1. The estrus time and symptoms of the rabbit
1. Under normal circumstances, the rabbit is three months old. The sexual maturity of the rabbit is not only related to the rabbit’s age but also to various factors such as the breed, size, and feeding method of the rabbit. Generally, it has a more significant impact on the rabbit’s weight. Under normal circumstances, the sexual maturity of small rabbits maybe earlier, and most of them will enter sexual maturity at three months of age; medium-sized rabbits will enter sexual maturity at 4 to 6 months of age; giant rabbits will mature later, about It reaches sexual maturity at the age of 5-7 months. In addition, generally, male rabbits come into heat earlier than females.
2. Male rabbits can be in estrus throughout the year, and female rabbits are mostly induced to estrus; that is, female rabbits are induced to estrus by a stimulus source, such as the urine of male rabbits in estrus—liquid odor stimulation. The two periods from February to April and from September to November are rabbits’ most prosperous and most frequent estrus periods. The estrus period of rabbits generally lasts about 1 to 2 weeks. Some rabbits may be in estrus for a month, while others will be in estrus for longer. Rabbit estrus can be divided into early, middle, and end stages.
Second, the performance of rabbits in heat.
When male rabbits are in heat, their territorial awareness and attack Increased consciousness and decreased appetite, the most typical manifestations of which are urination behavior and stomping hind feet behavior, and male rabbits in estrus like to “climb across”, and desperately bite the cage in the middle of the night.
The same-sex rabbits are prone to fighting simultaneously in heat, while the opposite sex will frequently chase and climb across. The urine of rabbits in heat can become heavier.
When the female rabbit is in heat, she likes to rub the food bowl or other objects with her chin and has behaviors such as smelling and digging the ground. In addition, the color of the vulva of the female rabbit in estrus changed from pink at the beginning of estrus to dark red at the end, and the vulva was swollen.
The above is our introduction to rabbits’ estrus time and estrus symptoms. I hope the above introduction can deepen the pet owner’s understanding of the physiological phenomenon of rabbit estrus!
