What are the living habits of rex rabbits? A comprehensive guide in one article

I'm not sure whether everyone knows about the rex rabbit. It is a breed raised for economic purposes. Now let the Tutuweb editor introduce the living habits of rex rabbits to you. Let's take a look:

1. Resting by day and active by night

Rex rabbits mostly lie and rest in their cages during the day, with eyes half open and half closed, resting quietly, but before 8 and after 8 they are unusually active. According to measurements, generally under free-feeding conditions, a rex rabbit's nighttime feed intake accounts for about 70%-75% of its daily feed intake. Water intake accounts for about 60%.

2. Likes dryness, fears dampness

A damp environment helps many pathogenic microorganisms breed and multiply, especially mange and coccidiosis in young rabbits. In addition, foot dermatitis is quite serious in some rabbit farms, and dampness in the rabbit house is one of the main triggering factors. Therefore, when building a rabbit house, a high and dry site should be chosen, and building a rabbit farm in low-lying areas is prohibited. Normally keep the cages dry, prevent waterers from leaking, clean up manure and urine promptly, and avoid splashing water inside the rabbit house (except in midsummer) to reduce the humidity in the rabbit house.

3. Keen sense of smell, taste and hearing, dull vision

Rex rabbits use their noses to distinguish different odors and to identify strangers and sex. Rex rabbits have very sensitive tongues and a strong ability to distinguish the taste of feed. Rex rabbits love to eat sweet grass and bitter plant-based feed, and do not like feed of animal origin with a fishy smell or things with bad odors (such as moldy, spoiled, sour or smelly ones). Rex rabbits' ears are sensitive to sound, and keen ears bring certain difficulties to raising them, requiring us to always pay attention and prevent noise from disturbing the rex rabbits. Rex rabbits' eyes respond poorly to light. A mother rabbit distinguishes whether a young rabbit is her own not by looking but by relying on smell. Likewise, judging whether the feed in the trough is good or bad is done not through the eyes but through the nose and tongue.

4. Young rex rabbits like to live in groups, adult rex rabbits of the same sex are aggressive

Young rex rabbits like to live in groups, but as they grow older in months, their gregariousness becomes worse and worse. Especially male rabbits after sexual maturity, when raised in groups, often bite and fight. During the mating period, as long as two male rabbits meet, they seem to have an irreconcilable hatred and fight fiercely, biting each other all over with injuries, until a winner and loser are decided. Male rabbits after sexual maturity should be raised in single cages, and male rabbits not kept for breeding are generally castrated so they can be raised in groups. Female rabbits during non-pregnancy and non-lactation periods can be kept two or more in the same cage, but in the late pregnancy and lactation periods they must be raised in single cages to prevent mutual interference and adverse consequences.

5. Likes burrowing

Digging holes is a natural instinct of rex rabbits. Although they have a long history of domestication and many rex rabbits have gone many generations without touching the ground, let alone living in holes, as long as they are put in the wild or raised on the ground, the wild instinct to dig holes immediately returns, especially in female rabbits in late pregnancy.

6. Rodent-like teeth

The front teeth of rex rabbits, like those of mice, have the characteristic of growing throughout their lives. If they do not get the necessary wear, the teeth will grow longer and longer until they puncture the gums and affect feeding. Normally putting some twigs into the cage for the rex rabbits to eat freely can both supplement nutrition and prevent the bad habit of gnawing.

Alright, the above are the living habits of rex rabbits brought to you by the Tutuweb editor. See you next time.