Rabbits can be affected by certain diseases and thus meet an untimely death. As soon as the following symptoms occur in rabbits, the animal should be taken to the vet.
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When dogs start biting and chewing on their own tails frequently, it's a sign that something is wrong. Dogs have very sharp, pointed teeth that can do a lot of damage and cause dangerous wounds and infections. Biting your own tail can have various causes and can develop into compulsive behavioural disorders.
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Many cat foods advertise a high vegetable content. But cats are actually carnivores, are vegetables only mixed into cat food because they make it sound healthier for humans?
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In the course of their lives, a pair of cats with healthy reproductive organs can sire around 780,000 kittens. Whilst the owner of the male cat usually gets away without the consequences of mating, the owner of the female cat is left with a litter of young cats. As the owner of a female cat, you should consider the benefits of sterilisation at a young age.
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Dogs are not carnivores, but omnivores by nature. This means that their diet consists of meat, cereals, fruit and vegetables. Commercial tinned dog food is not necessarily the healthiest form of dog food, so if you want to feed your dog a balanced diet, you should also give it food that does not contain chicken, meat or eggs.
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Many birds can be taught to speak. However, this only means that the birds learn to repeat spoken words, not that they can communicate verbally with humans. In order to understand the bird, humans must learn the bird's body language, as this is how the bird expresses its health and contentment.
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In most households, the bird cage remains indoors all year round and rarely gets the chance to be in natural sunlight. Even if the bird cage is placed directly by the window, the bird does not benefit from the vital vitamin D3 as the window pane filters out the sunlight. Vitamin D3 is important for the bird's health, especially during moulting. The ideal location for the bird cage makes a significant contribution to keeping the bird healthy and happy.
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A female rabbit can be sexually mature from the age of 6 months. Rabbits reproduce numerously and frequently as a natural form of species preservation, as they are at the end of the food chain and are the prey of many other animals. It is not always immediately recognisable whether a rabbit is pregnant.
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Horses are very strong animals, much stronger than humans. You should therefore never use force to teach a horse to mount on command, because a horse in panic or anger can fall over backwards when mounting and injure itself and the rider. Only an experienced rider should teach their horse to mount.

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Keeping a horse clean and well brushed can be quite a lot of work. Not only are horses much larger and therefore have more skin surface area, they also like to get dirty. It becomes particularly difficult when you have to look after more than one horse, because brushing a horse is time-consuming. To get a horse clean and shiny in a time-saving and effective way, a hoover is extremely practical.
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