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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.