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Rabbit Staphylococcosis: Causes, Symptoms and Treatment
Rabbit staphylococcosis is a common contagious disease caused by Staphylococcus aureus. It can lead to abscesses, mastitis, pododermatitis and neonatal yellow urine disease. Learn how to recognize and treat each condition.
What Causes Doe Miscarriage and How to Prevent It?
Owners may assume miscarriage means illness, but it also ties to nutrient lack and poor feeding. This article explains the causes.
Basic Rules for Raising Meat Rabbits
Raise meat rabbits with steady feeding, quiet clean housing, and grouped management: free or scheduled feeding, calm handling to protect weight gain, daily cleaning, and grouping by age and sex at 15-20 per pen.
Rabbit Blood-Mating Technique
Blood-mating breeds a doe 12-24 hours after birth to raise litter rate, but only for strong does with few kits; match age, season, and nutrition, and avoid it for breeding-stock or weak animals.
How to Tell a Male Rabbit from a Female
Learning a rabbit's sex is essential; the sexes differ in habits. This article teaches how to sex rabbits and their living habits.
What Should Owners Do for Winter Rabbit Breeding?
Low winter breeding rates in rabbits are common, but owners who do these things well can raise the rate. What should you do? Read on with us.
What Factors Lower Winter Rabbit Breeding Rates?
A doe's fertility directly drives farm profit. Many farms report does not coming into heat, lowering breeding rates. Why? Read on to learn the causes.
How to Clean Different Parts of Your Rabbit
Rabbits should not be bathed often, so clean only the dirty spots. Paws, eyes, body, and ears each need a different approach, and recurring dirt or discharge can signal mites or disease that needs treatment.
What to Do When a Rabbit Has Low or No Appetite
Low appetite often comes from feed change, heat, or poor feed and is fixed by finding the cause and easing digestion; no appetite is more serious, tied to kindling, hairballs, or constipation, and needs targeted care.
The Dangers of Stress in Rabbits
Stress in rabbits, triggered by fright, sudden noise, environment changes, or poor husbandry, causes anything from reduced appetite to fatal collapse. Pregnant, lactating, and young rabbits are especially vulnerable, so quiet housing, stable feeding, and correct vaccination are key preventives.