Saturday, 10 February 2018

Signs that a Rabbit is Sick

Most of the time I am able to tell whether or not a rabbit is sick based upon several different signs and the years of rabbit care experience I have acquired. 

Here is a list of signs that could indicate that your rabbit is sick or has some other type of problem…

  • Stops eating its food (in my opinion this is the number one indicator that something could be wrong with the rabbit)
  • Quits drinking water, if you notice that a rabbit isn’t drinking any water you can definitely assume that the animal is ill
  • Becomes unusually inactive
  • Starts acting very aggressive towards others
  • Begins to shake its ears more than normal
  • Develops abscesses or lumps on its skin
  • Experiences common cold symptoms such as a runny nose
  • Begins sneezing more than usual
  • Starts losing random patches of fur (seasonal molting doesn’t count)
  • Discharge or puss becomes visible around the rabbit’s nose
  • Your rabbit consistently scratches a certain location or starts pulling out patches of fur the act of pulling fur with the purpose of making a nest doesn’t count)
  • Develops a fungus somewhere on its body
  • Simply starts to act strange

  

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Friday, 2 February 2018

local medications in Nigeria for the treatment of common rabbit diseases

All animals have a certain amount of built in resistance to disease. If this resistance is lowered in any way the animal becomes more likely to catch a disease. There are many things which may lower the resistance to disease, some of which are due to bad housing and management, such as cold, wet, draughty conditions and poor feeding. The presence of one disease may also lower the resistance so that the animals get another disease as well. For example snuffles may lead to pneumonia, particularly if the rabbit is cold or damp or poorly fed.



Rabbits suffer from a variety of common diseases that can be easily prevented or treated. By having a general knowledge of these diseases, the rabbit owner can save money on visits to the vet and get the best performance from the animals in terms of meat and income. In addition, there is abundant local/herbal medications in Nigeria for the treatment of common rabbit diseases. For example, sever ear mites infection can be treated using the traditional palm kernel oil while bloat and other stomach problems can be cured using lemon grass and Moringa leafs all of which you can easily obtain in Nigeria.

In the two-part program that follows, Chief Asema Yuwa, a 64 year old retired agricultural extension worker and rabbit production expert whose radio campaigns have greatly boosted rabbit production in the community recently, is at the Shawons, whose rabbits have been hit by disease.
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