The easiest way to keep your rabbit happy and healthy is to feed it a varied diet – never simply one type of rabbit food.If you are a responsible pet owner and want to do what is best for your rabbit then there are a number of considerations to bear in mind, from feeding to housing and vaccinations. This article focuses on the best feeding routine for your pet rabbit and which foods you should avoid.
It is quite simple – no one single type of food can offer all the correct nutrients and vitamins that a rabbit needs in its daily diet.Please don’t simply believe that glossy packets and convincing marketing hype means there is a healthy and balanced meal within the bag.At every meal you need to make an effort to feed your rabbit a combination of fresh greens, fibre delivered by straw and grasses and of course fresh drinking water.
Varied meals will ensure that your rabbits eats the right amount of vitamins, nutrients and minerals and this will go along way towards improving your pets quality of life.Museli should be one of the products you avoid when buying rabbit food.With 17,000 taste buds (compared to only 9,000 in humans) its easy for them to pick out the highly starchy and sugary elements of Muesli-style foods and leave the rest, usually the bits that are actually good for them!If your rabbit is a picky eater like this you will find it is eating a very unhealthy diet.Don’t dismiss your rabbit’s fussy eating habits – feeding them a sugary diet that is lacking in fibre can be potentially fatal.
Many of the elements within museli are high in sugar and starch, neither of which are good for rabbits.These are difficult for rabbits to digest and can lead to health problems and obesity.The problem can be avoided by following a varied and nutritious feeding plan, and by ensuring that the right proportions of herbage, forage, beneficial fibre nuggets, fibre-rich snacks, fresh greens and fresh water are fed to your pet rabbit daily.
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