Sentences with phrase «eating rabbit pellets»

Most of my patients get into trouble from eating rabbit pellets that are too rich in carbohydrates and protein.

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Our rabbits eat no pellets or grains, only high - brix, nutrientdense greens and roughage.

Because their leafy diets include so much cellulose, rabbits produce two different types of excrement: the first are hard, light - brown droppings (which will be made into mineral - rich vermicast by the wormfarm below); the second are darker, soft pellets or caecotrophs, which the rabbits eat!

I used this medication as a precaution since he trys to eat everything in the yard (including rabbit pellets / feces).

For maximal freshness and nutrient content, purchase only the amount of pellets that your rabbit will eat within six weeks.

Do not change the liners on bunny cages too frequently as rabbits need to eat their fecal pellets.

Domestic rabbits should be housed indoors, they require specialized veterinary care and they need unlimited hay in their diet, should eat a limited amount of an all - green pellet (no puffs, seeds, corn, etc.), and a daily salad of dark leafy greens.

Fyi, rabbits should not eat most pellets sold in pet stores due to nutritional deficiencies.

Both rabbits and guinea pigs pass soft, mucus - covered fecal pellets called cecotropes, which they proceed to eat.

Problems can also arise if your rabbit refuses to eat the pelleted part of a dry feed diet since these pellets contain calcium and phosphorus essential for good bone and tooth growth.

The reason that we must limit pellets, vegetables and treats, is that if we don't, rabbits will fill up on these foods and eat a smaller proportion of hay, which could allow the teeth to grow too long.

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previous question: My rabbit (1 yr old mini lop) has been eating significantly less although he is eating throughout the day (carrots, hay and pellets).

They do best, she said, when they eat mostly hay, with a small amount of quality rabbit pellets, plenty of dark leafy greens and herbs and a slice of apple or bit of carrot as a treat.

Carrots are like candy: Primarily, rabbits should eat hay, with a small amount of quality pellets thrown in, and plenty of leafy greens.

Rabbits engage in relatively uncommon but normal behavior when they deliberately eat small, soft, moist (often mucus covered), light green fecal pellets directly from the anus.

Your rabbit should not require any vegetables if it is eating good quality pellets, but a few are always welcomed as a treat.

Rabbits prefer alfalfa pellets, so your bunny may not at first eat the timothy pellets.

Old rancid pellets can cause a rabbit to stop eating.

For rabbits and rodents, it means making sure they're not eating seeds and dried fruit but instead, large amounts of hay with limited amounts of pellets and greens.

A good quality rabbit pellet contains some nutrients that may not be taken in if your rabbit is only eating hay.

Provide fresh hay, good commercial rabbit pellet, and well - washed fresh vegetables, and your rabbit will eat well.

Adult rabbits will eat about 1/4 cup of high - fiber pellets everyday for every 5 pounds they weigh (Mini Satins, for instance, would not need more than 1/4 a day since they are small).

Now that your rabbit is eating healthy pellets reduce the amount of pellets to 1/4 cup per day for each 5 pounds of body weight.

For one thing, they are generally part of the problem and two, they will provide enough calories that your rabbit may not get hungry enough to have an incentive to change to a new pellet or to start eating hay.

Rather then a full bowl of pellets in front of your rabbit all the time, try feeding in smaller amounts two to three times a day to monitor what he / she is actually eating.

For those that refuse we have more suggestions below, but the next step for these rabbits that refuse to eat grass hay is to get your pet on a healthy pellet and start reducing the amount.

A rabbit's teeth grow continually, and while they love hard things to chew on, the normal eating of hay and quality pellets and greens are enough to keep them worn to their proper place.

If the rabbit has difficulty eating, pellets can be pulverized and mixed with water or a special formula such as Oxbow's Critical Care.