause refusal and gut upset. Introduce any new feed, including animal protein during pregnancy or lactation, gradually.