Haley wrote:
When he becomes an adult,a no-pellet diet is doable, but I dont know anyone who does it. From what Ive read, its very difficult to feed your rabbit a no pellet diet because rabbit pellets (the good kinds) have so many essential vitamins and minerals in them."
Well, we do. Actually, that's what Hazel chose to do herself. She ate pellets when she was very young, up to maybe 5-6 months old. But when we switched her to "adult" pellets, she didn't want anything to do with those. We tried different kinds, but she didn't budge. She also doesn't eat much hay, she only likes alfalfa hay.
She gets 2, sometimes 3 bowls full of veggies and greens per day, usually with about 10-12 different types in summer, maybe 5-6 in winter. She gets carrot slices as treats, plus maybe 10 different kinds of herbs (mints, savory, chervil, sages, oreganos, hyssop, taragon, marjoram,....).
She also gets fruits every day, either blueberries, strawberries (the little "wild" ones), raspberries ( and the leaves of all those), cherries (few), cherry tomatoes, dried mango and pear (without additives or sugar). Not all of them every day, and not too much (anymore.. she used to get more, but had poop problems).
She does get a few (mainly alfalfa based) treats, the "nibble rings" and heart shaped cookies, which she loves. We hide them for her around the house, she loves finding them.
Not only did she thrive on this diet (hasn't had a day's stasis or gas, or other sickness), she did too well! She got over weight, so we had to cut back on her fruit treats.
And I had to talk to my husband. He used to sneak her nuts and bits of his cereal!:nope:
luckily he stopped doing that now
. She is slowly loosing weight now, and getting back to where she should be :yes:.
She also just started to get interested in White Chocolate's timmy pellets, but only if she gets them as a treat, handfed. Go figure. A handfull can last her a few days. Maybe as she ages, she'll change her diet again. We're certainly hoping she'll get more interested in hay, though she seems to have done alright without, except for alfalfa once or twice a week. She usually eats more of the wicker basket it comes in!:shock: