Rabbits Flashcards
What is the scientific name for rabbits?
Oryctolagis cuniculus or lagomorphs
What were rabbits raised for?
In the 1600s for meat and fur
What is a female rabbit called?
Does
What is a male rabbit called?
Bucks
What is a young rabbit called?
Kits
What is the name for rabbits for foods?
Fryers
What are rabbits like?
Gentle, quiet and rarely bites lol
What are rabbits like?
Genreally timid and often submissive prey species
Enjoy chewing and gnawing
Can be litter box trained
Scent mark by rubbing chin on objects
What do rabbits do when the are aggressive?
Scratch, bite, growl or grunt and lunge forward
What is reproductive system of rabbits like?
Sexually mature rabbits are more likely to be aggressive that neutered ones, may spray urine or be destructive
Does can be breed within 24 hours of birth
Produce up to 11 littler a year, nurse once a day, kits born blind and hairless
Induced ovulations
Anatomy of a rabbit?
Can’t vomit, ears are very fragile, high bone to spine ratio, lumbar spine and long bones are at risk of fracture or luxation
What is the dental formula of a rabbit?
2x( i1/1, C0/0, PM, 3/0,M 3/3)
Open rooted and grown constantly
What is cecotophs?
Eats feces to help gut health at night, night feces
Mucin coated feces
What is the husbandry of rabbits look like?
Cab be housed indoors or outdoors, shelter for either
Can be littler box trained Scent mark
Love to chew, avoid wires,carpets,window,dressings,shoes,etc
Protect from drafts and temo extremes
Don’t house more than one rabbit together
Need a hiding place, chew toys, and hay
What do rabbits eat?
Rationed amount of pellets from alfalfa or Timothy hay
Nutrinoally compllete diets
Offer free choice hay and fresh foods
Generally consume 5% of body weight in dry feed and 10% in water
What is the common respiratory disease in rabbits?
Snuffles
Sneezing, conjunctivitis, mucopurlent discharge,
Caused by pasteurella multiocida or bordetella bronchiseptica
What is the common digestive disease?
Coccidia- fulminant diarrhea present, in juveniles in poor conditions
Tyzzers disease- weanlings, clostridium piliforme
E.coli- young rabbits, yellow diarrhea, high mortality rate about 48 hours
Ear mite infestation
Caused by psoroptes cuniculi ear mange or ear canker
Exudes and imflammation in the ear present
Infestation causes purititis , head shaking , had til, and stress
Wat is general spirochetosis/
Treponem paraluis cuniculi, or treponemiasis/cuniculosis, vent disease and rabbit syphilis
Transmission- coitus or facial genitalia contact
Signs- prepuce,valve, scrotum, peritneum, or anus
What is moist dermatitis?
Blue fur disease, seen in perineal area from urine or diarrhea scalding -lunch burn
Around face,neck,dewlap, from moist water bowl, slobbers, makes fur green
What is mastitis?
Lactating does, caused by either staphylococcus aureus, streptococci, pastuerella
What is ringworm?
A parasite that you see on the skin that is red and raised lesions found on head and ears.
To diagnoses do a skin scare place in a DTM
Causes; margina husbandry, poor nutrition, environmental or internal stress, overcrowding, excessive heat, pregnancy, youth or old age
Is zoonosis
What ectoparasites do rabbits get?
Cheyetiella parasitovorax- “walking dandruff”
White flakes that are visible to human eye.
Burrowing sarcoptic mites
Mild lesions are present
Zoonosis
Do rabbits get salmonellosis?
Yes, can diagnose made from a culture , blood,feces,bile,lymphoid nodes,affected organs
Euthanasia should be considered
Can you vaccinate rabbits for rabies?
No don’t have a vaccine
What diseases do rabbits get with their teeth?
Malocclusion of teeth, teeth are open rooted so they will get overgrown
What is traumatic vertebral subluxation or fractures
From restraint, improper handling, and sudden jumping
What is ulcerative pododermatitis?
Poor sanitization, excessive environment moisture, foot stomping, and wire bottomed cages
How do you properly handle and restraint a rabbit?
Scruff the base of the ears and the other hand has both the back feet so they dont kick or hurt you and tuck in with your arm for the rest of the body.
Don’t allow rabbits to leap from your arms when returning to cage. Place rear end first in cage, rabbits can hurt themselves when returning to cage.
Where do you place an IV catheter on a rabbit?
Marginal ear vein- most common
Cephalic veins
Lateral saphenous veins
How do you get a urinalysis from a rabbit?
Usually collected from a clean cage pan
Catheterization
Cystocentesis
How do you do fecal testing?
To check for internal parasites with fresh feces
Where do you administer medication in rabbits?
IV- marginal ear vein, cephalic, saphenous veins
Holds up to 5ml of fluid
CAUTION- of central auricular artery i the ear
SUBQ- same as other species for locations
Intrscapular region
Can hold 10-20ml of fluids
What are the other not as used medication administration places?
IP- rarely, slightly to right of abdomen, caudal to umbilicus
IM- restraint is similar for what is used during examination
Lumbar muscles or quadriceps used, avoid sciatic nerve
IO- indicated in situations where IV is not possible and delay may affect survival of rabbit
How do you determine the sex of a rabbit?
Dewlap present=femal or slit on vulva
Vulva located directly below Austin
Ensheathed penis is located directly below anus similar to cats
Obvious testes present
