Description
This talk will cover the basic things a clinic needs to know when seeing rabbits. As well as covering how to handle and examine a rabbit along with preventive medicine, it will look at the rabbit’s basic biology and how this affects how we look after rabbits and make our clinics more rabbit friendly. This includes the basic advice we give to all owners (current and prospective) on how to keep rabbits and how to feed them. At the end of the talk the attendee should understand:
what rabbits eat and how to feed the pet rabbit
that rabbits are fearful prey species and how this affects the clinics seeing them
how to examine a rabbit
preventive medicine needs of rabbits
how to reduce the chances of a rabbit breaking its back while being handled
