Rabbits For Dummies

Your hands-on guide to being a responsible rabbit owner Want to raise a happy, healthy bunny? This practical guide gives you everything you need to know to successfully adopt, nurture, live with, and love a rabbit. From choosing a rabbit and preparing its home to training, healthcare, and having fun with your bunny, you get a wealth of expert tips that will have your rabbit (and you) hopping with joy! Jump into bunny basics — decide whether a rabbit is the right pet for you, discover the different breeds, and find out the best places to adopt your bunny Take care of creature comforts — from housing and grooming to feeding and healthcare, provide the best care for your friend Practice bunny "psychology" — understand bunny body language and sounds, handle behavior issues, and train your bunny to do tricks and use the litter box Enjoy the wonderful world of rabbits — play games with your bunny, join clubs and organizations, show your rabbit, and make traveling with bunny easy Open the book and find: Informative photos and illustrations Detailed breed descriptions How to think like a rabbit Tips for handling bad bunny behavior The latest on organic cuisine and homegrown feeding options Games to play with your rabbit How to live with an indoor bunny (which is recommended!) Ten signs that require emergency action A bunch of bunny resources — from rescue groups to registries to Web sites

Now updated–a highly informative guide to the joys of bunny ownership Rabbits For Dummies gives readers a well-informed look before hopping headlong into the wonderful world of raising rabbits. From choosing a rabbit and preparing its home to feeding, grooming, and training, this practical guide provides a wealth of hutch-tested tips. Packed with informative photographs and beautifully detailed illustrations, Rabbits For Dummies includes up-to-date veterinary information, explains rabbit body language, advises on treating common rabbit maladies, covers the latest on organic cuisine and homegrown feeding options, and suggests training tips for acclimating a new bunny into the household. P.S. If you think this book seems familiar, you're probably right. The Dummies team updated the cover and design to give the book a fresh feel, but the content is the same as the previous release of Rabbits For Dummies (9781119696780). The book you see here shouldn’t be considered a new or updated product. But if you’re in the mood to learn something new, check out some of our other books. We're always writing about new topics!

Includes material on rabbit choice, breeds, health, hutches, feeding and feeds, behavior, training, breeding, travel, clubs, first aid, and web sites.

Written specifically for pet rabbit owners, this book is your first step toward understanding your rabbit. It contains facts that every bunny parent should know. It offers practical advice to help you successfully adopt, nurture, train, and love a rabbit. Some of the things you will learn include how to train rabbit to use the litter box, rabbit training tricks, curbing aggression, clicker training, and many more. The book begins with an insight into what rabbits really are. It gradually unfolds, revealing the dos and don'ts of rabbit training, how to use treats, and then climaxing with the very skill needed to complete the training. You can be sure of gathering just the right information for training and caring for your little companion.Your rabbit deserves the best affection. Buy this book and learn to treat your rabbit fine. .Tags: pet bunny supplies,rabbit grooming kit,rabbit cage,rabbit guide,rabbit behavior problem solver.

Offers advice and information on the care of rabbits, including the history of rabbits and various breeds, nutrition, exercise, grooming, and training.

Harkness and Wagner's Biology and Medicine of Rabbits and Rodents, Fifth Edition is a practical reference in small mammal husbandry and health, encompassing the fields of laboratory animal medicine and pet practice. Part of ACLAM's series of laboratory animal books, this text offers concise but complete coverage on rabbits and the most common rodent species, with an emphasis on biology, clinical procedures, clinical signs, and diseases and conditions. By providing useful, accessible assessment and diagnostic information, Harkness and Wagner's Biology and Medicine of Rabbits and Rodents aids the practitioner in diagnosing and treating conditions in small mammals.

"Want to know more about genetics? This non-intimidating guide gets you up to speed on all the fundamentals. From dominant and recessive inherited traits to the DNA double-helix, you get clear expectations in easy-to-understand terms. Plus, you'll see how people are applying genetic science to fight disease, develop new products, solve crimes ... and even clone cats." -- back cover.

A practical Q&A resource for every rabbit raiser, whether they raise their animals as pets, for meat, or for fiber.

This book offers a simple overview of what is needed to successfully raise rabbits for those new to having a pet rabbit (for kids, too!), also a wonderfully detailed herbal section for the breeding/show professional to whom caring for rabbits naturally may be new, as well as recipes for the herbal blends we use, and our rabbits love.

Companion Animal Care and Welfare: The UFAW Companion Animal Handbook presents a comprehensive, accessible and practical reference for all parties seeking information about the proper care of companion animals. Identifies the needs of companion animals, explains how we know these needs, and gives scientifically-backed advice on how to meet these needs Promotes the most humane treatment and best possible care of our companion animals Addresses controversial issues such as selective breeding, companion animal showing, the keeping of exotic species, and the international pet trade Covers the husbandry and care of all major companion animal species, including mammals, birds, fish, reptiles and amphibians

The colourful early history of the breed is here vividly told, while in the chapters dealing with breeding, rearing, exhibiting, field trials and police work the comments of leading fanciers will be found of great value to the novice owner and indeed to labrador lovers of longer standing. The book is well illustrated with photographs and it contains some striking and hitherto unrecorded instances of Labrador intelligence and sagacity. "The Labrador owes its renown not to any passing whim of fashion. It has come about through the gradual realisation by dog-lovers of the high endowment of brains, beauty and honest-to-goodness desire to please, which has been increasingly shown through several decades by this grand companion of field and fireside, who has so convincingly demonstrated his right to be acknowledged as the prince of gun-dog, and first-rate friend and guard into the bargain." Contents Include : The History of the Labrador; Hints on Breeding Labradors; The Labrador Puppy; The Labrador Retriever; Training to Retrieve; Preparation for Show and Field Trial; The Labrador Retriever Club's Rules for Field Trial; Meetings; The Labrador as Police Dog; First Aid; Hints; A Labrador Glossary.

This book was written for anyone considering purchasing and raising domesticated animals for family pets, producers of eggs and milk, or a friendly creature in the backyard.

Arе Rаbbіtѕ аѕ Prоlіfіс аѕ Evеrуbоdу Sауѕ? Pоре Francis is in thе news for ѕауіng Cаthоlісѕ dоn't have to brееd "lіkе rаbbіtѕ." Hоw рrоlіfіс аrе rabbits аnуwау? Iѕ thеrе аnу truth to thе рhrаѕе "breed lіkе rаbbіtѕ"? Sоrt оf. Whеn а dое lets а buсk know that she's rеаdу tо mаtе, hе сіrсlеѕ hеr, shows оff hіѕ tаіl, and ѕоmеtіmеѕ urіnаtеѕ оn her. Thіѕ іѕ what раѕѕеѕ for fоrерlау. Thеn, the асt itself lаѕtѕ аbоut 20-40 seconds. Thе rеаl wow fасtоr оf rаbbіt rерrоduсtіоn іѕ hоw fast they gеt аrоund tо brееdіng, and how often thеу саn dо it. Thе average rаbbіt rеасhеѕ ѕеxuаl mаturіtу аt 3-8 months оld, аnd thеу have thе rеѕt of thеіr 9-tо-12+ уеаrѕ to get іt оn (thоugh еgg/ѕреrm рrоduсtіоn drорѕ оff аt аrоund 3 уеаrѕ). Thеіr brееdіng ѕеаѕоn lаѕtѕ thrее-ԛuаrtеrѕ of thе уеаr, аnd thе does dоn't hаvе аn еѕtrоuѕ оr "hеаt" сусlе. Thеу'rе mоrе оr lеѕѕ rеаdу to mаtе all thе tіmе. Thеу dоn't have a mеnѕtruаl cycle, either, so thеrе'ѕ nо special wіndоw durіng which pregnancy саn happen. Dоеѕ аrе асtuаllу induced оvulаtоrѕ, which mеаnѕ thаt іntеrсоurѕе ѕtіmulаtеѕ оvulаtіоn. After 40 ѕесоndѕ of mаgіс, thе egg is еmіttеd fоr fertilization. Rаbbіtѕ gestate for оnlу 30 dауѕ, and uѕuаllу have litters оf bеtwееn 4 аnd 12 bаbіеѕ (kits), dереndіng оn the brееd. Once thе bаbіеѕ are bоrn, thе doe can mate and gеt рrеgnаnt аgаіn аѕ ѕооn аѕ the fоllоwіng day. If thеу maintain а pace lіkе thаt and all thе kits ѕurvіvе, thе lаrgе-lіttеr breeds аrе lооkіng at about 100 bаbіеѕ реr ѕеаѕоn. Strеtсh thаt оut over a lifetime, and you've gоt over 1000 babies реr rаbbіt.

Why would successful urbanites, used to clean, controlled and orderly lives, take on the task of restoring a near collapsing empty barn littered with haphazard and decayed fencing, pastures deep in standing water, and try to turn it into a thriving horse farm? Initially motivated only by a city dweller’s fantasy and obscure memories of childhood visits to the country, Roxanne Bok oversees the reconstruction of a thirty-seven stall barn and painstakingly discovers something about both large animals and running a small business. Follow an equine novice as she leads her equally naïve family in an eighteen-month long adventure of breathing life back into a once great horse farm in rural New England. A thoughtfully detailed memoir, Roxanne Bok learns it all the hard way, from the agony of repeatedly being tossed off a beloved horse, to the thrill of winning a blue ribbon. For those who love horses, the dream of country life or simply the sight of an otherwise urban family on great rural adventure, here is a tale that plumbs the full range of human emotions but ends with a deepened love of the land and the extraordinary equine creatures that inhabit it. Proceeds from book sales will be donated to support horse rescue charities.