Sentences with phrase «adult rabbit diet»
As with younger rabbits, the calcium and phosphorus contents of the adult rabbit diet are critical.
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A rabbit will need to be cared for by an adult who can provide the proper diet and sanitation.
Healthy adult rabbits should eat a diet made up mostly of hay, grass, and leafy greens, not starchy grains.
Healthy adult rabbits should eat a diet that consists largely of fresh hay.
Alfalfa - based diets are appropriate for young rabbits and pregnant or nursing rabbits; grass - based diets are better suited for adult rabbits.
The fiber amount may be higher in the diet of adult rabbits.
For an adult rabbit at maintenance, choose a grass hay - based diet with no more than 16 percent protein and no less than 20 percent crude fiber.
Pregnant and lactating rabbits can tolerate more carbohydrates in the diet than young, growing rabbits or adults at maintenance.
A proper diet for a house rabbit should consist of 80 % grass hay (Timothy, Orchard or Oat hay for adults, alfalfa hay for rabbits 6 months and under), 10 % fresh greens and 10 % or less of pellets.
Diets are available for junior, adult and mature rabbits, as well as guinea pigs, chinchillas, hamsters, rats, mice, ferrets and degus.
Unlike the Natural Science diets, which are formulated specifically for adult rabbits and guinea pigs, the supplements are applicable to numerous species, including omnivores such as rats, hamsters and gerbils.