DISEASES AND REMEDIES 
THE domesticated rabbit is not in any sense 
of the word a sickly animal. On the other 
hand, it is an extremely hardy individual and 
seems to stand exposure and ill treatment as 
well as any animal we know. There are, 
however, one or two conditions which, if 
present, will invariably result in disease and 
expense to you. 
Oftentimes the rabbits will die when there 
is no apparent cause for it. They will seem 
to be healthy and in the best of condition. 
The next time you go to the rabbitry you will 
find them in their nest boxes or in a corner 
of the hutch dead. 
It is not natural for rabbits to drop off 
in this way without any reason. You can 
count on it that the average rabbit is too 
healthy an individual to die so easily without 
there being a reason for it. 
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