How to Feed your Rabbit
~General
Feeding Knowledge~
It is not a good idea to allow your rabbit all the food it wants. Free
feeding your rabbit will allow the rabbit to become overweight, which
decreases the rabbit’s lifespan and causes health problems.
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Always provide your rabbit with fresh water
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A good quality GRASS hay (Timothy, Orchard, etc.) can
always be given to the rabbit, in as much quantity as you like.
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The most important part of your rabbit’s diet is a high quality
pellet feed. Good brands of feed include, but are not limited to :
Purina, Mana Pro and Pen Pals, most feeds you get at your farm store will be
good feeds.
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When you get your new rabbit you should feed it its original food for
the first night, and then mix what you have left with your new food.
This will allow the rabbit to transition to your new food easier.
~Breed
Feeding Requirements~
Holland Lops
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½ Cup one time per day.
Netherland dwarfs
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1/3 Cup one time per day
~Good
Treats~
Treats should be fed in
moderation, and baby bunnies should not get any veggies of fruits until they
are older, as it is hard on them and may cause them to get sick.
Babies can have oatmeal, and Cheerios though.
| Vegetables |
Fruits |
Radish &
clover sprouts
Basil
Beet greens (tops)
Bok choy
Broccoli (mostly leaves/stems)
Brussel sprouts
Carrot & carrot tops
Cilantro
Clover
Collard greens
Dandelion greens and flowers (no pesticides)
Endive
Escarole
Green peppers
Kale
Mint
Mustard greens
Parsley(Italian flat leaf is preferred)
Pea pods (the flat edible kind)
Peppermint leaves
Radicchio
Radish tops
Raspberry leaves
Red or Green Leaf lettuce Romaine lettuce (no iceberg or light
colored leaf)
Spinach
Watercress
Wheat grass |
Apple
Banana
Blueberries
Melon
Orange (remove the peel)
Papaya
Peach
Pear
Pineapple
Plums
RaspberriesStrawberries
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