To keep a pet rabbit, you must at least understand its living habits. Only by understanding can you give pet rabbits better care and care, so that they have a healthy and happy living environment . So what are the living habits of lop-eared rabbits?

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Life habits

Shy and likes quietness

The lop-eared rabbit is very timid , Suddenly hearing the sound, there will be a shock phenomenon, and the appetite will decrease. Female rabbits who are giving birth are disturbed and often suffer from dystocia, or refuse to breastfeed their young rabbits. In addition to exercising and feeding, the lop-eared rabbit likes to rest and sleep, and will be alarmed when there is movement. Therefore, it is very important to choose a quiet and comfortable environment for raising this rabbit.

Heat tolerant

The lop-eared rabbit's fur is dense and resistant to severe cold. Adult rabbits can withstand temperatures below zero, and winter breeding can be carried out at about 5°C.

Lop-eared rabbits are very afraid of heat because their sweat glands are underdeveloped and cannot regulate their body temperature by sweating. Therefore, when the outside temperature is too high, the lop-eared rabbit often crawls on the ground and uses ground conduction to dissipate heat; or increases the number of breaths and uses exhalation to bring out heat. The suitable temperature for adult rabbits is 15~25℃, and the temperature for young rabbits is 30~32℃.

Nocturnal

In addition to feeding during the day, lop-eared rabbits like to rest or sleep in the cage, but at night, they are very active and Feed frequently. According to the experiment, the feed intake of lop-eared rabbits at night accounts for about 75% of the total diet. Therefore, rabbits must insist on feeding night grass.

Browsing

Lop-eared rabbits like to burrow and burrow more frequently when they are free-range, before breeding. Therefore, when building a rabbit house, pay attention to this in design and materials. According to this habit of lop-eared rabbits, we can use mountains and hills to raise rabbits in holes in places with good climate.

Aggressive

When adult male rabbits meet, they will chase each other and bite each other; when female rabbits are together, they will also bite each other. When male and female rabbits are together, they live in harmony. Therefore, when managing, try not to keep adult male rabbits or adult female rabbits together.

Breeding

Heterosexual reproduction: When male and female rabbits are together, it only takes a few seconds to mate, because the baby rabbit It is very harmful to the female rabbit, so be sure not to put unsterilized male rabbits and female rabbits together, and it is best to sterilize the rabbits for the health of the rabbits.