Rabbit Habits and Feeding Management Methods
Abstract: Rabbits have been domesticated from wild rabbits and follow the many habits of wild rabbits. It is the basis for raising rabbits to master the living habits of rabbits before feeding, and to guide the formulation of daily production and management measures. The development of rural families raising rabbits is one of the new ideas and new measures in the development of rural economy today. One is to keep simple, can use open space to build a simple rabbit shed, weeds, leaves, crop stalks are a good feed for rabbits; second, small investment, quick, young rabbits from birth to the market generally only 5 months, can Get higher economic benefits. The following describes the living habits of rabbits and how they are used in production for reference by farmers. 1 Night-eating and somnolence The rabbits still retain their habits of grazing in the caves during the day and their activities during the night. During the day, you are listless and close your eyes and look rested. They are in a state of resting or sleeping. At this time, other stimuli, besides hearing, are not likely to cause excitement. The food intake during the day is very small; at night, the spirit is strong, and the intake and drinking water increase, accounting for about 70% of the whole day. Therefore, during the day, besides guaranteeing normal feeding, drinking, and routine management work, the rabbithouse and surrounding environment should be kept quiet, so as not to hinder the rabbit's sleep. Feed enough grass at night and drink enough water. 2 burrowing and timidity Hitting caves is an instinct for rabbits to follow their ancestors. Rabbits burrow, can avoid the harm of other animals, but also shows its timidity. Even under artificial breeding conditions, digging holes should be carried out once they come into contact with the soil to hide themselves and breed future generations. We must take this into consideration when we build rabbit houses and choose feeding methods to prevent rabbits from hitting caves in rabbit stables, resulting in an unmanageable passive situation. Once the rabbit has a ring, it will immediately alert or quickly escape. Sniffing, seeing strangers, or strange animals will all be frightened and threatened, and opportunities will arise to escape. In severe cases, pregnant rabbits may also suffer from miscarriage and even bitten or eaten. Therefore, in breeding management, special attention is paid to preventing people and vehicles or other animals from entering a rabbit house. 3 Cleanliness Rabbits love a clean, dry living environment. A damp, dirty environment can easily cause the spread of infectious and parasitic diseases in rabbits. Once you get sick, even if you can cure it, you will lose some. Therefore, we should follow the principle of dry cleaning to choose a good site, do a good job rabbit farm design and do a good job feeding rabbits. Practice has proved that the more rabbits with high production performance, the higher the environmental health requirements. 4 Livelihood Rabbits live in poor populations. In order to raise rabbits, males and females, as well as adult rabbits of the same sex, often have battles and bites. In particular, among male rabbits or rabbits in new organizations, bites are more serious and management requires special attention. In production, young rabbits before 3 months of age tend to adopt group rearing because young animals before sexual maturity have little biting and fighting. However, males and females over 3 months old must be kept in separate cages at the same time, and they can also prevent early mating and random distribution. According to the comparative test, the growth rate of the rabbits raised in separate cages and in cages was significantly different in the same growth period. 5 biting and herbivorous Rabbits have rodent behavior, often biting hard cages such as rabbit cages, birth boxes, and food troughs, to abrade their growing incisors, and to maintain the incisor of the upper and lower incisors. Therefore, you can often put some branches into the cage. Rabbit cage design should pay attention to the robustness and durability of the materials used. Rabbits like to eat green and juicy sweet green feed, followed by coarse grinding feed, pellet feed. Do not like to eat powder, especially fine powder, improper proportion of powder, easily cause enteritis. The basic principle for feeding rabbits is based on green materials, supplemented by concentrates. 6 Excreta The fecal behavior of rabbits is uninterrupted for life from the start of eating. This is a normal physiological phenomenon. Rabbits usually excrete two kinds of feces, one is granular hard excrement that is discharged during the day, and the other is soft feces that are discharged at night or in the early morning. The discharged soft feces is quickly swallowed by it, leaving no trace. This enables the feed to achieve the most economical use efficiency. If soft feces is found in management, it should be regarded as the emergence of diseases and attention should be paid to them. 7 cold hard to heat Rabbits have thick coats and underdeveloped sweat glands. They have strong cold resistance but poor heat resistance. For newly born puppies without hair, they have a strong dependence on the ambient temperature. When the temperature drops to 18 °C to 21 °C, they will freeze to death. The temperature of the litter is generally between 30 °C and 32 °C. The optimal ambient temperature for rabbits is 15 °C ~ 25 °C. When the temperature exceeds 30 °C, it will affect the performance of rabbits. In the hot summer, pay attention to cooling and heatstroke prevention. It can be shaded and shaded to ensure that it is sufficient for cool and cool water. 8 Olfactory developed visual difference Rabbits have a developed sense of smell and often use the sense of smell to identify the opposite sex and habitat areas. The female rabbits identify their own or hetero- litter pups through the sense of smell. However, the rabbit's vision is very poor, basically no recognition of color. In production, when puppies are looking for a lactating mother and a female rabbit, attention should be paid to confusing the sense of smell without considering the color of the coat. In addition to understanding the habits and characteristics of rabbits, we must also grasp the nutritional needs of rabbits and the scientific management of feeding, and actively prevent and cure diseases of rabbits. 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