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What to Do When a Rabbit Has Food Stasis
Rabbit food stasis shows as poor appetite, lethargy, and smaller or absent feces (sometimes with hairballs). Treat with a short fast plus unlimited timothy hay, gut-motility aids such as liquid paraffin, and gentle clockwise belly massage — never try to crush abdominal lumps, which can rupture the gut.
How to Tell If a Female Rabbit Is in Heat
Rabbits usually start heat at 3-7 months. New owners may mistake heat behavior for illness. Here are the signs of a female rabbit in heat.
What Is the Dwarf Hotot Rabbit Like?
A small pet rabbit from Germany, later spread to the US. Compact, arched back, large head, short ears (~6cm ideal), dark brown eyes, all white with black eye-ring fur. Lively, alert, curious, easy with people - cute. Needs experience: diet control, cleanliness, disease prevention; learn care first.
Common Diseases That Affect Rabbits
Rabbits are fragile and prone to a few serious diseases: rabbit viral hemorrhagic disease (near-100% fatal, often sudden death), pasteurellosis (fever, runny nose), coccidiosis (gut/liver parasite, high death rate), and colibacillosis (E. coli, fatal diarrhea). This article summarizes each and urges early care.
Why Is Your Rabbit Breathing Rapidly?
Rapid breathing in rabbits is not always illness; it can follow heavy exercise, heat, or stress, or from overfeeding. If other signs like low energy appear, it may be asthma or infection needing a vet.
What Medicine to Give a Rabbit with a Cold?
A rabbit cold is very common in pet rabbits, especially baby rabbits prone to colds and fever. What are the symptoms and what medicine helps? Today our pet care specialists cover rabbit cold symptoms and treatment.
Why Is My Rabbit Passing Blood in Its Stool?
Blood in a rabbit's stool is alarming and should never be ignored. Causes include constipation from dry food and low water intake, parasite overload, enteritis (which can rupture local capillaries), and rectal tumors or polyps. Treatment matches the cause—diet and hydration for constipation, deworming for parasites, antibiotics for enteritis, and prompt surgery consult for growths.
Why Is a Rabbit Tilting Its Head and How to Treat It
Head tilt in rabbits is usually from Pasteurella or mite/fungal middle-ear infection damaging the vestibular system. Check the ears for discharge or odor; treat with hydrogen peroxide rinse, chloramphenicol drops, and penicillin/streptomycin injections for 5 days. Vaccinate against Pasteurella and inspect ears early to prevent it; valuable rabbits may be isolated rather than culled.
Yunnan Spotted Rabbit
The Yunnan Spotted Rabbit is a fur-and-meat dual-purpose breed unique to Yunnan, China, valued for its wide adaptability, strong disease resistance, and fast growth. Though not widely promoted, it is a hardy, easy-to-keep local rabbit.
Yufeng Yellow Rabbit
The Yufeng Yellow Rabbit is a medium-sized fur-and-meat dual-purpose breed widely kept in rural China. Developed from the Taihang Mountain Rabbit and the Belgian Rabbit, it is valued for fast growth, high feed efficiency, strong disease resistance, and adaptability to varied climates.