Understanding the relationship rabbits have had with plants during their evolution was foundational to my approach to formulating
a healthier rabbit food.
Not exact matches
When I used to think of
healthy eating, I always just thought of a bowl of
rabbit food!
After a couple of minutes he said it's hard for him to eat
healthy because he doesn't like «
rabbit food.»
-- Laura Wright, thefirstmess.com «The recipes in Britton's book and on her blog are all plant - based and vegetable - laden, but that doesn't mean
rabbit food: Britton is sharing recipes with substance; this is
food to dig into, it just also happens to be
healthy.»
Heres to a
healthy & happy 2016 with tons of fab new
Rabbit Food Pyramid approved meals that are totally filling, satisfying, and always tasty!
I've been eating more meats / fats and less carbs for a long time to stave off diabetes, etc. (I'm 67 years old) So when I heard about all the cancer diet approach (low fat, no meat, etc.) I ate nothing but
rabbit food for awhile, and did not feel as well — I did add back some meat and my
healthy coconut oil.
Danielle in her book «Have your cake and eat it too» went raw vegetarian before she ate heaps and lost the weight but she doesn't mention it as a factor probably because she wasn't
healthy on the
rabbit food diet.
The
rabbit needs this roughage to digest its
food properly and to stay
healthy.
Even
foods like carrots, bananas, and mangos, which are very
healthy for us, can be harmful to
rabbits if they are consumed regularly!
Most overweight
rabbits are being fed far too much concentrated
food pellets and a neutered,
healthy, adult
rabbit only needs about 1 tablespoon per Kg of bodyweight per day of concentrated
food.
Hay and other super
foods are part of a
healthy diet that keeps your
rabbit looking and feeling good.
Green
foods allow the
rabbit to consume the necessary amount of water and keep its GI tract, kidney and bladder function
healthy.
Cartoon
rabbits gorge themselves on carrots and other salad fixings, but
healthy pet
rabbits eat large amounts of plant
foods that we would consider to be utterly inedible.
In conclusion, chard is an excellent supplementary
food for
healthy adult
rabbits.
We consider this
food healthy because of its
healthy fat content, but buns need far less fat than people do — because
rabbits have such different nutritional needs, avocados are not a suitable
food for them.
While humans can do quite well on diets that contain moderate amounts of starch and
healthy fats (including nuts, seeds, and avocados),
rabbits have evolved to eat diets that consist mostly of low - fat, low - calorie, high - fiber
foods like grass and hay.
Despite their relative safety, melons are not considered a
healthy food for
rabbits.
Antioxidant - rich
foods make excellent dietary supplements for
healthy rabbits whose parents want to reduce their furry friend's risk of developing arthritis, heart disease, and even many types of cancer.
Our
rabbits have different dietary needs than we do, but providing a variety of colorful whole
foods for their desserts and «side dishes» can help keep them
healthy and happy — while staving off the boredom that comes with eating the same
foods day after day!
Most
rabbits love bananas, but unfortunately, they are not one of the
healthiest bunny
foods.
Food for Adult
Rabbits provides the essential nutrients your pet needs for a long,
healthy life.
In the wild,
rabbits stay trim, fit and
healthy because they are surrounded by the
foods they evolved to eat —
rabbit populations thrive in areas that are full of hay, grasses, and other plants that help them reproduce successfully.
They can eat special dry
rabbit food that is sold at most stores and this should be enough to keep them
healthy.
Offer
food and water immediately upon returning home —
healthy treat
foods, greens and fruits or vegetables may be particularly appreciated (see diet recommendations on www.veterinarypartner.com Small Mammal Series (
Rabbit Care and Suggested Vegetables and Fruits for a
Rabbit Diet).
Your Labrador and your Calico are perfectly okay as long as they can eat high - quality kibble once or twice per day, but your
rabbit doesn't have that luxury — they have to eat whole plant
foods in order to stay
healthy.
Potatoes serve as a
healthy source of complex carbohydrates in the human diet, but for
rabbits, there are no
healthy starches — even starchy fruits like bananas and mangoes are junk
food for
rabbits!
Carrots and other vegetables are considered some of the
healthiest foods that us humans could possibly eat, but for
rabbits, they are more «delicious» and less «nutritious.»
A balanced diet of timothy hay, specialized
rabbit food, and treats working in conjunction with good feeding habits may help to prevent obesity and keep your
rabbit happy and
healthy.
A
healthy guinea pig or
rabbit diet balances the essential ingredients in
food pellets with the occasional treat.
A
healthy diet for a house
rabbit consists of unlimited grass hay as its primary component with additional green
foods and limited high fiber / low energy pellets.
A
rabbit on a
healthy diet with lots of grass hay and other
foods as described in the diet section will not have a problem with hairballs.
These treat
foods are far
healthier (and less expensive) that the commercial treat
foods sold for
rabbits.
A
rabbit on a
healthy diet of grass hay and green
foods should be able to maintain a normal population of bacteria without additional supplementation.
I do not consider feeding dark leafy greens a part of the problem causing urinary calculi, and, in fact, I consider these
foods to be an essential part of a
healthy rabbit diet.
Healthy leafy greens can be found on the
Rabbit Fresh
Food list.
Feeding green
foods forces the
rabbit to take in liquid and thus helps promote
healthy GI function as well as kidney and bladder function.
In addition,
rabbits are used to eating a wide variety of textures and tastes and it is much
healthier mentally to have a variety of
foods in their daily lives.
In general, whole
foods are
healthier than processed
foods, but «natural» does not always mean «safe» — especially where
rabbits are concerned.
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Supplementation with digestive enzymes (proteases, amylases) normally is unnecessary because these
foods are highly digestible and because there is no evidence that
healthy rabbits produce insufficient levels of these enzymes; in fact, some of the most important digestion is by the cecal bacteria.
Many
healthy rabbits will turn up their noses at hay because they are offered excessive amounts of pelleted
food.
You don't have to grow those stodgy old «
healthy» vegetables in your garden, because growing your snack
foods is not only more fun, but much tastier than any
rabbit food could ever be, and growing your own potato chips is a great way to get started with your own fast
food garden.