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| What are good points about your rabbit? | Straight legs, straight ears, round body shape like 1/2 basketball when set up. |
| What are some bad points about your rabbit? | Crooked ear, crooked tail, crooked legs, poor fur quality. |
| What should you feed your rabbit? | Rabbit pellets, clean fresh water, salt block. |
| How much should you feed your rabbit? | 4oz to 6oz of pellets (tuna can). As much water as they will drink. |
| What are some rabbit disqulifications? | Buck teeth, off colored toe nail, overweight. |
| Be able to locate these parts of the rabbit. | Hock, saddle, dewlap, guard hair. |
| How do you cool a rabbit if it gets hot? | Put a milk jug, full of frozen water in the rabbit cage. Put cage in the shade. |
| How do you prevent/treat sore hocks? | Put a board in the cage for the rabbit to sit on. Vaseline on the sore hock. |
| How often do you clean your cage, and with what? | Every 2 to 3 weeks with brush and Clorox water. |
| How often should you clean the water bottles or crock? | Once a week with soapy water. |
| How big should your rabbits cage be? | At least 2X4 ft. |
| Some examples of breeds of rabbits would be? | Rex, Satin, Mini lop. Know your rabbits breed. |
| How do you check to see if a rabbit is being fed properly? | Condition of the fur, look for fat, over fed. To thin under fed. |
| Why do people raise rabbits? | For meat, fur, pets. |
| What should you NOT feed your rabbits? | Lettuce, carrots, lots of greens right before fair. Can change condition of fur, cause diarrhea. |
| What part of the rabbit should you never pick the rabbit up with? | NEVER pick the rabbit up by its ears. |
| What is the gestation period for a pregnant doe? | 31 days |
| What are baby rabbits called? | Kits |
| When do you put the nesting box in the cage? | Four days before the date the kits are to be born. |
| What are female/girl rabbits called? | Does |
| What are male/boy rabbits called? | Bucks |
| How many litters can a doe have in a year? | Four litters |
| How often are you required to write your sponsor a letter? | Once a month. |
| At what age are the baby rabbits (kits) weaned? | 4 to 6 weeks. |
| How many rabbits are in a meat pen? | Three |
| What do you look for when picking a meat pen? | Close in weight, same color, same breed. Uniform. |
| How much should a meat pen weigh? | 4 to 6 lbs. |
| How many days before fair should you clip yoru rabbits nails? | 2-4 days with nail clippers. |
| How often should you comb and groom your rabbits hair before fair? | Two weeks before brush and handle your rabbit once a day. |
| Why to you need to bring a carpet square to fair? | To show your rabbit on. |
| What size should the nesting box be? | 11X14 inches |
| Why is it important that you send a thank you note to your sponsor? | Because the sponsor donated and paid for 1/2 of your animal. |
