Skills that owners need to master for rabbit breeding and conception
1. Assisting rabbits Breeding
Not paying attention to whether the rabbit is in heat, directly placing male and female rabbits in a cage for mating, and failing to record the date and time of the rabbit breeding are a big taboo for large-scale rabbit breeding. . Regarding the breeding of rabbits, the owner should improve the following assistance: when the female rabbit is observed to be in estrus, when the female rabbit is in the middle of estrus, the female rabbit should be placed in the male rabbit cage in time, or both the male rabbit and the female rabbit should be put into the breeding cage for breeding. After the male rabbit and the female rabbit have successfully mated, put the male rabbit and the female rabbit back into their respective cages in time. For some female rabbits who are in heat but are unwilling to breed due to breeding, the owner needs to take certain measures to make the female rabbits cooperate with mating. Whether the rabbits mate smoothly is related to the reproduction rate of the rabbit farm, which has a great impact on the economic benefits of the rabbit farm. The Lord’s needs should be taken seriously.
2. Master the skills of touching the fetus
Fetus touching the female rabbit is to judge whether the female rabbit is successfully conceived The best way, but many novice rabbit breeders are afraid to touch the fetus of the female rabbit or do not know how to touch the fetus. It takes a long time of practice to master the fetus touch technique with high accuracy. Generally, experienced breeders will check the fetus of the female rabbit 8 to 10 days after breeding to determine whether the female rabbit is pregnant. If the female rabbit is pregnant, you can usually feel something the size of an egg in the female rabbit’s abdomen at this time.
The correct way to touch the fetus of the female rabbit: Grab the skin of the female rabbit’s neck with one hand to fix it, and then gently stroke the back of the female rabbit with the other hand to calm the rabbit down , and then put your hand into the abdomen of the female rabbit and touch it from the back to the front in an inverted figure. The fetuses around 8 to 10 days are generally concentrated in the rear abdomen of the female rabbit. After that, with the increase of time, the fetus will not Stop for a walk on the front belly. Note: The way to touch the fetus of the rabbit is not a light touch, but a light pinching. Hold up the abdomen of the female rabbit with the palm of your hand, and then gently pinch and touch the fetus with your fingers, so as to feel whether there is a baby rabbit embryo, but when you pinch the baby rabbit, you must pay attention to control the strength, not too strong, so as not to cause the mother Abortion or stillbirth in rabbits. In addition, the owner also needs to distinguish the embryo of the young rabbit from the fecal ball of the rabbit. The embryo of the young rabbit is generally not a regular circle, and it is smooth and elastic to the touch, while the fecal ball of the rabbit is round and hard. And can be easily pinched.
We have introduced the auxiliary methods of rabbit breeding here, hoping to bring help to the novice rabbit raising.
