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Think Big Pet's Guide to Rabbit Food Rabbits require well balanced meals to stay healthy and fit. They are notorious for flinging their food around and use their buckteeth to toss their food bowls. A heavy weight ceramic bowl is highly recommended. What do rabbits eat? 10 Steps for a Healthy Rabbit 1. Fibre - Correct Amount A correct amount of fibre in your rabbit's diet will help reduce conditions such as diarrhea, hairballs and bladder stones. 2. Fresh Vegetables Rabbits need a diet consisting mainly of vegetable matter. Lots of variety and good quality fresh food is needed. Examples are carrots, cooked potatoes and fresh fruit. 3. Special Rabbit Pellets or Cereal Mixes You can obtain special rabbit pellets or cereal mixes for your rabbit's diet that contain a combination of high quality foods and promote good digestion. 4. Hay Its important to have good quality hay to feed to your rabbit and allow him to graze all day. 5. Fresh water Rabbits need fresh water daily. To keep the water clean, a drip feed bottle can be used. 6. Gnawing Blocks Rabbits need to keep their teeth straight and healthy. A gnawing block or wooden chews should be supplied for your bunny. 7. Daily Greens Rabbits need daily greens. However to many greens can cause problems, so introduce new greens slowly to your rabbit. They don’t like too many changes to their diet. When making changes to their diets, watch for diarrhea or any other problem so you can take out any new vegetable that is causing problems. Watch stools for diarrhea and other problems and eliminate any new vegetables that may have caused this. Be especially careful with young rabbits (under 7 months) when feeding greens. 8. Rabbit Treats Some treats to give your rabbit include: * sultanas; * biscuit - small piece; * bread - small piece. 9. Foods to Avoid It is important to avoid some foods for your rabbit. These include: * Raw potatoes; * food sprayed with herbicides or insecticides; * Rhubarb leaves; * Cabbage and cauliflower can also cause bloating; * Lucerne pellets - they are too high in fat and may lead to overweight rabbits. 10. Flowers to Avoid Rabbits love some flowers, greenery and grass but be aware - their small bodies can't tolerate much poison. Just a taste of the wrong flower or leaf can kill them. Help your rabbit avoid eating these flowers: * Lily of the Valley; * Leaves and flowers from bulbs such as daffodils and tulips; * Rhododendrons; * Buttercups. Three Items to Get Your Rabbit Off to a Good Start 1. A heavyweight feeding bowl and water dispenser. 2. A well designed rabbit cage or hutch. 3. A supply of rabbit pellets. Add your comment
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| Last Updated on Monday, 29 December 2008 12:56 |