Rabbit Diseases Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| Ear Canker | Cause: Ear mites. |
| Ear Canker | Signs and Symptoms: Scabs or a crust starts forming at base of inner ear. Mites cause considerable irritation and rabbit shakes its head and tries to scratch ears with hind feet. |
| Fur Mites | Cause: An infestation of mites that burrow through the skin and cause considerable irritation. Mange mites that affect dogs and cats can infect rabbits. |
| Fur Mites | Signs and Symptoms: There will be some hair loss, scaly skin and intense itching and scratching. |
| Warbles | Cause: The growth of botfly larvae under the skin. |
| Warbles | Signs and Symptoms: Warbles can be observed as enlargements under the skin with a small hole in the center. The condition is painful and the rabbit may lick the area. |
| Snuffles | Cause: A chronic upper respiratory ailment caused by a bacterial infection. |
| Snuffles | Signs and Symptoms: Typical early signs are a nasal discharge, watery eyes, head shaking, sneezing or rattling noise in breathing and a loss of weight. Continual infection may cause rabbits to become sterile. |
| Abscesses | Signs and Symptoms: Enlargements under skin near jaw. Can occur on other parts of the body where there are wounds or scratches. |
| Weepy Eye | Cause: Inflammation of eye lid. Can result from irritation by dust, sprays, fumes, or bacterial infection. |
| Weepy Eye | Signs and Symptoms: Excessive tear formation and fluid runs down cheek. Rabbit rubs eyes with its front feet which further aggravates the condition. Rabbits with “snuffles” frequently have weepy eye”. |
| Mastitis | Cause: A bacterial infection in the mammary gland caused by an injury from nest box, cage or a bite from a nursing young. |
| Mastitis | Symptoms: The mammary gland will become red in color, swollen, tender and dark blue streaks may appear. |
| Coccidosis | Signs and Symptoms: Affects primarily young rabbits. In severe cases, symptoms are diarrhea, loss of flesh, pot belly, loss of appetite, rough coat fur. |
| Sore Hocks | Cause: A bruised or infected area on the undersurface of the hock joint. Related stressors are a dirty hutch, rough surfaces on floor constructed with the wrong size wire grid. |
| Sore Hocks | Signs and Symptoms: Scabs usually appear in the bottom of the rear feet. Pad and toes may become infected. Nervous and heavy rabbits are more susceptible to the sore hock condition. |
| Vent Disease | Signs and Symptoms: Blisters or scabs occur on the sex glands and/or mouth and nose. |
| Fur Block | Cause: Rabbit ingests a large amount of its own hair or another rabbit’s in a short period of time. |
| Fur Block | Signs and Symptoms: Rabbit will sporadically eat small amounts of feed. A firm mass can be palpated in the stomach. |
| Hutch Burn | Cause: Usually associated with wet and dirty hutches. Urine and fecal mater cause the skin become irritated and infected. |
| Hutch Burn | Signs and Symptoms: Usually a brownish crust covers the infected areas and a bleeding exudate may be seen. |
| Heat Exhaustion | Cause: Excessively high temperatures (above 85˚F) and high humidity (above 70%), obesity, poor ventilation, insufficient water and crowding. |
| Heat Exhaustion | Signs and Symptoms: Increased respiration rate (panting), and excessive saliva discharge. Pregnant does and young in the nest box are more susceptible. |
| Malocclusion | Cause: An inherited condition characterized by excessive growth of the front teeth. |
| Malocclusion | Signs and Symptoms: Lower teeth protrude and upper teeth curve into mouth. |
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