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Why Do Kits Die More in Winter?
Winter breeding matters to rabbit farmers; with fewer pathogens, survival should be high — but poor conditions (bad temperature) kill frail kits. Here are the causes and prevention.
How to Care for Kits in Winter
Winter's cold is very harmful to kits; owners must step up care. Here is what to do so rabbits get through winter safely.
Management of Newborn Kits
Newborn kits are fragile and demand high environmental standards; slight neglect can kill them. Here are management methods for newborn kits.
How to Improve Survival Rate of Weaning Kits
Kit survival is low and poor care easily kills them. Here are methods to raise the survival rate of weaning kits.
Why a Doe Eats Her Kits and How to Prevent It
A doe may eat her kits from thirst after birth, low milk, poor prenatal nutrition, fright, a cannibalistic habit, strange smells, or illness. Prevent it with strong prenatal feeding and warm salted water after kindling, a quiet space, no scent changes or bare-hand handling, and fostering only after masking the kits with the foster doe's milk and urine.
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.
6 Ways to Trigger Estrus in a Non-Cycling Doe Rabbit
A doe that will not cycle can be brought into estrus by patting the vulva, weaning her kits, shearing long fur, feeding carrots, or using hormones (FSH, hCG, PMSG) and vitamin E or epimedium. Success rates range from 75 to over 95 percent depending on the method.
7 Measures to Fatten Meat Rabbits Quickly
Fattening meat rabbits well depends on careful kit and doe management, timely supplementation from 18 days, balanced nutrition, constant access to water, stage-based feeding amounts, and proper stocking density. Plan for roughly 40-60 g of compound feed per kit early on, rising through the 60-120 day finishing stage.
Factors That Affect Baby Rabbit Survival Rates
The main factor in kit survival is the strength of the kits' own immunity, with poor care being a close second. This guide covers nest box setup, nursing, preventing cannibalism, and safe weaning to raise more healthy rabbits.
Japanese White Rabbit
The Japanese White Rabbit is essentially the large white rabbit grown in Japan, also called the Japanese Large White. Said to descend from a cross of Chinese and Japanese white rabbits, it is a common breed mainly used for production. It matures early, grows fast, tolerates coarse feed, is a good mother with strong fertility, and is often used as a "foster mother" rabbit.