Friday, July 13, 2012

What fresh vegetables to feed your bunny rabbit.

Knowing nothing about bunnies, one of the first things I researched was what to feed them. I learned it was important to feed each rabbit on a daily basis:
  • 1/2 - 1 cup of fresh veggies
  • 2-3 tablespoons of rabbit food (mainly to get necessary vitamins and minerals)
  • a continuous supply of fresh hay (Timothy grass is preferred as Alfalfa makes them fat)
  • a continuous supply of fresh water
These four things are all the bunnies need....but the types of fruits and veggies you feed your rabbit does make a difference. After researching this further I assembled a sheet that we could stick on the fridge so we had a handy list of what fruits and vegetables are best for our rabbits. Note that fruits are more of a treat than a part of your rabbits daily diet (this was news to me).



DID YOU KNOW? Iceberg lettuce has no nutritional value for your bunny, so you're always supposed to feed them leafy lettuce varieties. Consequently we've also cut Iceberg lettuce out of our own diets as I figured if it's not good for the rabbits, then it's not good for us either.

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