1. Reasons why female rabbits suffer from mastitis
The main reasons why female rabbits suffer from mastitis It is also caused by improper feeding management. Because pregnant female rabbits are always fed a lot of refined grains before or after giving birth to ensure sufficient milk, but once there is too much milk, the pups cannot eat so much, which will cause the remaining milk to accumulate in their udders , or the mother rabbit is not lactating enough, and the child rabbit sucks or bites the nipple forcefully because of hunger to cause infection, thereby causing mastitis. There is also a situation: due to trauma, such as the female rabbit’s breast is scratched by sharp objects in the cage, causing damage.
2. Symptoms of mastitis in rabbits
Does with mastitis often show breast Swelling, fever, pain, red skin color, and finally blue-purple, etc. In severe cases, the breast of the sick rabbit will also cause abscess, the temperature of the sick rabbit will rise to about 41 ℃, the appetite will decrease, and she will refuse to breastfeed. Treatment is very easy to cause sepsis and death.
In order to prevent this from happening, the following things need to be done:
1. Appropriately reduce the concentrate feeding of pregnant rabbits before delivery to prevent excessive lactation in the first few days after delivery . If the female rabbit has excess milk after giving birth, it is necessary to reduce the amount of green and juicy feed, and limit the rabbit to drink water, and feed more high-quality green and dry legume feed.
2. For female rabbits with insufficient milk, the owner should appropriately add some nutrients, such as milk, soybean juice, etc., and feed more green and juicy feeds.
3. Keep the rabbit cage and the rabbit house clean and hygienic, disinfect regularly, and promptly remove sharp objects such as glass ballast, sawdust, iron wire, hanging thorns, etc. It is best to ensure that the entrance and exit of the cage are flat to prevent the rabbit breast from being damaged. .
Third, the treatment of rabbit mastitis
The treatment of rabbit mastitis is based on the degree of incidence (divided into In the early stage of the disease, when the breast is hard and swollen but not purulent, and when the breast has abscess), the treatment methods are as follows:
(1) Early onset:
1. The diseased rabbit 24 hours after onset Inside, the owner can use a cold towel to apply cold compress to the affected area, 15 minutes each time, 4 to 5 times a day.
2. For more than 24 hours after the onset of the disease, it is necessary to express the rabbit’s milk before treatment: a. Apply warm water to the rabbit’s breast with warm water at about 40°C for 15 minutes each time, 3 times a day times, and then apply 10% fish oil ointment. B. Soak the udder of the rabbit with pepper water at about 40°C, 3 to 4 times a day. C. Take 6g of fresh dandelion, 3g of fresh mint and 3g of reed root for oral administration after decoction, 1 dose per day for 3 to 4 days. At the same time, smear mint on the swollen part of the rabbit to promote rapid healing .
(2) When the scleredema of the breast has not yet suppurated: use local sealing therapy. That is, using 10-20ml of procaine hydrochloride (0.25-1%) and penicillin (5-100,000 units), injected into the base of the rabbit mammary gland. Inject once every 2 days and use it 2-3 times in a row.
(3) When breast abscess occurs: When the sick rabbit has a breast abscess, it should be disinfected with iodine first, then the pus should be removed by surgery, and then the wound should be washed with 3% hydrogen peroxide. Penicillin was injected into the abscess cavity to prevent septicemia in rabbits, and antibacterial drugs such as penicillin and sulfonamides were injected intramuscularly. Note: After the rabbits are cured, they cannot be used as breeding females.
This is the end of our introduction to rabbit mastitis. We hope to deepen your understanding of rabbit mastitis and find out the breasts of female rabbits in time. Abnormal, timely treatment!
