What technical points do you need to master when raising rabbits in summer?

There are many kinds of rabbits. Some are kept specifically as pets, and some are raised specifically for meat. In recent years, as people's pursuit of good food has grown higher and higher, rabbit meat has gradually become accepted by everyone, so more and more people are raising meat rabbits. Summer is a season with relatively high temperatures, so extra care is needed when raising rabbits. So what technical points must be mastered when raising rabbits in summer?

1. Control the density well

Summer temperatures are high. If rabbits are raised too densely, they will feel even hotter, and the rabbits will become restless and irritable and fail to gain weight. So appropriately reduce the raising density, pay attention to indoor ventilation, and you can also install an electric fan to cool things down.

2. Cut off long fur

If you are raising long-haired rabbits, in summer the long fur makes it hard for them to dissipate heat, so you can appropriately trim the rabbit fur to let them cool down a bit.

3. Feed scientifically

When feeding the rabbits, green fodder should be the main part and energy feed the supplement, with a reasonable mix for feeding. If the temperature is high but it is also fairly humid, reduce the amount of wet feed added, so as to avoid breeding bacteria.

Do not feed moldy feed to the rabbits. The hot summer easily causes feed to become moldy, so it must be stored properly. Do not give too much food at one time, so as to avoid leftover food residue spoiling and then being eaten by the rabbits, causing intestinal diseases. So before each feeding, clean up the feed left over from the previous meal.

4. Provide water reasonably

Summer temperatures are high, so a long-term water supply is needed, ideally uninterrupted all day. To prevent intestinal diseases in the rabbits, you can add some immunity-boosting medicine to the water. If you want to prevent heatstroke in the rabbits, you can add 1 percent salt to the water. Around noon, sprinkle water in the rabbit shed to achieve the goal of cooling. In addition, good sun protection measures must be taken; you can lay shade netting outside the shed so that the temperature can be lowered a little.

5. Keep the shed sanitary

Summer temperatures are high, and flies, mosquitoes and insects appear easily, so viruses and bacteria spread very quickly and easily trigger all kinds of diseases. If one rabbit gets infected, it will affect all the rabbits. So usually you must keep the shed sanitary and promptly clean up the rabbits' droppings and food residue. Regularly disinfect the rabbits' drinking utensils, cages, feed troughs and so on, preferably once a day or once every two days.

In addition, unsanitary cages easily cause coccidiosis, which is one of the common diseases in rabbit raising. Once it occurs, it may cause the death of large numbers of rabbits.

6. Stop mating and breeding in summer

In summer, the rabbits have a poor appetite, female rabbits come into heat abnormally, and the semen quality of male rabbits is also poor, so even if mating occurs, infertility is likely, so it is best to stop mating and breeding work.