I. What are the symptoms of coccidiosis in rabbits
1. Diarrhea: Diarrhea is a very obvious symptom of rabbits with coccidiosis. When the rabbit is sick, it will always have diarrhea. If the owner does not cure the diarrhea of the rabbit in time, it will affect the health of the rabbit, and in severe cases, it can lead to death.
2. Depressed spirit: After the rabbit is infected with coccidiosis, it will stay in the cage and not move around. Diarrhea caused by rabbit coccidiosis will cause the rabbit’s physical fitness to decline continuously, resulting in the rabbit’s collapse or dehydration, so that the rabbit has no strength and can only lie in the cage. So if the owner sees the rabbit lying in the cage all the time, he has to pay attention to the health of the rabbit.
3. Loss of appetite: Rabbits infected with coccidiosis will have a decreased appetite, and while the food intake is reduced, they keep diarrhea, which can easily cause the rabbit to collapse, thus threatening its life safety. So the owner can properly add some glucose and electrolytes to the rabbit.
4. Body odor: Usually there is no peculiar smell on rabbits, but if a rabbit is infected with coccidiosis, its body may emit a foul odor, and the body odor of a sick rabbit is similar to that of it. In a healthy state, body odor is different. Therefore, when the owner smells the odor, it is necessary to consider whether the rabbit is infected with coccidiosis.
Second, how to treat coccidiosis in rabbits?
1. Isolation + Disinfection: Because rabbit coccidiosis is contagious, when a rabbit is found to be infected with coccidiosis, it should be isolated from other rabbits for treatment to prevent Other rabbits are infected. At the same time, the cages and the water basins, food basins and other daily necessities that the sick rabbits come into contact with should be cleaned and disinfected.
2. Timely deworming: After the owner completes isolation and disinfection, he also needs to feed the sick rabbits to eat deworming drugs in time for treatment. It should be noted that some rabbits still have diarrhea after taking deworming medicine. The owner can feed the rabbit some gastrointestinal probiotics in moderation.
Warm reminder: If the symptoms of rabbit coccidiosis have not improved after the owner feeds the deworming medicine to the rabbit, then the owner should not use the medicine blindly. It is recommended to take the rabbit directly to the pet hospital for examination, and then under the guidance of the veterinarian, take careful care to help the rabbit recover.
