RescueMe
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Ok, I've been reading through the posts in this section and now I'm not sure I'm giving my bunnies the best diet I could.
I was always under the impression that vegetables were to be given more as a treat...but it seems like many people feed them as part of a regular diet.
Can someone tell me what a good diet consists of?
I have 2 rabbits - 1yr old lionhead (Ponyboy)that I just got yesterday and an unknown breed/age male (Thumper)that is at least a year.
I feed them mainly pellets. I've tried giving Thumper hay and alfalfa cubes when I first got him but he would never eat it. He loves all kinds of vegetables - carrots, lettuce, parsley, cucumber, etc. He will pretty much eat any fruit/vegetable you put in his cage. He loves this stuff...to the point that he often throws a fit with his pellets (picks up his dish and will throw it around) apparentley in objection to them.
I did recently buy him a different bag of pellets that he seemed to like better- it had pellets, sunflower seeds, some dried fruit/veggies, and some kind of "kibble". So I will probably get him some more of this as he seemed to like it.
Any help would be appreciated.
I was always under the impression that vegetables were to be given more as a treat...but it seems like many people feed them as part of a regular diet.
Can someone tell me what a good diet consists of?
I have 2 rabbits - 1yr old lionhead (Ponyboy)that I just got yesterday and an unknown breed/age male (Thumper)that is at least a year.
I feed them mainly pellets. I've tried giving Thumper hay and alfalfa cubes when I first got him but he would never eat it. He loves all kinds of vegetables - carrots, lettuce, parsley, cucumber, etc. He will pretty much eat any fruit/vegetable you put in his cage. He loves this stuff...to the point that he often throws a fit with his pellets (picks up his dish and will throw it around) apparentley in objection to them.
I did recently buy him a different bag of pellets that he seemed to like better- it had pellets, sunflower seeds, some dried fruit/veggies, and some kind of "kibble". So I will probably get him some more of this as he seemed to like it.
Any help would be appreciated.