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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.
My rabbit has been trembling since yesterday, low energy, though appetite is okay, and feels warm. It normally loves to run around but these two days is unusually inactive and behaves oddly. But its droppings are normal.
A rabbit can tremble for many reasons - fright, nervousness, cold or hot weather, a chill or cold, or illness causing pain or fever. In summer, if kept in hot outdoor conditions it may breathe rapidly and shake; it is recommended to keep the rabbit in a comfortably temperature-controlled environment and observe. Given your description of trembling together with a warm body surface and lowered spirits, illness is quite likely; take its temperature, and above 39.5 C indicates fever. Such diseases can be hard to spot, so a vet visit is advised to rule out infectious disease such as rabbit pasteurellosis, an acute febrile septicemic illness that causes fever and trembling.
Signs of a Buck Rabbit in Heat
A buck in heat turns from calm to irritable and aggressive: poor appetite, restless stomping, urine spraying, and mounting — especially with a doe, and fights with other bucks in heat. Frequent heat without a mate can cause prostate disease. If you will not breed, neuter at a vet (never during heat); if you will, add a doe, though two rabbits mean more work.
How to Fatten Meat Rabbits Quickly
Fast fattening of meat rabbits relies on careful kit management, supplemental feeding from 18 days, ample water, staged rations (40–60 g feed at 60 days, 90–120 g at 60–120 days), mixed-age grouping to boost intake ~15%, and disease prevention.
How to Raise Young Rex Rabbits
Young rex rabbits (weaned to 90 days) are fragile and stress-prone, so survival depends on gradual feeding, grouping by size, daily exercise and sunlight, close health monitoring, clean dry housing, and culling weak stock. Feed twice daily to about 80 percent full.
How to Feed Rabbits Fresh Greens Properly
Fresh greens benefit rabbits—they help prevent disease, control body condition, and counter heat and humidity—but must follow three rules: feed little and often, pair with concentrated feed for energy, and serve fresh rather than cooked.
Preventing and Treating Spring Rhinitis in Rex Rabbits
Spring temperature swings drive rex-rabbit rhinitis, spread by air through the respiratory tract; kits die fast, adults often go chronic and lose breeding value. Prevent with ventilation, vaccination, low density, and isolation; treat with penicillin-streptomycin injections and chloramphenicol drops.
Reasons Why Rabbits Won’t Eat and How to Solve It
Rabbits not eating is very common. Why don't rabbits eat? Except for illness, the problem is more about the food fed, so for the problem of rabbits not eating, we have to find a solution from the food. Below we talk about the reasons why rabbits don't eat and the corresponding solutions.
How to Identify Pododermatitis (Sore Hocks) in Rabbits
Many owners raise rabbits in dog cages, but rabbits raised this way are prone to pododermatitis. Perhaps some owners know to put padding on the cage floor, but if the padding quality is poor or the method is wrong, it will still cause rabbits to get pododermatitis. Rabbit pododermatitis can be treated, but it is troublesome to treat. Below we detail the identification and treatment of rabbit pododermatitis, hoping to help you.
Characteristics of Pododermatitis Onset in Rex Rabbits
Rex rabbit pododermatitis is a relatively common disease in rabbits and causes significant harm. Although it does not cause immediate death, it can cause great economic losses to rabbit farms. After rex rabbits develop pododermatitis, their appetite decreases and their body gradually becomes emaciated. The disease affects the breeding value of breeding rabbits and the fur quality of commercial rabbits, causing serious economic losses. Today we introduce the onset characteristics of rabbit pododermatitis.