What Do Rabbits Eat? - Your Guide To Rabbit Nutrition and Care

The most important food you can give your pet rabbit is hay. In fact, it's so important that it's even suggested to use in addition to store bought rabbit food such as pellets which are supposedly complete.

Not only does the hay provide great nutrition it has other benefits as well, such as something for the rabbit to nibble on. This is especially important as rabbits have a tendency to chew anything they can get their little paws on.

Grass is also a great source of nutrition for rabbits as well as healthy snacks such as chunks of fruits and vegetables. (Carrots, broccoli, turnips, cauliflower stocks, apple cores.)

In addition to the above rabbits need to have fresh water at all times. A rabbit that is on a stricter green diet may not need to drink as much, however it's important that water is readily available to them whenever they need.

You can find much more about nutrition and snack ideas at BunnyCare.info

If you have a baby rabbit that doesn't have access to its mother, you might be wondering "What do baby rabbits eat?". This is a good question to ask, because the bunny digestive system can be very delicate at first.

Rabbits milk is the most caloric of any mammals milk and can be difficult to replicate. The best replacement milk you can find is Kitten Milk Replacer (KMR) which can be bought at pet stores, and some times even your local supermarket. Even so, this milk is not as caloric as the rabbit needs, so a good idea is to add a tablespoon of cream to each can. This will mix well and raise the caloric content to a level that baby rabbits need.

You should only be feeding baby bunnies twice a day. I suggest using an eye dropper or oral syringe. Oral syringe works best because you can measure how much you're giving them. You can find these at any pharmacy.

In addition to the kitten milk replacer, I also highly recommend adding acidophilus to the mixture. Acidophilus comes in capsule form and can be found at a health store, or pharmacy. Acidophilus is the general name for a group of probiotics that can help the digestion process greatly.

How much should you be feeding the bunny?

Here are some daily feeding guidelines you should be using for a 5-6 pound bunny:

As a newborn, start with 5 CC's of KMR and half a capsule of acidophilus.
1 Week move onto 10-15 CC's of KMR and half a capsule of acidophilus
2 Weeks move onto 25-30 CC's of KMR and a full capsule of acidophilus
3 Weeks and until weaned stay at a good 30 CC's of KMR with a full capsulte of acidophilus.

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