Across
- 3. A female rabbit.
- 4. The sensitive pink part of a rabbit’s nails that contain blood vessels and nerves. Care should be taken during the trimming of nails to ensure that this part is avoided.
- 5. The first joint on the rabbit’s hind leg.
- 7. A place where rabbits are kept.
- 9. raising: A management system that raises many rabbits together in one area.
- 10. The father of a particular rabbit.
- 12. The mother of a particular rabbit.
- 16. A rabbit’s tail.
- 18. Loose skin under the rabbit’s chin.
- 19. A genetic defect in rabbits in which the teeth are misaligned.
- 21. Female rabbit giving birth to her babies.
- 22. A group of baby rabbits born to the same mother in the same kindling.
- 23. A large fenced area in which rabbits can burrow and live.
- 24. Rabbit running and jumping into the air.
- 26. A box that is provided for a pregnant rabbit to nest and give birth to her kits in.
- 28. The manner in which the rabbit carries itself.
- 29. block: A blockage in the digestive tract of a rabbit that is caused by fur.
Down
- 1. Placing newborn rabbits with a different doe so that she may mother it.
- 2. A male rabbit
- 6. Marking territory by rubbing the scent glands under their chins on items or people.
- 8. Ears that droop, this can sometimes happen in a developing rabbit in hot weather. The ears have large tips with a distinct lop.
- 11. The period of time that a doe is pregnant, distinguished as the period between breeding and kindling. In a rabbit, this is usually 28 to 31 days.
- 13. Housing for rabbits.
- 14. Breeding two or more breeds of rabbits.
- 15. Separating a rabbit from its mother and transitioning it from milk to solid food.
- 17. Shedding fur.
- 20. The breeding of two rabbits from unrelated pedigrees.
- 25. A collection of baby rabbits.
- 27. Feeling for developing embryos in the doe’s abdominal cavity in order to establish whether she is pregnant.