Common rabbit facts



TERMINOLOGIES
Buck        adult male
Doe         adult female
Kitten       young rabbit
Litter        female with young ones (rabbits) born on the same day by one doe
Hutches    house of rabbits or pen in which rabbits live
Suckling   feeding of the young ones on the mother’s breast milk
Dam         the mother of a set of young rabbits
Sire          the father of a set of young rabbits

COMMON FACTS: 
  • They are very prolific with about 7-15 kittens per kindling.

  • Can undergo about 7 and above kindlings in a year.

  • The young ones are born blind.

  • They feed on their first faeces in the morning that is, they practice what is called copraphages.

  • The mother can abandon the young if touched by someone else in the first few days after birth.

  • Whiskers is possessed by both male and female rabbit.

  • Short gestation period of 31 days.

  • Their meat is second to non.

  • The male and female have no horn.
  • There are over 50 breeds or rabbits.

  • Rabbits generally do not need to be bathed.

  • Rabbits live 5-15 years depending on the breed.

  • The teeth of a rabbit are continually growing the whole time.
  • Rabbits are most commonly kept in pairs.
  • Rabbits are lagomorphs, not rodents.

  • Rabbits are crepuscular – active at dawn and dusk.

  • Rabbits can be kept in cages which you can purchase pre-built from a supplier or build them yourself. If you build your own cages, use quality galvanized 1” x 2” mesh wire for the sides and 1” x 1/2" mesh for the floors. Cage size 90cm long x 60cm wide x 45cm high.

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