(1) Pay attention to temperature changes

Generally speaking, the temperature in spring gradually increases. However, in this process, it does not rise in a straight line, but rises and falls, and falls and rises. The climate is changeable and unpredictable. In areas north of North China, especially in March, the late spring cold is quite serious. Cold snaps, light snow, and light rain hit from time to time, which can easily induce colds, pasteurellosis, pneumonia, enteritis and other diseases in rabbits. Especially young rabbits that have just been weaned have poor disease resistance and are prone to disease and death, so they should be carefully managed.

(2) Do a good job in spring reproduction

As the saying goes: Spring is the beginning of the year. The same is true for rabbit breeding. A large number of experiments and practices have proven that rabbits have the strongest reproductive capacity in spring. Male rabbits have good semen quality and strong sexual desire. Female rabbits have obvious estrus, shortened estrus cycles, more ovulations, and high conception rates. This favorable opportunity should be used to strive for early mating and abundant breeding. However, in most rural family rabbit farms, especially in colder areas, due to the lack of heating conditions in winter, winter reproduction is often stopped. Male rabbits have not been bred for a long time, resulting in low sperm motility and high deformity rate in the sperm stored in the epididymis. The conception rate of the first few litters is low. For this reason, compound or double compounding (used during the production of commercial rabbits) should be adopted, and the fetus should be touched in time to reduce empty pregnancy.

(3) Guarantee feed supply

Early spring is a time of lean season. For most rural family rabbit farms that do not use full-price compound feed to feed rabbits, an appropriate amount of green feed supplement is Important measures to improve the reproductive capacity of breeding rabbits. Radish, cabbage or raw malt stored in winter should be used to provide certain vitamin nutrients; spring is also the molting season of rabbits. During this period, winter hair falls off and summer hair grows, which consumes more nutrients and is harmful to rabbits during breeding. Breeding rabbits in their early stages increase their nutritional burden. Rabbit hair is a high-protein material and requires more sulfur-containing amino acids. In order to speed up the shedding of rabbit hair, methionine should be added to the feed to make the sulfur-containing amino acid reach above 0.6. According to many years of experience, there are more feed poisoning incidents in rabbits in the spring, especially moldy feed poisoning, which has a greater impact on production. Big loss. The reason is that the sweet potato seedlings, peanut seedlings, green hay, etc. stored in the winter are stored outdoors in the open air. The snow and rain in winter and spring make them damp and moldy. If you do not pay attention to the selection during the crushing and processing process, the moldy and spoiled grass will be fed to rabbits. , acute or chronic poisoning will occur. In addition, cabbage, radishes, etc. stored in winter may become moldy or rotten due to freezing or heat, which may easily cause rabbit poisoning. During the transition period from winter to spring, feed also undergoes a continuous transition at the same time. Especially in rural household rabbit farms, in order to reduce feed costs, they try to feed as much wild grass and vegetables as possible. As temperatures rise, grass grows and is collected to feed rabbits. Because of its tenderness, juiciness and good palatability, rabbits like to eat it. If the feeding amount is not controlled, the rabbit's gastrointestinal tract cannot adapt to the green feed immediately, and diarrhea will occur, which may lead to death in severe cases. Some poisonous grasses turn green earlier, so rabbits should be prevented from accidentally eating them. Some vegetables, such as spinach, kraut, etc., contain high amounts of oxalates, which affect calcium and phosphorus metabolism. Feeding amounts should be strictly controlled for breeding female rabbits and growing rabbits.

(4) Disease prevention

In spring, everything recovers and the activities of various pathogenic microorganisms are rampant. This is the season when many infectious diseases occur in rabbits. Epidemic prevention work should be given top priority. First, relevant vaccines must be injected, especially the rabbit plague vaccine, which must be injected promptly; second, targeted preventive administration to prevent pasteurellosis, colibacillosis, colds, stomatitis, etc.; third, strengthen disinfection, Perform flame sterilization at least once or twice to burn any shed coat.

(5) Be prepared to prevent heatstroke

In North China, spring seems to be particularly short. The temperature in April to May is just normal, and the high temperature season is about to come. Because domestic rabbits are afraid of heat, and the rabbit houses in rural rabbit farms are relatively simple and poorly insulated, it makes heatstroke prevention difficult. In spring, cover the ground with plastic film to increase the ground temperature, and plant vines in front of the rabbit house, such as loofah, hanging melon, bitter melon, eyebrow beans, grapes, ivy, etc., so that they can block the rabbit house during high temperature periods and reduce direct sunlight.