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Your Rabbit's Diet: Are They Eating Right? |
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By David Craythorn
 The typical diet for a pet rabbit consists of water, hay, pellets, fresh vegetables, and its own caecal pellets. Fruit and other treats are given only in very limited quantities, as they can cause obesity in a rabbit. Rabbits require a constant water supply as they dehydrate quickly.
Most sources recommend 80 % of the diet needs to be Timothy hay or another grass hay. A lot of vegetables in a rabbit's diet typically leads to diarrhea and other digestive problems.
Pellets
Rabbits are normally fed a pelleted feed obtainable from pet shops, supermarkets, and farm suppliers. Pellets were originally designed for rabbit breeders for the purpose of providing as much food energy and vitamins as inexpensively as possible. This is optimal when the rabbits are being bred for food or for experimentation.
Most sources recommend a minimum of 18% fibre, low protein( 14-15 %), and less than 1% calcium. Depending on the amount of vegetables available, an adult rabbit ought to be given between 20 ml to 40 ml per kilogram body weight daily. Pre-adolescent and adolescent rabbits( 7 months |
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