The rabbit fancier; a treatise upon the breeding, rearing, feeding, and general management of rabbits: with remarks upon their diseases and remedies, drawn from authentic sources a by Bement Caleb N. 1791?-1868

Author:Bement, Caleb N., 1791?-1868. [from old catalog]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Rabbits, cbk
Publisher: New York, C.M. Saxton & co.
Published: 1857-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

an old one from a young one. The least equivocal symp. toms of old age are, the general solidity and thickness of the skeleton, especially at the joints, as far as they can be felt by handling; the development of the belly to a considerable amount of obesity; and finally, the length and thickness of the nails.

Breeding does, when kept in hutches, are much better each in a hutch to herself, than inhabiting one common dwelling, however roomy it may be. When a number of does live in the same hutch, the consequences are sometimes quite as unfortunate as if the buck were in company with them. K a doe kindles, and leaves her little ones a moment to feed, the other does immediately crowd round the nest, through an instinct of curiosity, peep into, and not seldom disturb it with their fore paws. The mother rushes up to drive the other does away; a battle ensues; and half the little rabbits are either killed or wounded for life. The pregnant does which take part in these skirmishes, generally suffer abortion in consequence of their excitement, and the blows which they give and receive in the combat. Their owner may read the Eiot Act afterwards, but the mischief is done.

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