Raise Your Rabbit-Raising Know-How For the first-time pet owner and the experienced livestock farmer alike, rabbit expert Karen Patry addresses questions and concerns about housing, feeding, breeding, and caring for rabbits at every stage of their lives. From choosing productive meat and fiber breeds to preparing a proper nest box and coaxing a fussy bunny to eat, you'll find proven answers and humane solutions to all your rabbit-raising quandaries.
Raise Your Rabbit-Raising Know-How For the first-time pet owner and the experienced livestock farmer alike, rabbit expert Karen Patry addresses questions and concerns about housing, feeding, breeding, and caring for rabbits at every stage of their lives. From choosing productive meat and fiber breeds to preparing a proper nest box and coaxing a fussy bunny to eat, you'll find proven answers and humane solutions to all your rabbit-raising quandaries.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Karen Patry owns Aurora Rex Rabbit Ranch and runs the website, raising-rabbits.com. She is a member of the American Rabbit Breeder’s Association and the National Rex Rabbit Club. She lives in Port Angeles, Washington.
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Preface
Part 1 All About Rabbits: From Wild to Domestic
Chapter 1 The Nature of the Beast
Run, Rabbit, Run Eat, Rabbit, Eat Family and Social Life Basic Bunny Biology
Chapter 2 The Rabbit as a Pet
Rabbit Care 101 What Kind of Rabbit? Shopping for a Pet Rabbit Bringing Your Bunny Home Thinking Inside the (Litter) Box The Playful Rabbit
Chapter 3 The Business of Raising Rabbits
Looking at Meat Breeds Looking at Fiber Breeds Let's Talk Genetics Managing a Rabbitry
Part 2 Basic Care of Rabbits: Housing and Feeding
Chapter 4 Housing Rabbits: Inside or Out?
Hutch, Sweet Hutch Climate Control Bedding and Litter Options Cleaning and Disinfecting Hutches
Chapter 5 Feeding Rabbits
Digestive Tract Discussed It's Not All Lettuce and Carrots Hay: Not Just for Horses Picky, Picky Fats, Minerals, and Other Supplements Water, Water, All the Time What Rabbits Shouldn't Eat
Part 3 Making More Rabbits: Breeding and Kindling
Chapter 6 The Mechanics of Mating
Is the Time Right? Introducing the Happy Couple Spotting a Successful Mating Trouble in Paradise Back-to-Back (to Back) Litters
Chapter 7 The Pregnant Rabbit
Is My Rabbit Pregnant? Care and Feeding of the Pregnant Doe My Doe is Growling at Me! Preparing for the Big Day Day 28: Time for the Nest Box
Chapter 8 Kindling and Newborn Kit Care
What's Normal? Leave Mother Nature Alone Pregnancy Problems and Kindling Glitches Runts and Peanuts Checking the Nest Box
Chapter 9 Managing the Nursery
Not Peter Rabbit's Mother Is She Feeding Them Enough? Nest Box Escapees and Dead Kits Orphan Kits and Foster Does Stages of Kit Development Weaning the Kits
Part 4 In Sickness and in Health: Illness and Injury
Respiratory Diseases Enteric Complexes (Intestinal Illnesses) Parasites Ailments and Injuries Less Common Health Issues
Run, Rabbit, Run Eat, Rabbit, Eat Family and Social Life Basic Bunny Biology
Chapter 2 The Rabbit as a Pet
Rabbit Care 101 What Kind of Rabbit? Shopping for a Pet Rabbit Bringing Your Bunny Home Thinking Inside the (Litter) Box The Playful Rabbit
Chapter 3 The Business of Raising Rabbits
Looking at Meat Breeds Looking at Fiber Breeds Let's Talk Genetics Managing a Rabbitry
Part 2 Basic Care of Rabbits: Housing and Feeding
Chapter 4 Housing Rabbits: Inside or Out?
Hutch, Sweet Hutch Climate Control Bedding and Litter Options Cleaning and Disinfecting Hutches
Chapter 5 Feeding Rabbits
Digestive Tract Discussed It's Not All Lettuce and Carrots Hay: Not Just for Horses Picky, Picky Fats, Minerals, and Other Supplements Water, Water, All the Time What Rabbits Shouldn't Eat
Part 3 Making More Rabbits: Breeding and Kindling
Chapter 6 The Mechanics of Mating
Is the Time Right? Introducing the Happy Couple Spotting a Successful Mating Trouble in Paradise Back-to-Back (to Back) Litters
Chapter 7 The Pregnant Rabbit
Is My Rabbit Pregnant? Care and Feeding of the Pregnant Doe My Doe is Growling at Me! Preparing for the Big Day Day 28: Time for the Nest Box
Chapter 8 Kindling and Newborn Kit Care
What's Normal? Leave Mother Nature Alone Pregnancy Problems and Kindling Glitches Runts and Peanuts Checking the Nest Box
Chapter 9 Managing the Nursery
Not Peter Rabbit's Mother Is She Feeding Them Enough? Nest Box Escapees and Dead Kits Orphan Kits and Foster Does Stages of Kit Development Weaning the Kits
Part 4 In Sickness and in Health: Illness and Injury
Respiratory Diseases Enteric Complexes (Intestinal Illnesses) Parasites Ailments and Injuries Less Common Health Issues
Resources Index
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