Four Practical Tips for Raising Wild Hares in Summer

1. Clever daily ration matching. In summer, wild hares should be fed a low-energy, high-protein complete feed, with a reasonable mix of concentrate, green concentrate, and roughage. Crude fiber should be controlled at 12%-14%, and green succulent feed with less moisture should be chosen as much as possible. Appropriately feed medicinal plant feeds such as plantain, sweet wormwood, purslane, garlic, chives, watermelon rind, poplar flowers, etc., to achieve the effects of reducing inflammation and detoxifying, promoting urination and stopping diarrhea, strengthening the stomach, and inhibiting bacteria.

2. Clever feeding schedule. When feeding, feed breakfast early, feed dinner late, feed a small amount of feed at lunch, and add night grass in the evening. At the same time, provide sufficient 1%-2% salt water, and note that 50% of the feed should be concentrated in the morning and evening feedings. In addition, be careful not to feed grass with rain water, soil, or dew, not to feed thorny plants, not to feed moldy, spoiled, or manure- and urine-contaminated feed, and strictly prohibit feeding forage polluted by pesticides and toxic plants. Use a rack for feeding grass or feed hanging grass.

3. Clever disease prevention. Implement separate raising of mothers and young, scheduled nursing, and grouping by size. Timely inject vaccines against infectious diseases such as rabbit plague, pasteurellosis, and Clostridium welchii. Frequently give wild hares 0.01% potassium permanganate water or 0.02% furazolidone water to drink. Commonly use chlorobenzoguanide, coccidiostat, coccidiocidal powder, and disinfection net, etc., to prevent coccidiosis, and note to alternate medications. Persist in using 2% Lysol water to wipe the abdomen of wild hares about every 10 days, then rinse with clean water and dry with gauze.

4. Clever mating during estrus. Reasonably arrange mating in summer, which can improve the annual economic benefits of wild hares. For breeding male wild hares, special cooling protection can be adopted, and they should be raised in a cool place, with the temperature controlled at 22-28°C. At the same time, feed male wild hares a complete feed rich in protein, vitamins, and minerals; for breeding female wild hares, provide a fully nutritious daily ration and shade to prevent heatstroke. Mating time should be arranged in the early morning or evening, and care should be taken to ensure that non-pregnant female wild hares are mated before the end of June and after mid-August, avoiding mating in July, to prevent difficulty in conception due to poor semen quality of male wild hares during high temperatures. The mating method can combine double mating and repeat mating.