Feeding Your Rabbit
Like us, feeding your rabbit requires a healthy diet. Rabbits often act hungry even when they are not so do not over feed them. Rabbits love to munch and munch so watch what you give to them.
Fiber is the essential ingredient you should remember when you are feeding your rabbit. Too much feeding could lead to obesity thus making doe hard to conceive. Feeding your rabbit will need extra attention for what he digest will be the basis of his good health and long span of life.
Here are the food groups you should remember in feeding your rabbits:
1. Always give timothy hay or oats at all times.
2. Vegetables should be a large part of your rabbit’s diet. Give him veggies like carrots, parsley, broccoli, turnip greens, dandelion greens, mustard greens, spinach, clover, cilantro, radish, alfalfa, escarole, kale, mint, pea pods, watercress, wheat grass, Brussels sprout, green peppers and celery. Avoid giving them ice berg lettuce and rhubarb because these might have toxic which is harmful to you pet.
3. Give your pet rabbit 1/ 4 cups of pellets everyday. Do not overfeed because pellets are very high in calorie. Always choose a fresh and good quality pellets.
4. As a treat, you should give your rabbit 1 -2 teaspoons of fruit every day such as apple, melons, blueberries, papaya, per, pineapple, plums, peach, pear, strawberries and orange but be sure to remove the skin for the skin might have pesticide. Make sure that you only give them the right amount because too much calorie and sugar could lead to health problems such as indigestion.
5. Absolutely NO chocolates for these sweet delights are very poisonous as well as cookies, crackers, breads, pasta, cereals and yogurt drops.
6. Always see to it that you change the water on his water bottle. Give him clean and fresh water every day.
Bunnies have sweet tooth that made them very much hungry when it comes to sweet foods. It’s all up to you on how you will make your rabbit’s diet a healthy one. After all they do not have the ability to shop for themselves so they would surely depend on what you will give to them. Invest your time and well your money of course to buy all the right food for your pet. They have a life too and it will last long depending on how we treat and take care of them.
Now that you’ve learned all the right food groups your pet rabbit needs, all you have to do is make sure that you follow it. Check Pet Rabbits Supplies page. Just like what I’ve stated from the start, your pet rabbit’s health and life depends on what you feed to them. Too much of everything would cause problems and even death.
