rabbits

Buck

Male rabbit

Doe

Female rabbit

Kit

Baby rabbit

Kindling

Rabbit birth

Junior

Rabbit <6 months of age

Senior

Rabbit >6 months of age

Intermediate

Rabbit 6/8 months of age

2.2 million in 1.5 million households

How many rabbits as pets

8-12 weeks

When are meat rabbits processed as fryers

3-6lb

What weight are meat rabbits processed as fryers

300,000

How many lab rabbits a year

Angora

What rabbit breed produces wool

8-10in, 12-16oz

Length and oz of wool per year produced by angora rabbits

Angora

Medium, 9-12lb, wool and meat

Californians and New Zealand white

Medium, 9-12lb, meat

Dutch

Small, 3-6lb, lab

Flemish giants

Large, 14-16lb, meat

12hr light 12hr dark

Lighting needed for rabbits

50-70

What temp do rabbits need

4-5m

Puberty in rabbits for light weight breeds

5-8m

Puberty in rabbits for medium breeds

8-10m

Puberty in rabbits for large breeds

No well-defined estrous cycle

Estrous cycle for rabbits

7-10

Waves of follicles in rabbits grow over ___days with eventual sexual receptivity

Induced ovulator

What type of ovulators are rabbits

10-12 hours

When does a rabbit ovulate after breeding

10

How many does for one buck

30-31 days

Rabbit gestation length

Palpate at 12-14d

Pregnancy evaluation for rabbits

27-28 days

When to provide nesting box with bedding after breeding

8-10 kits

Average rabbit litter size

7-10d

When do kits open eyes after kindling

19-20d

When do kits start to eat solid food after kindling

5-10 weeks

When to wean rabbits

8 weeks post kindling

When to rebreed rabbit for 4 litters per year

6 weeks post kindling

When to rebreed rabbit for 5 litters per year

2.5-3yr

How long are breeding does in commercial rabbitries productive for

Male kit

Protruding, rounded urethral opening

Female kit

Slit-like vulva

Monogastric, herbivore, hindgut fermenter

Rabbit GIT

3:1 feed/lb meat

Feed efficiency for rabbits

Dry forage 40-80%, small amount of vegetables and specified amount of pellets

Rabbit diet

1/8 to 1/4

For adult rabbits Timothy pellets should be offered at _ to _ cup per 5lb body weight

¼ to ¼ cup

How much leafy green vegetables per day for rabbits

Cecotropes

Night feces, soft and covered in thick mucus

To recycle protein, water and vitamins

Why do rabbits ingest cecotropes

Coprophagy

Eating fecal matter; common in rodents and rabbits, although only rabbits produce a special stool for this purpose

Hindlegs

Support this part of rabbit to prevent serious injury to spine