The rabbit is a timid animal. Sudden noise, strangers and strange animals, such as cats and dogs, will make it panic. In the management of feeding, we should try to avoid the noise that causes rabbits to panic, and at the same time prohibit strangers, cats and dogs from entering the rabbit house. Rabbits have a keen sense of hearing and smell, but they are timid and good at running.

Sudden fright-when there is a sudden noise, you will immediately guard or run away quickly. When people suddenly make noise or smell, or see strangers, dogs, cats, snakes, mice, insects, etc. They will be disturbed, they will make a loud bang, stamp their feet, run and bump into the cage in order to escape from the enemy.

Its home generally has many holes (three caves of cunning rabbits) to avoid the enemy. In winter, they only follow their own footprints.

Rabbits like eating grass. Generally, rabbits raised at home should pay attention to the provision of food, because the young rabbits are not full. Young rabbits are not recommended to eat vegetables, which is easy to get enteritis and can be provided appropriately in adulthood.

Rabbits are divided into young rabbits and adult rabbits. They are fed twice a day in the morning and evening. In case of changing brand food, it is necessary to make a transition, and it cannot be changed directly, which leads to the rabbit's inadaptability and discomfort. Young rabbits are 1 ~ 6 months old, and adult rabbits are over 6 months old. ?

Appearance characteristics

body type

According to the body shape, it can be divided into large rabbits, medium rabbits and small rabbits. The big rabbit weighs about 5 ~ 8kg (some of them exceed 8kg), the middle rabbit weighs about 2 ~ 4kg, and the small rabbit weighs about 2kg. Generally speaking, the rabbit's body can be divided into four parts: head and neck, trunk, limbs and tail.

Body surface: coating, with heat preservation effect. Coat color: mostly white, black, gray, grayish white, taupe, grayish yellow, light khaki, some with flowers. Rabbit's front teeth: suitable for cutting off food. Molar teeth: suitable for grinding food. The rabbit's tail is short and furry, and it will roll up like a ball, which is very cute. Exercise mode: jumping, the forelimbs of rabbits are shorter than the hind limbs, which is beneficial to jumping.

head

The rabbit's head is very long, which is divided into facial area (in front of eyes) and brain, head and neck cranial area (behind eyes). The face area accounts for about 2/3 of the total length of the head.

mouth

The rabbit's mouth is very short, with upper and lower lips, in which the upper lip is longitudinally split (also called gouges where whole pieces were missing), the front teeth are exposed, and the mouth edge has tentacles. The upper lip is split in the middle, which is a typical three-flap mouth, very cute. Besides two protruding front teeth, the rabbit has 28 teeth.

nose

The rabbit's nostrils are large and oval, and the inner edge is connected with the longitudinal fissure of the upper lip.

eye

The rabbit's eyeball is round, and the monocular angle of view is 180, so the rabbit sees with one eye. Different rabbit breeds, different coat colors and different eye colors. Rabbits' eyes are red, blue, black and gray, and some rabbits have different eyes. Because the rabbit is Nocturnal Animals, its eyes can concentrate a lot of light, and it can see things clearly even in dim light.

In addition, because the rabbit's eyes are on both sides of the face, it has a wide field of vision and can see things around it clearly. Some people say that rabbits can even see their own spine. However, it can't distinguish three-dimensional things and can't see things close at hand.

The color of rabbit eyes is related to the color of its fur. The eyes of the black rabbit are black under the light, the eyes of the gray rabbit are gray, and the eyes of the white rabbit are red. Then why do we see the white rabbit's eyes are red? This is because the bloodshot (capillaries) in the white rabbit's eyes reflect the outside light, and the transparent eyes are red.

Rabbits come in all colors, and so do their eyes. That's because they have something called pigment in their bodies. The color of rabbit eyes is related to the color of its fur.

ear

The rabbit's ears are long and big, even exceeding the length of its head. There are also some kinds of rabbits with small ears and drooping. The shape, length and thickness of rabbit ears can also reflect the characteristics of this variety. For example, rabbits born and raised in China have short, thick, upright and large ears. ?

Fine soft hair or feathers.

Rabbit hair can be shaved and sold. It is soft and delicate, and can be used to make clothes and so on.

Extended data

Feeding of pet rabbits

Daily food for pet rabbits

Rabbit food can be roughly divided into three categories: 1,? Concentrated feed (rabbit food); 2、? Coarse feed (pasture); 3. Juicy feed (vegetables, fruits and some roots).

1, the role of concentrated feed (rabbit food):

It mainly provides energy, protein, fat, minerals and amino acids.

2, the role of roughage (pasture):

Crude fiber is mainly provided for rabbits every day, followed by protein and amino acids.

3. The main functions of succulent feed (vegetables and fruits):

Mainly to provide rabbits with daily vitamins, water and so on.

Rabbits have different food combinations at different ages.

1. 15-90 days old: At this stage, the development of the digestive organs of rabbits is not perfect, so it is the period when rabbits are most likely to get sick due to food, and it is also the most cautious period for food collocation and supply.

1. The recipe collocation should be: forage > rabbit food > vegetables, that is, the recipe is mainly forage, supplemented by rabbit food, and vegetables are fed temporarily or very little. Juicy feed (vegetables) has a light drainage effect, so rabbits of this age may have diarrhea because of eating vegetables, so they are not fed or fed in small quantities. The palatability of rabbit food is generally better than that of pasture, so excessive feeding of rabbit food will lead to a decrease in the amount of pasture eaten by rabbits, and may also lead to serious consequences such as indigestion, indigestion and diarrhea of rabbits.

2. Forage species should be: Gramineae (ladder grass, etc.). )+Leguminosae (alfalfa, etc. ), and the supply should be Gramineae-unlimited supply, Leguminosae-quantitative supply. The nutritional value of leguminous forage grass is generally higher than that of gramineous forage grass, so excessive feeding may lead to obesity, nutritional diarrhea and increased soft stool in rabbits.

3. Daily supply of each recipe: Gramineae (as you eat)+Leguminosae (65438+ 0 in the daytime and 2-3 in the evening)+rabbit food (40-80g daily, fed 2-3 times a day)+drinking water (80- 120ml).

4. The ratio of day and night meals: 30%-40% during the day and 60%-70% at night.

Rabbits are Nocturnal Animals, and the ratio of eating at night and at night accounts for about 70% of the whole day. Therefore, before going to bed every night, you must provide rabbits with enough water and grass, and you must arrange a rabbit food before going to bed.

2.90- 180 days old: at this stage, the digestive organs are basically mature, and the demand for various nutrients is gradually increasing due to the development of the body, so the food mix is also different.

1. The recipe should be: forage > rabbit food > vegetables. The diet is still dominated by forage, supplemented by rabbit food, and the daily feed of vegetables is 1 lettuce or half a carrot.

2. The forage species should be: Gramineae forage (ladder forage, etc. )+leguminous grasses (alfalfa, etc.). ), the supply of gramineous forage grass should be unlimited, and the supply of leguminous forage grass should be regular and quantitative.

3. Daily supply of each recipe: Gramineae (as you eat)+Leguminosae (2 in the daytime and 3-4 in the evening)+rabbit food (80- 100g daily, fed 2-3 times a day)+vegetables (1 lettuce or half carrot per day)+drinking water (65440).

4. The ratio of day and night meals: 30%-40% during the day and 60%-70% at night.

3. 180 days old -4 years old: At this stage, all the physical indexes of rabbits are stable and all organs are mature, which is the best time to raise rabbits. In this period, the intake and consumption of nutrients and energy should be basically the same, so as not to get fat, so the food mix is different.

1. The recipe collocation should be: forage > rabbit food, rabbit food = vegetables, and the diet is still dominated by forage, supplemented by rabbit food, and the daily feeding amount of vegetables is the amount of one lettuce or half a carrot.

2. The forage species should be: Gramineae forage (ladder forage, etc. )+leguminous grasses (alfalfa, etc.). ), and the supply of gramineous forage and a small amount of leguminous forage should be unlimited, and you can grab one every day or not.

3. The daily supply of each recipe: Gramineae grass (as you eat)+Leguminosae grass (65438+ 0 at night or not)+rabbit food (100g, fed 2-3 times a day)+vegetables (65438+ 0 lettuce or half carrot a day)+drinking water (250-500).

4. The ratio of day and night meals: 30%-40% during the day and 60%-70% at night.

4.4 years old-dying in the west: at this stage, rabbits are gradually transitioning from prime to old age, and various organs of the body are gradually aging and their functions are gradually deteriorating, so there should be some adjustments in diet.

1. The recipe collocation should be: vegetables > pasture > rabbit food. During this period, the function of digestive organs is gradually weakened, and teeth are aging, so it is necessary to reduce the content of indigestible crude fiber and reduce the burden on the stomach. Vegetables are easy to chew and digest and rich in vitamins.

2. The forage species should be: Gramineae forage (ladder forage, etc. )+leguminous grasses (alfalfa, etc.). ), and the supply of gramineous grass and a small amount of leguminous grass is not limited, and you can grab one every day.

3. Daily supply of each recipe: Gramineae grass (as you eat)+Leguminosae grass (65438+ 0 at night)+rabbit food (80g daily, fed 2-3 times a day)+vegetables (2 lettuce or 1 carrot per day)+drinking water (250-500ml).

4. The ratio of day and night meals: 30%-40% during the day and 60%-70% at night.

5. Because rabbits have completely lost the condition of choosing their own food in the domestic process, the owner must choose and limit feeding among many foods.

1. Foods that cause tooth decay: Some foods contain too much sugar, or food residues remain on rabbits' teeth, which can easily lead to tooth decay. Therefore, we should feed less fruits as snacks, and also choose some low-sugar fruits, such as bananas, because they are easy to remain on our teeth, so we should feed less.

2. Some foods are low in toxicity and should be fed less, such as raw spinach and raw cabbage.

3. Some foods are very dangerous for rabbits, so feeding must be prohibited or restricted, such as high starch and high protein foods and animal foods. Rabbits eating high-starch and high-protein food can easily lead to excessive starch and nutrients entering the hindgut, which in turn leads to severe diarrhea such as Clostridium welchii disease, which must be strictly restricted.

Especially rice, corn, white flour, potatoes and other foods for human consumption. For the sake of safety, it is best not to feed rabbits any human staple food.

4, some unknown foods: such as children's daily snacks, because I don't know if there are any ingredients that rabbits are taboo, so it is best not to feed them.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Rabbit

China pet rabbit feeding network