Identification and prevention methods for common rabbit diseases

Cold

A cold is relatively easy to diagnose. Coughing or sneezing, rapid breathing, elevated body temperature, loss of appetite, and a runny nose in wool rabbits are all caused by a cold; the treatment for a cold is also very easy: administer ABC orally, and put three to five drops into the nose.

Indigestion

If a rabbit has symptoms of indigestion, it will show sour-smelling feces and a bloated belly. In mild cases, after the illness the rabbit stops eating for one or two days, and this condition will heal on its own without medication; if it is more serious, use hawthorn, Aristolochia debilis, and Acorus with tangerine peel, decocted in water and fed as a soup; or dissolve half a chicken gizzard lining, grind it into powder, and mix it with water to feed.

Diarrhea

If a rabbit develops diarrhea, it will show watery feces, reduced eating and drinking, and listlessness; in this case, mash garlic, mix it with feed and add charcoal ash, and give it to the sick rabbit to eat and it will recover.

Constipation

Passing little and hard feces usually means constipation. In this case, feed more green feed, and sesame oil, rapeseed oil or tea seed oil; just two spoonfuls with water is enough to feed, and the illness will improve.

Rabbit lice

After a rabbit has rabbit lice, the rabbit lice will bite the rabbit, and the rabbit will also feel very itchy, so it will keep scratching with its claws and biting with its mouth; the method to eliminate rabbit lice is also very simple: spray the rabbit's whole body with tobacco infusion, or spray veterinary trichlorfon, with a solution ratio of 1 percent.