Sentences with phrase «then rabbit pellets»
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Most people think pellets and a carrot now and then are the only food a rabbit needs.
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We actually have a hay pyramid here, a rabbit food pyramid, you can see that the whole bottom of the food pyramid is hay, and then on top of hay we have a section for leafy greens, and on top of that a section for rabbit pellets.
The majority of your rabbit's diet (around 80 percent) should consist of hay and grass, with the rest made up of vegetables (10 to 15 percent), then pellets and fruits.
If the soft cecotropes return no matter what brand you feed, then you may have a rabbit that simply can not tolerate pellets.
There are much healthier commercial rabbit pellets available now then we had 20 or more years ago; then all the pellets were alfalfa and grain based and although they did successfully produce fast - growing rabbits that put on weight quickly, which was the goal of the commercial rabbit industry, we found they caused a number of serious problems for our pet rabbits.
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.
Rabbits meet a lot of their nutrient needs by fermenting fiber, then producing special pellets that they then consume to absorb the minerals, vitamins, and amino acids.