1. Common causes of stress in rabbits
Since rabbits are very sensitive and timid animals, many situations in the feeding process may cause rabbit stress. The more common ones may be the following:
1. Changes in water supply: the owner Sudden forgetting to provide water to the rabbit, or a change in the taste of the water.
2. Food changes: insufficient feed supply, sudden change of feed, etc.
3. Weather reasons: the ambient temperature is too high, the temperature is too low, or it rains for a long time, suddenly thunders, etc.
4. Noise effects: sudden screams from other animals, fireworks, tool collisions, train whistle, etc.
5. Light influence: the light is suddenly turned on or off, and the light time is insufficient or too long.
6. Environmental changes: Long-distance transportation or sudden arrival to an unfamiliar environment can also cause stress to rabbits.
7. Strangers enter: When other animals or strangers enter their territory, the rabbit will be more or less stressed.
Second, the symptoms of stress response in rabbits
Rabbits are under stress There are different levels of physical and psychological reactions.
1. Stress will cause the rabbit’s blood pressure and heart rate to increase, and the breathing rate to increase;
2. It is hiding in the corner and shivering;
3. The nervous and scared rabbit may not eat or drink, and the fat decomposition speed is accelerated under emotional tension, so the energy consumption is very fast;
4. After the newly born female rabbit is stressed, she may accidentally step on the young rabbit due to nervousness, or refuse to breastfeed the young rabbit, or even kill her own child.
Third, how to avoid rabbit stress?
1. Maintain stability
The feeding time, living environment, and cleaning time of the rabbit cage should be kept as stable as possible. Do not change the owner or change the rabbit suddenly. Living environment to avoid rabbit stress.
2. Avoid light stimulation
If it is in a large-scale breeding rabbit farm environment, it is recommended that the time of turning on and off the lights every day should be fixed as much as possible, and the light bulbs can be turned on slowly and Closed to avoid sudden brightening or darkening of the environment to scare the rabbit.
3. Control the temperature.
Rabbits have poor perspiration ability and cannot adapt to environments with too high temperatures. vitamins. Of course, when the temperature in winter is relatively low, you should also pay attention to keeping the rabbit warm.
4. To prevent fright
The breeding environment of rabbits should be kept as quiet as possible, do not make sudden loud noises, and do not often let strangers or other animals approach the rabbits.
5. The food should be changed gradually
When changing the food for the rabbit, do not change it all at once, but adopt a step-by-step method to change the food for the rabbit, and use the new food first in the early stage Mix it with old food, and then gradually reduce the proportion of old food.
