First, the etiology of rabbit food accumulation
As mentioned above, most of the rabbit food accumulation occurs For rabbits aged 2-6 months, it is mainly because rabbits at this stage are gluttonous and especially like food with good palatability. Once young rabbits eat too much indigestible feed and easily swellable feed due to gluttony, Or frozen or spoiled feed, it is easy to cause accumulation of food in rabbits.
2. Symptoms of Rabbit Eating Disease
Rabbit Eating Disease often occurs several hours after the rabbit eats food In the early stage of the rabbit’s food accumulation, the symptoms such as salivation molars and abdominal enlargement are usually manifested in the rabbit. The palpation of the sick rabbit can clearly feel the increase of the stomach volume of the sick rabbit; when percussion, it can be found that the rabbit’s abdomen emits tympanic sounds, rapid heartbeat and other symptoms. Shortness of breath and other symptoms, if the sick rabbit is not treated in time, it is very likely to cause the rabbit’s stomach to burst or suffocate, or even die.
Third, the prevention and treatment methods of rabbit feeding disease
Prevention methods: feeding The owner must pay attention to strengthening the feeding and management of rabbits at ordinary times, and feed the rabbits regularly and quantitatively, especially for the young rabbits who have just been weaned, must control the feeding amount, and avoid uneven hunger and satiety and overeating of the rabbits. In addition, be sure to ensure that the rabbit feed is safe and harmless to ensure the quality of the rabbit feed.
Treatment method: Once it is found that the rabbit suffers from hyperphagia, it is necessary to stop feeding the sick rabbit with concentrated feed in time, and stop feeding for 1 to 2 days. It is strictly forbidden to feed frozen or spoiled feed to rabbits.
Medication treatment: If the sick rabbit’s condition is serious or the condition of the sick rabbit cannot be improved after adjusting the rabbit’s feed, the sick rabbit needs to be treated with medicine, for example, 30~50ml of vinegar can be given to the sick rabbit orally Or liquid paraffin 10~15ml or 1~2 rhubarb soda tablets and other treatment measures.
The above is our introduction to the prevention and treatment of rabbit hoarding disease. I hope this sharing can help you!
