Bring to the Fair:
- grooming tools
- showmanship shirt
- optional grooming table or carpet square for grooming your rabbit on the floor
- carrying cage for your rabbit's comfort
- rabbit food for 3 days
- dishes if desired (metal feeders and waterers are provided, but bring your own crocks and water bottles
if you want)
- dish for transporting water from the spigot to the rabbit's dish/bottle
- ice blocks for hot days
- a chair
DIV>- your camera!
All rabbit posters must be 14" by 22" and able to be hung vertically.
Things to know for the fair:
- specifics about your rabbit breed (weight, what's unique about your breed)
- breed, variety, age and gender of your rabbit
- some common rabbit diseases, including symptoms, prevention and treatments
- how to handle your rabbit properly (show teeth, toenails and gender)
Tips to help prevent your rabbits from overheating in this hot weather
We are getting into some very hot weather. Be sure your rabbit is prepared for this or you could lose them to the
heat. Here are some things which you might try:
1.) Freeze plastic, leak-proof bottles of water. put this in the cage with your rabbit.
Usually a rabbit will lay beside it to keep cool. Keep a few extras in the freezer to rotate them.
2.) Although rabbits don't sweat, they seem to benefit from and some even enjoy a fan blowing on them.
3.) Provide plenty of fresh water, in a container which they will not tip right away. (sipper water bottle)
4.) Lop eared rabbits may use a dish of water to dip their ears into, besides the regular water supply.
5.) Some rabbits seem to get diarrhea in the heat, or may lose their appetite. Try a little bit of dried
oatmeal or a handful of grass hay. This will give them some fiber and may encourage them to eat.
6.) Rabbits' ears are their ventilators. They have large blood veins in the ears which can help to
control their body temperature. You can dip your finger in cool water and wet their ears with your fingers. Just be
careful not to have water drip into the inside of the ear.
7.) Make sure they have shade.
8.) Also important this time of year is to keep the cage area clean to prevent the build-up of ammonia smells and
insects.
9.) When it's really hot, don't handle your rabbit too much. They don't need the added stress and they
don't need your body heat against theirs.
10.) If you do decide or are able to bring your rabbit to an air conditioned spot to wait out the really
hot days, be careful that the temperature change is not too abrupt.
