A mini-farm for breeding rabbits, if you approach the matter correctly, can become a rather profitable enterprise. The owner of such a farm does not usually need to make special efforts to increase the number of these animals. However, the farmer, of course, must know and follow the technology of breeding rabbits. For example, it often happens that the uterus that has sprouted will gnaw its droppings. There may be several reasons for this phenomenon.
Experts believe that the main reason that the uterus gnaws rabbits is a lack of milk. And this, in turn, becomes a consequence, first of all, of improper feeding. A rabbit can bring up to 16 cubs at a time. Consequently, during the gestation period, she simply needs a huge amount of nutrients. Therefore, the animal must necessarily receive barley or oat crushed, root crops and hay in sufficient quantities. Of course, all food fed to a pregnant female should be of high quality and fresh.
Another reason that the rabbit ate the rabbits could be such an unpleasant disease as mastitis. After birth, the uterus is always under stress. And any discomfort can lead to aggressive behavior. Feeding pain, the animal simply gets rid of its source. To prevent this from happening, the farmer needs to carefully monitor the cleanliness of the cage. The litter of a pregnant and lactating rabbit should be changed as often as possible.
Very often, the answer to the question of why the rabbit eats the rabbits is the lack of water in the drinking bowl during childbirth. During okrol, the uterus drinks a lot. Lack of water often leads to aggressive behavior. In addition, without enough fluid, lactation may not occur in the uterus. Determining that the rabbit will soon begin labor is not difficult. Fill the drinking bowl with water and put another extra one immediately after a lot of torn fluff appears in the cage. Its presence is the main sign that the rabbit will most likely have offspring by the morning.
Rarely, but still sometimes the rabbit eats the cubs also because of loud noise during childbirth or immediately after them. Rabbits are shy animals. In particular, they do not tolerate harsh loud sounds. Frightened and losing control of herself, the rabbit may temporarily lose her maternal instinct and simply get rid of the cubs.
It also happens that the uterus gnaws at the droppings due to an unfamiliar smell. For example, an animal can eat its offspring if a stranger touches its cubs. Therefore, only the owner of the farm should check the nest after giving birth. That is, the person whose duties include feeding the animal. Sometimes the queens get rid of the rabbits also due to the fact that there is a cage with another female nearby. Rabbits with droppings have a very developed territorial instinct and the smell of someone else's uterus will certainly cause aggressive behavior.
The uterus can gnaw its little rabbits even if it seems to her that there is too little space in the cage for her and the cubs. Rabbits do this infrequently. But sometimes it does happen. Therefore, it is imperative for the farmer to follow the rules for keeping animals in relation to the size of their cages. Also, the reason for eating the young can be a lack of food. Rabbits are intelligent animals, and in nature they instinctively independently regulate the size of the herd. The same can happen in a cell.
