Q: What does Tutu eat?
A: Rabbits are herbivores, and their huge digestive system needs a lot of fiber to keep running. Insufficient fiber intake will slow down the intestinal peristalsis of rabbits, lead to excessive reproduction of bad bacteria in the intestines, and rabbits will get sick.
When buying rabbit food, its fiber content is 12%. Rabbit food is a good source of nutrition. You can provide enough nutrition to keep rabbits healthy, but you can't just eat rabbit food! Because rabbit food is nutritious, if the consumption of rabbits is not limited, it will easily lead to morbid obesity of rabbits, so rabbits should not be supplied with rabbit food indefinitely.
Because of the high water content of fresh vegetables, rabbits will have diarrhea if they eat too much; Fruit has a high sugar content, and eating too much will make rabbits swollen. These can be used as "non-staple food" and fed to rabbits in small quantities every day.
So what does Tutu eat? The answer is: "Limited rabbit food, unlimited clean drinking water and hay".
Q: Can Tutu drink water?
A: The answer is yes. All living things need water to sustain life. The rumor that rabbits will die if they drink water is wrong.
Tutu can definitely drink water, and the drinking water for Tutu must be clean. Unclean drinking water will make Tutu have loose bowels, which will seriously kill him. It is best to use a pet-specific water dispenser (the one with steel balls). Bunny won't knock over and step on it, and dirty things won't easily pollute the water quality, which can ensure the hygiene of drinking water, but always clean the water dispenser!
Q: Are rabbits of all ages fed in the same way?
A: Rabbits of different ages need different nutritional structures. The following basic feeding scales are for the reference of rabbit owners.
Feeding amount based on age or condition
0-3 weeks breast milk
3-4 weeks old breast milk and a small amount of alfalfa hay or rabbit food
4-7 weeks old breast milk and incremental alfalfa hay and rabbit food.
7- 12 weeks old, you can give unlimited rabbit food and hay.
12- 16 weeks old alfalfa hay was replaced by gramineous grass. Start giving vegetables a small amount once a day.
7 weeks to 7 months of age are not limited to forage and rabbit food. More than 2 cups of vegetables with a small amount of fruit.
From July to 1 year-old, limit the food intake of rabbits and reduce vegetables to match the diet control after 1 year-old.
1-6 years old unlimited hay. Rabbit food 1/4- 1/2 cups/day /3 kg body weight.
Two cups of vegetables and a little fruit.
Over 6 years old, there is no limit to rabbit food and hay, 300g vegetables and 60g/ fruits/day /3kg body weight.
During pregnancy or lactation, the amount of alfalfa hay and rabbit food should be increased and fed 24 hours a day.
Give more rabbit food and vegetables in winter or when the cold current strikes.
Q: What should I pay attention to when feeding fruits and vegetables?
Answer: kohlrabi, spinach and cabbage are fed more than twice a week because of the high oxalic acid content.
Beans, potatoes, sweet potatoes and corn are prone to flatulence due to their high starch content, so feed rabbits less.
Don't feed pumpkins, cucumbers and carrots at the same time as other fruits and vegetables, because it will destroy the vitamin C of other fruits and vegetables.
Q: How to choose rabbit food?
Answer: Please choose rabbit food with clear label and good and stable quality, so as to ensure the health and safety of rabbits. Which of the following is suitable for Mengmei Capsule? Noisy
Fiber:12 ~ 25% (more than18% is better, and 20 ~ 25% is best)
Protein: 14 ~ 16% (young rabbits or rabbits with large activity need 16 ~ 22% in protein).
Calcium: not higher than 1%
Fat: 1 ~ 2%
Q: Why should we pay attention to the contents of protein, fat and calcium when choosing rabbit food?
A: Humans are beginning to realize that we really need less protein than we once thought. Even vegetarians may eat too much protein. Rabbits don't need animal fat, and their bodies can't absorb it. Bunny's demand for fat is very small, and the content of 1-2% is enough for most bunnies. Rabbits and rabbits, like humans, eat too much cholesterol in animal fat and have diseases such as arteriosclerosis.
Rabbit nutritionist said: "The fat contained in vegetables is indeed more consumed than animal fat, and it can also give more energy to pigs and poultry. The same result was confirmed in rabbits. 」
So why do we sometimes see animal fat or its extension in the nutrition of rabbit food? Because rabbit food is originally made for breeding rabbits, most breeding rabbits have to bear greater pressure than rabbits, so many brands of rabbit food, advertised, will greatly increase the fertility of rabbits. These rabbit foods are high in protein (16-20%).
For rabbits who live in an environment without temperature regulation and constantly produce or breastfeed, a large number of protein may be necessary, because the physical, environmental and psychological urgency will require more energy for them to survive. (Excerpted from the HRS website)
Q: Why not recommend alfalfa for adult rabbits?
Answer: Because your rabbit is not the rabbit in the production plan, it needs a lot of protein and calcium in alfalfa, unlike breeding rabbits. Alfalfa leaves contain more protein and calcium than most hay. If you feed it with other foods with high calcium content, the calcium content in the digestive system will be too high, which is a very dangerous thing.
At present, alfalfa contains the highest amount of calcium and the least amount of fiber in the hay that is easy to buy in the market.
Q: What about rabbits that don't eat or eat rabbit food?
A: You can give more forage with high nutritional content to make up for the demand, such as leguminous forage.
Q: Is it okay not to eat hay?
A: No, as mentioned earlier, rabbits need a lot of fiber in their diet to help their intestinal peristalsis. Although rabbit food also contains fiber, grass fiber can stimulate intestinal peristalsis more than rabbit food.
You must think there is so much rabbit shit, right? ! Bunny is a herbivore, and the heat energy provided by plant food is low. Tutu will digest and excrete soon after eating, and then he will be hungry, so Tutu needs to eat a lot to maintain his physical strength. Because rabbit food is not suitable for unlimited supply, hay is the best staple food at this time! Hay is a good source of fiber, so there is no need to worry that rabbits will be overnourished if they eat too much.
Hay has another very important function! That is-grinding teeth.
Q: What can I give Bonnie to help her grind her teeth?
A: The best tool for grinding teeth is high fiber grass. Although some hard rabbit foods on the market are advertised as having the function of grinding teeth, the effect is limited, and the so-called "grinding tooth feed" is actually not high in fiber content.
Why is molar feeding not effective? Because the main raw material of feed is grass powder, although it has been made into hard particles, rabbits are only "crushed" with molars, and the grinding effect is limited; Hay can make rabbits chew for a long time and grind their teeth at the same time. Not only can molars be ground neatly, but front teeth can also grind their teeth when cutting hay.
Q: Is it necessary to grind your teeth? How to choose good molar wood?
Answer: Rabbiniformes, like rodents, have long teeth, so biting can be said to be a basic routine for rabbits and rabbits every day. Since the fiber in food has the function of grinding teeth, do you still need to grind teeth?
Have you ever watched rabbits eat carefully? Bunny grinds food with molars. The fiber in the food can grind molars neatly and beautifully, but front teeth have to rely on other grinding tools. Molar wood is a good choice.
How to select molar wood from the dazzling array of molar wood in the market? The best molars are branches of apple trees, and fruits and vegetables are also sold in pet shops, colored or made into various shapes. In fact, they are only for rabbit owners, because rabbits are color blind, color doesn't mean anything to them, and they don't care about the shape of their molars. Therefore, it is better for rabbits to choose unprocessed molars when buying them.
It should be noted that you should not grind the branches of coniferous trees such as pine and Chinese fir for rabbits. Some poisonous plant branches should also be avoided. Some fruit tree trunks are poisonous, but they are not poisonous after being picked. When you can't judge for yourself, please consult a professional before deciding whether to use it for rabbits.
Q: Do Tutu need to eat salt bricks/wheels?
Answer: If Tutu doesn't eat rabbit food, it may be short of some minerals, so you can give it a salt wheel. Animals will adjust their nutrient intake, and rabbits will lick the salt wheel when necessary.
Q: Can I buy rabbit snacks for rabbits?
A: Actually, most rabbit snacks in pet shops are high-calorie, high-sugar and low-fiber foods. As a person who loves sweets, rabbits like them very much, but they are unnecessary food. The rabbit owner wants to spoil the baby at home, as long as he takes time to spend more time with it and touches its head, the rabbit will be satisfied!
However, it can also be selected according to the actual situation of the rabbit and the economic ability of the owner. These snacks can also be used occasionally to reward your favorite rabbits, or as bait when rabbits have a bad appetite.
Q: What foods can't be given to rabbits?
Answer: Cooked, frozen, rotted, fried, chocolate, coffee, candy, meat, spicy plants (such as garlic, onion, leek, onion, pepper, etc. ) and processed foods for human consumption.
Please pay special attention to chocolate, which contains alkaloids, and rabbits will be poisoned if they eat it by mistake; Candy and biscuits contain high carbohydrate, which easily leads to overgrowth of intestinal flora, flatulence or slow peristalsis, resulting in intestinal inflammation.
Q: Can rabbits eat meat?
A: Rabbits are completely herbivores. We know that rabbits need a lot of fiber to maintain the normal operation of gastrointestinal tract. Meat is a huge source of protein and fat, but it is not suitable for the digestive system of rabbits. Rabbits who eat meat for a long time will not only be morbidly obese, but also prone to gastrointestinal diseases and even cause intestinal necrosis.
Q: Can I give the rabbit cereal?
A: Cereals are rich in protein, and wheat contains vitamin E in addition to crude protein, which is a good additive food. However, this kind of food is high in calories and easy to raise the temperature of rabbits, so it is necessary to limit feeding.
Q: Pick weeds for rabbits?
Answer: Before picking weeds for rabbits, you must first confirm whether they are poisonous plants, and don't give them what you don't know. In addition, roadside weeds are easily polluted by automobile exhaust, and plants sprayed with chemical pesticides should not be given to rabbits.
Generally speaking, both Gramineae and Compositae plants can be eaten, but Compositae plants are cool and rabbits should not eat more.
Q: My rabbit is not weaned. What should I do?
A: Many unscrupulous businessmen sell their unweaned rabbits, and unsuspecting people often kill many rabbits because they can't take care of them. If the rabbits bought are not weaned and cannot eat solid food, then artificial breastfeeding is needed. When you meet a female rabbit who is unwilling to nurse her young, you also need artificial breastfeeding.
Artificial breastfeeding is fed by syringe. You can buy small animals or kittens sold in the market instead of milk. (If you really can't buy milk replacer, you can use milk powder instead, but you should soak it thin. Soak the milk powder in warm water and feed it every twelve hours. No more than 5ml each time for the first two weeks. After three weeks, it gradually increased to 7ml, and after four to five weeks, it was 10ml, and then the ground grass powder was added.
Because ordinary milk powder or cat milk powder lacks substances that can help rabbits digest, rabbits may have diarrhea. You can add some cecal feces of healthy rabbits to let beneficial bacteria enter the rabbit's stomach.
When you start feeding, you can put the syringe on the rabbit's mouth and gently push the needle. When the rabbit is sucking, it can continue to push the needle. Don't push too fast, lest you choke the rabbit. After feeding, you can gently massage the abdomen and anus of the rabbit to stimulate defecation.
Q: What is Mugua Pill used for? Do rabbits have to eat?
A: With more and more people raising rabbits, the peripheral products of pet rabbits are constantly innovating. Mugua Pill has become the new favorite of rabbit owners to prevent rabbit hairball disease.
Papain contained in Mugua Pills helps to expel hair and foreign bodies accumulated in rabbit intestines. If there is no Mugua pill, fresh papaya (especially green papaya, which contains more enzyme) and pineapple (pineapple) will have the same effect. Feeding them during the molting period of rabbits can prevent the occurrence of hairball disease.
Does the rabbit have to eat Mugua Pills? The answer is different. In fact, as long as you give a lot of hay every day, you can prevent hairball disease. Grooming young rabbits every day during molting can not only enhance their feelings with rabbits, but also be a good way to prevent hairball disease.
Q: What is the feeding amount of Mugua Pills?
Answer: Under 6 months-short-haired rabbits take half a pill every 3 days, and long-haired rabbits take one pill every 3 days.
More than 6 months-short-haired rabbits take one pill every 3 days and long-haired rabbits take one pill every day.
If you have hairiness symptoms, short-haired rabbits take one tablet a day and long-haired rabbits take three tablets a day.
Rabbits are best stocked every morning, but they also have to bear certain responsibilities. Rabbits like to urinate in their nests, so pay attention to the cleanliness of the nests. In order to exercise the rabbit, it is best to hold the food high when giving it food, so that the rabbit will stand there to eat for a long time and its jumping ability will be enhanced. Jumping into my garden and eating my precious flowers will sacrifice the rabbit's freedom. ) My rabbit is very healthy and lively.
You'd better wash your food and buy some hard food to grind your teeth.
Which carrots should be washed and dried? Rabbits like to eat dry food. It's best to dry them, not too dry, but a little dry. Feeding grass depends on the rabbit's hobby, and it is best to pick it on a clean hillside.
Food should not be raw, rotten, smelly, toxic or contaminated with pesticides.
My rabbit recipe:
Morning: carrots and grass
Noon: a spoonful of rice, a little steamed bread, and cucumbers (vegetables, melons and grasses). )
Evening: grass, carrots
Take a bath once a week when you are dirty. Don't use too much water to avoid diarrhea. Stick water on your hands and feel the rabbit's hair. If you want to wash your feet quickly (cleanly), press your thumb on the head at the bottom of the rabbit ear. Grab the rabbit's lowest ear with the other thumb, and hold your ass in a standing position with the other hand. Then brush your feet to avoid pain. Wash with a cotton swab or something. In order not to scratch the rabbit (directly)
When the rabbit gave birth to a baby, it put its mother on its feet and grabbed the rabbit to suck milk.
The rabbit's nest is made of wood and bamboo, the rabbit lives on it (the rabbit's nest needs two floors), and the middle partition is made of bamboo, so urine and stool go to the bottom.
Rabbits like to eat four-leaf clover, hemp grass, begonia and so on.
Ways to cultivate feelings
1. Rabbits are free-range, not caught, and let them grow freely.
2. Let it eat the food it likes, be picky when it is time to be picky, eat casually and leave it alone.
3. Stay with the rabbit. Run with it, let it run around with food and stand up.
4. Take it out for a walk often. Rabbits are afraid of heights, so don't use cages when going out. Take a basket with grass. The rabbit is very picky. After eating, it forgets the grass and puts it in a grass cage. When it is hungry, it eats grass and puts it in front of it, just like passing clouds. )
Don't take rabbits to noisy places. Rabbits don't like it.
6. Always give rabbits nutritious meals to please them.
7. It's best to let the rabbit see you often, and it will come and lick your little feet soon. Welcome to visit.
8. It is best to take rabbits to the nearest clean hillside to eat and graze.
9. It's best not to let rabbits see cages they don't like.
10. Let the rabbit grow freely in his garden and don't catch it often. This is the most important thing!
Don't say anything radical next to the rabbit yet.
Listed as follows:
Kill and eat.
Don't fiddle with broadsword and sharp knife.
Don't let rabbits see the animal world of eagles (broadcast on 10)
Be careful to protect the rabbit from the eagle hovering in the sky. If so, take it home.
Don't let the rabbit be stared at by the eagle, and don't let the rabbit be scared by the cat's eye.
Don't let the dog bark, the dog scares the rabbit.
Rabbits usually eat clean forage and food.
The grass in the food that rabbits often feed depends on their own preferences.
Healthy rabbits can eat their favorite forage.
But it's not poisonous.
Rabbits can also drink water and peel or something.
Order according to your physical condition.
Healthy people can choose their own non-toxic and pesticide-loving foods.
If it is unhealthy, just look at the encyclopedia and decide on a scientific diet.
Everyone should buy healthy rabbits.
I am lively, naughty and healthy.
Rabbits have a sense of smell. They can tell what they can eat and what they can't.
Bathing method
But take a bath on a sunny day.
You can't wash the rabbit in the basin, it will drown.
Dip your hands in some water and wash them on the rabbit hair.
Otherwise, you should dip a cotton swab in some water and gently apply it to the rabbit's hair.
Wash your feet quickly
Hold the head with the thumb, the bottom of the rabbit's ear with the other thumb, and the ass with the other hand.
Stand in a standing position
There are two ways to wash.
1. Grab the rabbit and brush its feet with a cotton swab.
2. Catch rabbits and step on the ground with water.
Wash your feet with 1 if you want to be clean, but wash your feet as quickly as possible, so as not to scratch the rabbit and directly cause it to grow taller.
If you want to wash your feet quickly, you should wash the urine and bacteria on your feet, but your feet are not 1 clean
Take a bath once a month (sick)
Take a bath every week 1 time (healthy and lively and naughty). After taking a shower, you'd better blow dry your hair with a hair dryer, or dry it in the sun immediately.
Avoid diarrhea, colds, fever, illness and death.
Have diarrhea or get sick.
Don't even eat.
Eat some vegetables to stop diarrhea
Vegetables should be dried.
Bunny ate raw water, or there was raw water on the food you gave Bunny.
diarrhea
Eat some dry vegetables to stop diarrhea, and it will be all right soon.
See the vet carefully.
Rabbits are rather timid and easily frightened animals. It is said that there have been cases in which rabbits were killed in the bath. In fact, it's not because rabbits can't take a bath, but because the owner's actions in the bath are too rude, which may scare the rabbits to death! Therefore, veterinarians suggest that domestic rabbits should take a bath every 1-2 months. Because the rabbit's skin is sensitive, it is best to choose neutral soap-free rabbit hair washing liquid, and remember not to use the shower head to wash it, so as not to scare the rabbit. If the rabbit is not too dirty, it can also be scrubbed with a wet towel and then dried with weak warm air. If it is too inexperienced to start work, it can also be given to a pet store for treatment.
Rabbits had better cut their nails once a month on average. If the normal exercise is enough, the time can be appropriately extended according to the situation. The rabbit's staple food is suggested to be mainly grass, supplemented by bar, and a small amount of vegetables and fruits can also be fed, but it is necessary to avoid too much water and too sweet taste, such as pears and grapes. Bunny can also bite wood and grind his teeth.
Rabbits are prone to colds (Pasteurella), coccidiosis (diarrhea), coccidiosis, ear scabies, plantar dermatitis and other diseases. Rabbit owners should keep the feeding environment clean and ventilated to prevent diseases. Because there are few veterinary hospitals that can accept rabbits, it is best to inquire online if you have any questions and consult experienced netizens in many ways.
Mainly featured rabbit food.
Importance of nutritional balance
It is not easy to prepare enough nutritious vegetables for rabbits every day. It is more convenient to buy ready-made special rabbit food to feed them. The nutritional formula of rabbit special food is very comprehensive, as long as some grass, vegetables and fruits are added appropriately.
Most special rabbit foods contain substances with deodorizing function, so that even if your rabbit is kept in the bedroom, you won't feel any peculiar smell. In addition, there are hard objects specially designed for rabbits to grind their teeth, which can prevent rabbits' teeth from growing too long.
Rabbit's favorite food
vegetables
Carrots, sweet potatoes, Chinese cabbage (cabbage), cucumbers, radish leaves, pumpkins and vegetables. When feeding vegetables, be sure to wash and drain before feeding.
fruit
Oranges, bananas, grapes, apples and strawberries. When feeding fruits, the water consumption of rabbits should be reduced appropriately to adjust the absorption of water.
green grass
Shepherd's purse, plantain (picture), dandelion, goose intestine.
Other foods
Bean curd residue, bread
Rabbits don't eat anything
Be careful not to feed it anything irritating.
Rabbits live with people, and like cats and dogs, they are interested in all kinds of food that people eat. Some rabbit owners think they like to eat, and they also feed them some foods that are not suitable for rabbits, such as ice cream, fried noodles, Lamian Noodles, snacks, barbecues, beef patties and so on.
Today, some people still believe in the superstition that "letting rabbits drink water will kill them immediately", and even pet shops will tell their owners that it is best not to feed rabbits with water. But rabbits, like other animals, will die without drinking water. But because vegetables and weeds containing a lot of water were fed before, the water contained in these foods is enough; If you feed too much water, it will affect your gastrointestinal health and cause diarrhea. Wet cages make rabbits sick easily, which means rabbits can't drink water. If dry feed is the staple food, of course you need to drink water.
Rabbit feces are usually hard round black particles, and occasionally soft feces appear. If you don't pay attention to the cage sentence, you may eat these soft excrement immediately. These soft feces contain indigestible plant fibers in food, which are eaten into the stomach again, and after absorbing the nutrients needed by the body, the circular feces are excreted. If you don't eat these feces, some rabbits may die of malnutrition. Rabbits don't eat their own shit because of mental illness like cats and dogs, so don't worry about it.
A cage with an average length of about 50-60 cm per side can raise 1-2 free babies. Rat cages, big cages and cat cages sold in the market can be used. When making your own cage, make sure the wood is hard enough to avoid being bitten off. Wooden boards are used at the bottom of the cage to facilitate the discharge of pollution and avoid excessive humidity in the cage. It is best to use barbed wire on the front and side to make the cage have good courage.
If it is raised outdoors, the ground is directly used as the ground of the feeding hut, and rabbits may dig holes to escape, so pay special attention. Other rabbits can't stand the heat and humidity. If they are kept outdoors, they should be careful not to put their cages in closed rooms or balconies, so that they will get sunshine when they go out in rainy and hot summer.
The rabbit is sexually mature about 8 months after birth, and when the mother rabbit is agitated, it is a sign of estrus. After mating, the male rabbit will scream and fall into a coma. The female rabbit should be separated from the male rabbit after pregnancy. Spread straw or other hay in the cage, enclose the cage with cloth, and try not to touch it, so that the mother rabbit can be quiet and stable. The mother rabbit will make a nest out of the belly hair. From pregnancy to delivery, the female rabbit will become very neurotic and overexposed. A mother rabbit may bite her master or kill her own baby rabbit. A fetus can give birth to 5-6 rabbits. When food or drinking water is insufficient, the mother rabbit may eat the rabbit, so the amount provided should be slightly more than usual. After about 30 days, the rabbit can leave the nest. At this time, the rabbit can be allowed to leave the mother rabbit and fed with bread and soft vegetables soaked in milk, which is easy to tame. If care is difficult, rabbits can be separated from the mother rabbits when they can eat the food of adult rabbits.
It's not easy to tell the difference between male and female when rabbits are young, but it's much easier when they grow up. When I was a child, the male rabbit's testicles were hidden in the stomach and slowly descended into the scrotum in about 3 months. There is no hair around the scrotum of adult male rabbits, which is very easy to identify.
When a baby rabbit is born within three months, it is not easy to distinguish between a male rabbit and a female rabbit. The distance between the anus and genitals of the male rabbit is farther than that of the female rabbit, so it is not difficult for ordinary people to tell it by paying attention.
If you want to identify it more accurately, you should gently turn the genitals up and open them with your hands. You can see that the male rabbit's genitals are cylindrical and the female rabbit's genitals are vertical.
Before the rabbit was three months old, the scrotum of the male rabbit had not fallen out. If you want to distinguish between men and women, you need some skills. First, grab the skin behind the rabbit's neck with one hand, pull up its small tail with the other hand and gently press down the genitals. A small spot is exposed under the anus of the male rabbit, and a long crack is exposed in the female rabbit.
When the rabbit is three months old, it is easy to tell its sex. At this time, a bulging round bag will grow on the mother rabbit's ass. In addition, the standard to distinguish male rabbits from female rabbits is to compare their heads and sizes. Generally speaking, in the following cases,
6- 1.5 years old is a young rabbit: the toes and claws are short and straight, shiny, hidden in the foot hair; The toes and claws of white rabbits are pink at the roots, white at the tips, and more red than white. The front teeth are white, short and neat.
1.5-2.5 years old is a mature rabbit: toes and claws are moderate and straight. With the increase of age, the toes and claws of the white rabbit are gradually exposed, and the red and white colors are equivalent. The front teeth are white, thick and tidy, and the skin is firm.
Rabbits over 2.5 years old are old: the toes and claws are thick and long, the claws are hooked, the toes and claws are exposed outside the foot hair, and the surface is rough and dull. Rabbit's toes and claws are white instead of red. The front teeth are thick and long, dark yellow, sometimes broken, irregularly arranged, and the skin is thick and loose.