| Description |
1 online resource. |
| Contents |
""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""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"" |
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""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"" |
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""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"" |
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""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 "" |
| Summary |
Whether you're raising your rabbits as pets or for meat, you need solid, accurate, easy-to-access information to keep your animals healthy and happy. This Q & A resource from expert Karen Patry has the answers to all your questions about everything from housing and feeding to breeding, kindling, health and disease, behavior, and more. Whether you're raising one pet rabbit or running a commercial rabbit farm, this accessible guide is the resource you need. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| System Details |
Requires Boundless App. |
| Subject |
Rabbits.
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Rabbits. |
| Genre |
Electronic books. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Patry, Karen. Rabbit-raising problem solver North Adams, MA : Storey Publishing, 2014 9781612121420 (DLC) 2013044824 (OCoLC)854828594 |
| ISBN |
9781612124667 : $19.95 |
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1612124666 : $19.95 |
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