{"topic_id":"exotic_husbandry_rabbit_environment","category":"exotic-pet-husbandry","context":"---\ntopic_id: exotic_husbandry_rabbit_environment\ncategory: exotic-pet-husbandry\ntitle: \"Rabbit environment — heat sensitivity; water-bowl intake higher than bottle\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"Merck Veterinary Manual (merckvetmanual.com) — non-Open-Access; paraphrased derived fact summary per COPYRIGHT_POLICY §3.\"\nsource_file: pdf-raw/exotic-toxicology/rabbit.txt\ndate_parsed: 2026-07-29\ntokens_estimated: 114\nverified: true\nverification:\n  method: paraphrase\n  claims: 2\n  passed: 2\n  date: 2026-08-04\nsource_document: \"Merck Veterinary Manual (professional veterinary reference)\"\ncitation:\n  authority: \"Merck Veterinary Manual\"\n  title: \"Rabbit environment — heat sensitivity; water-bowl intake higher than bottle\"\n  url: \"https://www.merckvetmanual.com/exotic-and-laboratory-animals/rabbits\"\n  retrieved: \"2026-07-29\"\n  ref: \"\"\n  doc_type: \"professional veterinary reference\"\n  needs_review: false\nlicense: paraphrase\ncopyright_note: \"Source Merck Veterinary Manual (merckvetmanual.com) is © Merck & Co., Inc. and not openly licensed; per COPYRIGHT_POLICY §3 all claims are paraphrased derived fact summaries (numbers and proper nouns preserved, sentences rewritten), not verbatim quotations.\"\nauthority_tier: T3\nauthority_tier_basis: \"T3:vet-ref\"\nauthority_tier_date: 2026-08-04\n---\n# Rabbit environment — heat sensitivity; water-bowl intake higher than bottle\n\nSource: Merck Veterinary Manual (merckvetmanual.com), a copyrighted professional veterinary reference. Per COPYRIGHT_POLICY §3, the points below are paraphrased derived fact summaries: numerical values and proper nouns are preserved from the source, but sentences are rewritten and not quoted verbatim.\n\n## Claims\n\n*[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Rabbits are heat-sensitive; hot, humid conditions or poor ventilation (in hutches or during transport) can kill many rabbits, especially pregnant does. They need free access to cool water, and when controllable the optimum is 50–70°F (15.5–21°C), 40–60% relative humidity, and 10–20 air changes/hour.\n*[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Rabbits drink significantly more from a bowl than from a cage bottle; research shows bowl water intake is markedly higher.\n","sources":["exotic-pet-husbandry — Rabbit environment — heat sensitivity; water-bowl intake higher than bottle (retrieved 2026-07-29)"],"source":{"authority":"exotic-pet-husbandry","title":"Rabbit environment — heat sensitivity; water-bowl intake higher than bottle","url":"https://www.merckvetmanual.com/exotic-and-laboratory-animals/rabbits","retrieved":"2026-07-29","ref":"","doc_type":"official PDF","source_document":"Merck Veterinary Manual (professional veterinary reference)","verification_file":"pdf-raw/exotic-toxicology/rabbit.txt"},"source_document":"Merck Veterinary Manual (professional veterinary reference)","source_file":"pdf-raw/exotic-toxicology/rabbit.txt","trust":{"authority_tier":"T3","fidelity":"paraphrase","license":"paraphrase","display_grade":"B"},"tokens_estimated":114,"generated_at":null,"tip":"Use /api/v1/topics to discover more topics. /api/v1/nutrient for precise single-point queries. /api/v1/cross_compare for 2-3 standard comparisons."}