When raising rabbits, you need to focus on the following points:
1. Strictly select breeding rabbits
Pay attention to selecting rabbits that are healthy, free from defects, disease-free, in good heat and with strong reproductive performance as breeding rabbits. Both female and male rabbits are best to meet the above requirements. And breeders should pay attention to selecting suitable breeds according to local climatic conditions and market demand to improve the survival rate and competitiveness of rabbits. After selecting the breeding rabbit, the next step is to do the breeding work. Rabbit breeding needs to be repeated more than two times to improve the success rate of breeding.
2. Maintain a good environment in the rabbit house
Before raising rabbits, make full preparations, such as establishing rabbit houses, rabbit cages, etc., and prepare food bowls and water for rabbits Pots, boxes, etc. One week before buying rabbits, the rabbit house and all items should be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected, so that the rabbits will have a comfortable “home” as soon as they come to the new environment.
3. Group management
Group feeding is a key point of attention for breeding meat rabbits. Breeders should pay attention to control the breeding density and do group management. Adult rabbits should be kept at about 25 per group. If there are fewer cages, the number of each group should be reduced accordingly. And it is best to keep male and female rabbits free, which is easier to manage and more difficult to promote the growth of rabbits. In addition, when feeding in groups, attention should be paid to reasonable grouping according to the weight and growth ability of each rabbit to prevent the situation of bullying the small among the rabbits.
4. Reasonable feeding and water
The intestines of young rabbits are very fragile and their digestive function is not very good , so for rabbits of this age, breeders should pay attention to feeding them with easily absorbed and digestible food. It is recommended to use young rabbit food with appropriate amount of alfalfa, celery, coriander and other vegetable leaves to feed young rabbits. This kind of diet is more conducive to the growth of young rabbits. When the young rabbits become adults, they can add appropriate amount of vegetables such as greens and carrots for feeding. In addition, the drinking water provided to rabbits should not be tap water, but boiled water or drinking water, which is good for their stomachs. Second, be careful not to feed your rabbits too many fruits and vegetables with a high water content, or feed them too much water, otherwise it is easy to cause diarrhea in your rabbits.
5. Daily management
(1) The breeder needs to clean the cage every day, clean up the feces and urine produced by the rabbit in time, rinse the cage with water, and spray the Sushui” (stinky water) for disinfection and sterilization to keep the rabbit house clean and dry.
(2) Keep the rabbit house ventilated and keep the cage dry and free of peculiar smell. In summer and autumn without severe weather, you can open the doors and windows or vents of the rabbit house every day for ventilation and dehumidification; in spring, you can open doors and windows at noon for ventilation and dehumidification; in winter, you should open doors and windows as little as possible, and pay attention to keeping the rabbit fully warm to prevent catch a cold.
(3) Rabbits are afraid of heat in summer and cold in winter. Breeders should pay attention to changes in weather and take appropriate cooling and insulation measures for rabbits in time. Autumn is the best period for rabbits to gain fat, and breeders should seize this time to fatten the rabbits.
6. Do a good job in disease prevention
Farming rabbits must do related disease prevention for rabbits, adhere to A preventive approach is adopted. Generally 7 to 10 days after the rabbits are weaned, if the rabbits are in good health, they can be injected with the rabbit plague vaccine; an appropriate amount of Kezuril solution is added to the rabbit’s feed to prevent rabbit coccidiosis; the rabbits are injected at the appropriate time. “Quick kill of gods and insects” to prevent scabies and diarrheal diseases, and use drugs to prevent pasteurellosis. In addition, keep the rabbit’s feeding and nutrition adequate, maintain the rabbit’s nutritional balance, and improve the rabbit’s physical resistance and disease resistance.
