New Zealand Red Rabbit

New Zealand Red

New Zealand Red

New Zealand Red originated in the United States and grew up in California around 1910 as a commercial breeding for meat and fur trade. New Zealand Reds calm, relaxed and friendly rabbit.

Size: Large

Hair type: Medium

Origins

New Zealand Red originated in the United States and grew up in California around 1910 as a commercial breeding for meat and fur trade. It is unknown which breeds rabbits used but the name probably derived from wild rabbits New Zealand imports. It is likely that the color came from Belgium and that Rabbit Flemish Giant also has an influence.

Appearance

New Zealand Red is a big rabbit with an average weight of 3-4.5 kg (6 ½ - 10 lbs). 

New Zealand Reds have built media; ample body with slightly curved back, handsome head with full cheeks and ears erect. New Zealand rabbits have a medium-length hair feels rough and less soft than most breeds.

Colour

Red (a golden-red or deep russet colour)

Temperament

New Zealand Reds calm, relaxed and friendly rabbit. They are usually good with children and other pets, very relaxed about treated and rarely aggressive.

Accessories Available For Rabbit

Accessories For Rabbit

Rabbit Harness

There is a wide range of accessories available for rabbits including water bottles and bowls, food bowls, trays, straw, tunnels and toys, harnesses, control ...

Water bottle

Your rabbit should always have access to clean, fresh water. For rabbits kept in cages and cages, water bottles attached to the side of the cage is the best way to provide this. Choose a bottle with a ball valve to prevent dripping and change the water daily. Give the bottle scrub at least once a week to prevent bacteria forming. During the winter the water may freeze; You can also wrap it in some old stuff or buy a specially designed "bottles snuggle".

Water bowl

For house rabbits (no cage) the best option is a bowl of water but avoid using it in the cage and the cage because they tend to be contaminated with dirty bedding. Choose a heavy ceramic bowl that rabbits can not be easily reversed (sometimes a cat or a dog bowl better) and change the water once a day. Many rabbits prefer to drink from the bowl as more natural for them.

Food bowl

It is better to choose the weight bowl of rabbit can not reverse and you may want to have a bowl of dry food and one for fresh food. Rub the bowl at least once a week.

Hay rack

This prevents the straw becomes dirty, the rabbit was less inclined to eat. It can be attached to wire cages or enclosures.

Tunnel

There are many tunnels and "hide conclusion" in the market and this is good to give your rabbit a safe place to sleep and give a boost. The best natural fiber which is made of willow wood or straw compressed as a rabbit You can also nibble on them to good health and help prevent boredom.

Mats

If the mat is safe for rabbits to bite and very useful to cover the carpet that your rabbit might otherwise be inclined to bite.

Toys

For example, a stick, a ball or chew toy. It can be made of wood, fabric, plastic or metal. Again, the best natural fibers and avoid painted toys or those treated with dye.

Exercise Harnesses

There are two main types of harnesses are available - they are on a leash and those who like a jacket. They should fit tightly but with room for two fingers between the strap and the body of the rabbit. Do not use a collar on a rabbit; This can break their necks. Can utilize stress to the rabbit and it takes time to train them for it.

Carriers

A standard cat carrier works very well for the rabbit like made of plastic and is therefore not a problem if the rabbit urinating in it. If you have to, make sure it is large enough to fit the two of them so you can take them to the vet together. Cardboard box with air holes or operator of cardboard such as PDSA charity also found but the power will be reduced if the rabbit gets wet. Line carrier with a blanket, towel or newspaper and straw to prevent the rabbit slide around.

Rabbit Diet

The Correct Diet For Rabbit

Hay For Rabbit

Eating the right foods is important for your rabbit health and welfare and should comprise about 80% hay, 10% and 10% dry food, fresh food ...

Eating the right foods is important for your rabbit's health and welfare. Poor diet can lead to obesity, dental disease problems. Domestic rabbit diet should consist of about 80% hay, 10% dry food (commercial rabbit food) and fresh foods 10% (vegetables, fruits, etc.).

Quantities

Rabbits should be fed about their own body volume in hay every day - the haystack of your rabbit. Meanwhile you can feed around. 1 eggcup full of dry food and a variety of fresh vegetables. Dark, green leafy vegetables such as spring and savoy cabbage and carrots as possible and should be seen as a treat because they are high in sugar.

How the rabbit digestive system

Rabbits thrive working on grass only diet, high in fiber but poor in nutrients. To maximize the benefits of their food, some of which will pass through their system twice until they get a "second shot" in absorbing nutrients from it. To keep the bowel moving well rabbit they need to digest and digest fiber mixture. When rabbits eat some food, they enter the intestine and go one of two ways. Indigestible fiber passed through and come out hard, round stools. Move digested fiber to organ called the cecum where the bacteria are working on it, fermentation and makes it easier to digest. It came out as a lump of feces stick called caecotrophs, the rabbit take and swallow directly from below.

Importance of hay

Hay is the closest thing to a natural diet of grass rabbits only. It is high in fiber to make their digestive system running smoothly and grinds down your teeth. As rabbits teeth grow continuously throughout their lives, without the fibrous material they wear down teeth can become too large, causing pain and discomfort for rabbits and even prevent them altogether.

Fresh Food Rabbit ( Carrot )

Dry and fresh food

Theoretically Rabbits can receive everything they need from a good quality hay and fresh but dry food benefical to provide vitamins, nutrients and bacteria-friendly and also provide a bit of variety to the diet of rabbits. Rabbits tend to have a sweet tooth so the food is always very gratefully accepted, but must be seen more as an adjunct to the rabbit main diet of hay. 

Each rabbit diet change should be done gradually to allow time to adjust the rabbit stomach and it is a good idea to consult your veterinarian first. Always make sure that the hay and fresh water freely available at all times.

The Rabbit Way

The Rabbit Way to 5 a Days

Not to be confused with 5 a day for human , The Rabbit Way to 5 a Days is very different. Fruit and vegetables for the rabbits do candies and chocolates that we ...

We humans are encouraged to eat five servings of fruits and vegetables every day. For some of us may struggle to rabbits but it will be a paradise on earth. Most rabbits tend to have a sweet tooth and adore something relatively high in sugar, such as bananas, carrots, apples and so on. 

What their rabbit candy to us and it is our responsibility as a rabbit owners to limit your intake of these foods. Too many of them and, like the man with the candy, while the waist will expand deteriorating teeth. 

This is not to say that we can not feed our rabbit food, but they should be seen as a treat only. Not only will this help your rabbit, it will also help your wallet - treats sold in petshops for rabbits tend to be high in sugar and low in nutrients, not to mention expensive, so instead of eating natural treats is a good idea. 

Treating an integral part of the lives of rabbits and has a variety of uses. For example, they can be used when training your rabbit for a simple voice command, as an inducement to rabbit overweight or lazy to exercise more (to hide them from rabbits), as a way to stimulate the nervous rabbit into a carrier or cage, or just as a reward for good behavior rabbit home. 

In the case of parts, the main bulk (approx. 80%) of the rabbit diet should always be of good quality hay. pellets (approx. 10%) and green, leafy vegetables (approx. 10%) were fed with this every day. Natural treats can be fed in small amounts such as a piece of banana at a time.

Abscesses In Rabbit

Abscesses

Mouth Abscesses

An abscess is a pocket of fluid and pus caused by a bacterial infection. Abscesses are relatively common in domestic rabbit ...

Description

An abscess is a pocket of fluid and pus caused by a bacterial infection. Abscesses are relatively common in domestic rabbits and can be placed anywhere on the body of the rabbit.

Abscesses can be caused by a bite, cut or other wound or occurs in the mouth due to dental disease. They can also be caused by foreign bodies such as grass seed or wood chips to be embedded in the skin of a rabbit or dessert.

Symptom

Mouth abscess

- Rabbits eat less or not at all, saliva or drop bits of food

Skin abscess

- Tumors that are hard on the body of the rabbit

Prevention / Treatment

First abscess must be drained of pus and fluid in it. This is usually done under general anesthesia. The area should be kept clean and sometimes have to stay open to allow the pus to reduce fully. Antibiotics are usually given to reduce infection.

Abscesses can be difficult to treat and can be painful for the rabbit so painkillers are often prescribed. The hospital stay is usually required.