Karen Patry

The Rabbit-Raising Problem Solver (eBook, ePUB)

Your Questions Answered about Housing, Feeding, Behavior, Health Care, Breeding, and Kindling

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A practical Q&A resource for every rabbit raiser, whether they raise their animals as pets, for meat, or for fiber.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Storey Publishing, LLC
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Mai 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781612124667
• Artikelnr.: 41059613

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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
 
Resources
Index