Prevent Cannibalism Rabbit

For the hobbyists, pregnant rabbits is the long-awaited moment. When you make it past this phase, it is certain amount of collection would be increased. But sometimes it is not going smoothly, cannibalism is one of the problems that can arise when the mother gave birth to her son.

Basically, rabbits do not have the cannibals, but as the parent rabbit pregnancy, nutritional adequacy seemed less so after the birth so stressed and drained of energy, the mother rabbit will feel able to support and provide nutrition for their children. Swallowing is a way of rabbit pups to survive.

Nutrition
To avoid the above, the parent need special care during pregnancy, such as giving and provide food for the mother rabbit that nutritional needs met. Easily nutritional value is usually obtained from fruits, vegetables, carrots, papaya leaves, and even grass. Also do not forget to drink enough water, clean and healthy.

In addition to food, the situation is stable, hygiene, and sanitation should be considered as well. Cage damp, stuffy, crowded, too much wind, or exposed to direct sunlight, lots of rats, close cats and dogs can cause stress and sick parent.

Aggressive Parent
In the case of the parent, there is a need to consider when selecting the parent rabbit, avoid choosing a stern parent (aggressive), because this sort of thing shows the traits that will host can do cannibalism, and of course yung chicks themselves become prey.

There are several things to consider when approaching childbirth rabbit, immediately separate the delivery of an aggressive parent, so it is not mixed with the other parent, of course, with some notes that when the later had given birth, the child of the parent who aggressively immediately transferred does not exceed three days to master other, so that the short amount of time the other parent will be expected to accept as his own son, because a good parent is a parent to care for and raise their children to grow up healthy and strong.

Cannibalism can also be due to the inability of the parent to adjust to the new environment. Especially if there is a new rabbit is placed in cages that had previously been filled with old rabbit, rabbit certainly will be quite a while to adapt, and certainly could stress.