kuniklos
Well-Known Member
This past weekend it was Rabbit Love Weekend at Petco, and we were the only ones to show up. We walked away with a gift certificate, free treats and coupons (aawwe yeah!). The General was wonderfully well behaved the entire time. But the treats we picked up gave me pause. Even with my own items in the house I tend to lean towards more natural products. If I can't identify everything int he ingredients, I put it down and keep shopping. This treat would have been something I'd put down.
But he's been so well behaved and extra friendly lately. It's like General Bismark is a new bunny! I wondered if there was something in these treats that elevated him mood, or something nutritionally I wasn't giving him that this weird little balls of stuff were now providing him.
They treats are the Kaytee FortiDiet Pro-Health treats. Looks at all the ingredients on that back made me leery about letting him try them. He seems to really like them, but nothing comes close to a good cranberry! I wonder if his mood changed due to his new treat? Was I denying the general something nutritionally? Hm.
This is our food regime:
He always has unlimited hay (and water of course!), and his pellet bowl is always full. It's nice that he's not an over eater, as he just nibbles a little throughout the day. If he eats a half cup I'd be surprised. I would be monitoring his pellet amounts more if he wasn't so good with just taking what he needs. I had made a point to give him organic fresh greens and treats. This means lots of fresh kale, parsley, swish chard and a grape or a few cranberries as treats. He has 2-3 large kale leaves a day (or an equivalent in amount in other greens), a grape or about 5-10 small cranberries in serving of 3 or 4 throughout the day. He's got a ton of energy and he's in great health. But anything I can do to make him happier is fair game to me!
Feel free to feed me some pointers in case you have used these treats or anything I should be adding into his diet.
"Parsley boring...more treats!"
But he's been so well behaved and extra friendly lately. It's like General Bismark is a new bunny! I wondered if there was something in these treats that elevated him mood, or something nutritionally I wasn't giving him that this weird little balls of stuff were now providing him.
They treats are the Kaytee FortiDiet Pro-Health treats. Looks at all the ingredients on that back made me leery about letting him try them. He seems to really like them, but nothing comes close to a good cranberry! I wonder if his mood changed due to his new treat? Was I denying the general something nutritionally? Hm.
This is our food regime:
He always has unlimited hay (and water of course!), and his pellet bowl is always full. It's nice that he's not an over eater, as he just nibbles a little throughout the day. If he eats a half cup I'd be surprised. I would be monitoring his pellet amounts more if he wasn't so good with just taking what he needs. I had made a point to give him organic fresh greens and treats. This means lots of fresh kale, parsley, swish chard and a grape or a few cranberries as treats. He has 2-3 large kale leaves a day (or an equivalent in amount in other greens), a grape or about 5-10 small cranberries in serving of 3 or 4 throughout the day. He's got a ton of energy and he's in great health. But anything I can do to make him happier is fair game to me!
Feel free to feed me some pointers in case you have used these treats or anything I should be adding into his diet.
"Parsley boring...more treats!"