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The Key to Preventing Rabbit Rickets
Balanced nutrition and moderate exercise are the keys to preventing rabbit rickets. This guide covers the daily measures and the cod-liver-oil and calcium-injection treatment.
Rabbit Rickets (Osteomalacia)
Rickets, or osteomalacia, is a nutritional metabolic disease common in rabbits, especially pregnant, nursing, and young ones, driven by calcium deficiency, poor calcium-phosphorus balance, or low vitamin D. This guide covers the causes and prevention.
Symptoms and Prevention of Rabbit Rickets
Rabbit rickets comes from calcium deficiency or a skewed calcium-phosphorus ratio in the feed. This guide lists the symptoms — bent bones, weakness, pica — and the prevention steps: balanced feed, sun, and exercise.
How to Treat a Fracture in a Rabbit
A rabbit fracture is a surgical condition caused by traumatic injury to the limb bones. It is generally split into open and closed types. Here are the causes and the treatment methods.
Mini Hedgehog
The pet mini hedgehog is bred from the common hedgehog and the African 'four-toed hedgehog'; it does not hibernate, is small, and is not cold-hardy. These little ones will surely win your heart—their wobbling walk and habit of poking their nose everywhere are adorable. So how do you keep a mini hedgehog?
Gould’s Monitor
Gould's Monitor (Varanus gouldii), also called the Sand Monitor or Racehorse Goanna, is a large, fast and hardy Australian monitor. When threatened it rears on its hind legs, inflates its neck and hisses; impressive but hard to tame and potentially dangerous as an adult.