Causes of pica in rabbits
Pica in rabbits and environmental, Nutrition, feeding management, disease and other factors, the details are as follows:
1. Environmental factors:
1. Temperature and humidity: high temperature and high humidity climate environment is more likely to cause abnormal rabbits Eating addiction, because rabbits are prone to dermatitis, hair loss, dry and itchy skin and other problems under such conditions, and rabbits will keep biting the affected area because of itching, and will inevitably eat hair by mistake during the process of biting, so It is easy to cause the rabbit’s hair addiction.
2. Seasonal changes: Rabbits will definitely have seasonal molting in the two seasons of spring and autumn. In this case, rabbits are prone to eating hair by mistake, which will easily lead to trichomes of rabbits.
3. Stocking density: Too high stocking density may also lead to pica in rabbits.
4. Light intensity: Too much light can easily cause pica in rabbits. Generally speaking, the light intensity required by rabbits is less than that of other birds. Rabbits have pica, and the owner cannot ignore this factor.
Second, management factors:
The owner raises and manages the rabbit improperly. If the rabbit cage is not cleaned in time, The hair that the rabbit loses is mixed with its feed, and the rabbit is likely to induce pica after eating the hair. And if the individual rabbits with trichophagia are not isolated in time, it is easy to cause other rabbits in the same group to eat each other’s fur.
Three, nutritional factors:
Rabbits are also prone to pica under these conditions, such as long-term lack of vitamins or minerals in rabbits Substances and other trace elements; insufficient intake of cellulose in rabbits may cause pica in rabbits. Although this statement has not been confirmed by relevant research and data, it is still necessary for owners to avoid the above situations.
Fourth, disease factors:
If the rabbit suffers from ectoparasitic disease or rabbit ringworm, it may also cause the rabbit Types of pica such as trichotillomania or toe-eating addiction are present.
The above is our introduction to the etiology of pica in rabbits. I believe that the owner can also see that the pathogenic factors of pica in rabbits can be very good For prevention, I hope that the owner usually pays attention to relevant preventive measures for rabbits.
