Essentials of Feeding and Management of Longhair Rabbits in Spring

. First shearing at the right time
The winter hair raising period is long, so the first stubble hair is long and thick. If the hair is not cut in time, it will affect the hair production and breeding. In northern areas, hair is generally cut from late February to early March, and bred 1-2 days after shearing. In case of bad weather, it can be postponed for a few days.
2. Improve feed nutrition
Appropriately increase the amount of full-price compound feed and high-quality green feed. The daily feeding amount of male rabbits: 50-100g of concentrate and 500-600g of green feed. The daily feeding amount of female rabbits: 125-175g high-quality green hay, 100-200g juicy feed, 35-45g mixed concentrate. During the molting period, the protein demand is high, especially the sulfur-containing amino acids should be increased to more than 0.6% of the diet.
3. Improve feeding management
The green feed is tender and juicy, with good palatability. Rabbits are prone to bulimia. It is better to start with less and then more and gradually increase. Avoid overfeeding and cause digestive tract diseases. In rainy and humid weather, feed less high-moisture feed and appropriately increase dry roughage. The green and green feed should be selected to prevent feeding toxic greens, such as wild grass, sophora flavescens, pasqueflower, araceae, raw pinellia, rhubarb, etc., so as to avoid diarrhea, bloating, and even poisoning and death.
Fourth, pay close attention to breeding
In spring, male rabbits have strong sexual desire and female rabbits have normal estrus. This is the golden season for breeding. Generally, the conception rate of breeding is high, the number of litters is large, and the survival rate of young rabbits is high. For the rabbit farms with conditions, the breeding work should be done from March to April every year, and the frequent littering method can be adopted.
5. Strengthen disease prevention
The temperature in spring is unstable, and it is a season for many infectious diseases, so we must do a good job in epidemic prevention. First, inject vaccines against several severe infectious diseases such as rabbit plague, Pasteurella and Clostridium weichii. Secondly, targeted drug administration is required. Oxytetracycline, chlorphenirin, yeast flakes, garlic, charcoal powder, Baicao cream and other drugs and herbs can be added to the feed to prevent colds, stomatitis and other diseases. The third is to strengthen the cleanliness of the cage, do frequent cleaning, frequent cleaning, and frequent disinfection. The cleaned feces and dirt should be piled up and fermented to kill all kinds of parasites; check the young rabbits, young rabbits, and breeding rabbits every day. If you find any problems in your health, deal with them promptly, and isolate and treat rabbits with poor appetite, abdominal distension, and diarrhea.