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What do decorative rabbits eat at home
Decorative rabbits are very selective in their food. Many foods can not only harm their health, but also be fatal. To avoid problems with keeping furry pets, you need to carefully study and adhere to the basic requirements for animal food.
What do decorative rabbits eat?
The digestive system of decorative rabbits is very sensitive, therefore, when choosing a suitable diet, you need to carefully consider the quality of the products. We must not forget about clean drinking water.
What rabbits eat is very different from what a pet can eat.
Photo description: What rabbits eat is significantly different from the diet of other pets.
All food suitable for pets can be roughly divided into several groups.
- Solid food and food for grinding teeth. This forms the basis of the diet. This includes freshly cut hay, branches of fruit, deciduous and coniferous trees. Such food is well digested, helps to remove hairballs from the rabbit’s stomach, prevents dental problems, and improves digestive and excretory functions. The main problem that can be encountered when feeding an animal with hay is the ingestion of unsuitable and even poisonous herbs. These include wormwood, celandine, dope, and spurge.
- Juicy food. This group of products includes various vegetables, fruits, berries, herbs. The main thing is not to give your pet exotic fruits. Rabbits are very fond of the green herbs of dandelion, quinoa, burdock, clover. Favorite fruits include apples, pears, plums. Moreover, they can be given both fresh in the summer, and frozen winter preparations. Beans, cucumbers, beets, peas, carrots also work very well on the body of fluffy households. All this can be given raw, boiled or stewed.
- Combined feed. They can be purchased at any specialty pet store. The use of compound feed is very convenient, it quickly causes a feeling of satiety in rabbits, and also has a balanced composition of substances necessary for a pet.
- Fortified and mineral food supplements. With the identified deficiencies of vitamins, as well as during the period of active growth, pregnancy and the winter season, rabbits need additional trace elements. Chalk stones, lump salt and other specialized products will help to replenish them.
The water of decorative rabbits should always be fresh and clean. If pieces of food get into it, then you need to replace it in a timely manner.
Food quality requirements for decorative rabbits
What rabbits eat at home should not only be suitable for them, but also have a good appearance:
- Should not contain rotten or dried out fragments.
- Be free of dirt or insects.
- Both food and dishes must be thoroughly washed and free from foreign odors.
If ready-made feed is purchased, then it must be a proven and reliable supplier. The expiration date must be checked. If hay is harvested on its own, then during mowing you need to carefully monitor so that no grass that is harmful to animals gets into it.
Keeping a decorative rabbit is easy. Despite its sensitivity and some whimsicality in food, even a beginner in this business can cope with caring for them. The main thing is to know the basic nuances and have a desire to take care.