Rabbit Quiz

- world's biggest rabbit - Darius measures 4 feet long and weighs 49 pounds - His title is now being contested by his son Jess, who already measures 3 ft 8 in - with 6 months left of growing to do.

Darius, Flemish Giant

Herd

Group of rabbit

Doe

Adult female

Bunny, Kit, Kitten

Baby Rabbit

Produced in a part of the digestive tract called cecum

Cecotropes ( night feces)

- Bred for their soft Angora wool - Rabbit wool may be removed by - shearing - combing - plucking

Angora Rabbit

- Grain - Hay - Grass - Apples - Carrots - Hay - Lettuce - Other fruits and veggies

Nutrition

Buck

Adult male

Both are members of the same order - Lagomorpha

Hares vs. Rabbits

Wild: 3 years Domestic: Around 10 years

Life Expectancy

- Cuniculture -Meat - Wool - Companions - Therapy - Breeding - Feed Studies - Animal Testing - Show - Agility

Uses of Rabbits

American Rabbit Breeders Association - Sets all official breed standards - The American Rabbit Breeders Association currently recognizes 49 rabbit breeds - within many of these breeds, there are also several (in some cases numerous), varieties (coat and eye-color variations)

ARBA

49 recognized Rabbit Breeds

Breeds

- "Coprophagy" - Nutrient-rich and re-ingested so that more nutrients are absorbed - Twice the protein and half the fiber of their hard fecal pellets.

Consuming Cecotropes

- 1 -14 babies at a time ! -Gestation: 31-33 Days - Bunnies are born blind and hairless - Altricial -Domestic Rabbits retain some of their wild European ancestors, who are prey animals -Mother rabbit instinctually sense that staying with their offspring would call a predator's attention to the nest - Adult rabbits have a scent, while babies do not yet have a strong scent. - Mot mothers will not hop into the nest to check on their infants during the day, but she is usually watching from a safe distance.

Parturition (Kindling)

- Round/Dry fecal pellets you see in cage - Cecotropes

Two types of droppings