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A group of rabbits is called a herd.
The male rabbit is called a buck. The female
is called a doe and has 6 teats.
The smallest breed of rabbit is the Netherland
Dwarf Rabbit which weighs just about 1 Kg.
The largest breed of rabbit is the Flemish
Giant Rabbit which weighs in at about 8 Kgs. - twice the size
of the average cat.
The rabbit is by nature a night browsing herbivore,
lying up in its burrow by day.
Male rabbits should not be kept together as
they are likely to fight.
Rabbits are not rodents. They are lagomorphs.
Other lagamorphs include hares and pikas.
A well cared for house rabbit that has been
spayed or neutered early in life has a life expectancy of
8 to 12 years of age.
The gestation period of a rabbit is about
31 days.
The doe is larger. The young are called kittens,
and as with baby cats, their eyes open at about 10 days of
age, their ears at about 12 days.
Rabbits are naturally communal animals.
Does and Bucks should be housed separately
for obvious reasons. (You could be over-run with baby rabbits!).
Rabbits front teeth (incisors) grow continuously,
like toenails.
Rabbits are vegetarians, and have a great
ability to digest fibre that the rest of us cannot.
Rabbits feet are supposed to be lucky!
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