By learning just a few basic facts about rabbits you can astonish your friends, which will help you get to know your rabbit friends better. A female rabbit is a doe and a male is given the title of buck. The length of pregnancy for a doe is a month, and when she delivers her babies it is called kindling. Caring for rabbits is usually not too complicated. After all, the mother is the one that performs most of the work. She gives her newborns all the nutrients they require by feeding them some of the richest milk in the entire mammal kingdom. The doe will feed her litter once or twice each day for about 5 minutes at at time. Another important task for the mother is keeping her young ones safe and warm. She will do this by pulling fur from her own body and use it to make their cozy nest.
All types of rabbits will do most of their own grooming, but they can develop hairballs like cats. Feeding them hay regularly helps clean out their digestive system of any stray hairs they may have swallowed. Hay stalks and other hard foods help them wear down their teeth, which continue to grow for their entire lives. Rabbit meat is very healthy and nutritious. Domestic rabbit is all white meat and is low in fat and cholesterol. In fact, it has less fat than beef, pork and chicken meat. It is easily digested, putting it high on the recommended list for people on special diets.
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