Average Growth Reference Values for Rabbits
- Average lifespan of rabbits: 5-6 years (based on laboratory data; domestic pet rabbits tend to live longer, averaging between 8-12 years)
- Average adult male rabbit weight: 2-5 kg
- Average adult female rabbit weight: 2-6 kg
- Average newborn nursing rabbit weight: 30-80 g
- Average body temperature (rectal): 38.5-40℃
- Average respiratory rate: 30-60 breaths per minute
- Average heart rate: 130-325 beats per minute
- Blood pressure (systolic/diastolic): 90-130/60-90 mm Hg
- Daily food consumption: 50 g per kg of body weight
- Time for food to pass through the gastrointestinal tract and be excreted as feces: 4-5 hours post feeding
- Time for food to ferment in the cecum and be excreted as feces: 8-9 hours post feeding
- Daily hard feces output: 5-18 g per kg of body weight
- Daily water intake: 50-150 mL per kg of body weight
- Daily urine output: 10-35 mL per kg of body weight
- Age at sexual maturity for males: 6-10 months
- Age at sexual maturity for females: 4-9 months
- Male reproductive period: 60-72 weeks
- Female reproductive period: 24-36 weeks
- Number of eggs laid per batch by female rabbits: 6 to 10 eggs per time
- Female rabbit pseudopregnancy duration: 16-17 days
- Female rabbit pregnancy duration: 29-35 days
- Number of fetuses per litter: 4-12
- Weaning age of nursing rabbits: 4-6 weeks
