How To Feed Your Rabbit A Healthy And Varied Diet

It is really important to understand that there is no one complete manufactured type of rabbit food. They need a varied and balanced diet.Any kind and caring pet owner will want what is best for their rabbit. However, many do not realise which types of food are good for their rabbit and which are bad and this can lead to all types of health problems for your pet.

In order to feed your rabbit the a healthy and nutritious diet you cannot rely on one particular food product.Please don’t simply believe that glossy packets and convincing marketing hype means there is a healthy and balanced meal within the bag.There are complementary foods which, when fed in a combination with fresh greens and water, go to make up a complete dietary range.

By simply offering a variety of foods at each meal time you are playing an important role in helping your rabbit towards a healthy and happy life.Muesli is widely thought of as an ideal food stuff for rabbits but it actually encourages selective feeding. Rabbits can become fussy eaters, and will eat sweet foods as an easy way to get a glucose fix.Rabbits actually have thousands more tastebuds than humans, so they can easily pick the sweet and tasty bits out of the museli and leave the rest.This selective feeding will lead to an imbalanced diet, lacking in calcium, phosphorus and vitamin D.This behaviour can lead to a lack of fibre with potentially fatal consequences. When taken with the fact that Muesli-style foods are commonly low in fibre to begin with, the problem is compounded.

The core elements of commercial rabbit museli are sugar and starch based.Health problems will occur in rabbits who are regularly fed muesli because the sugar and starch elements are incredibly difficult to digest.The problem can be avoided by following a varied and nutritious feeding plan, and by ensuring that the right proportions of herbage, forage, beneficial fibre nuggets, fibre-rich snacks, fresh greens and fresh water are fed to your pet rabbit daily.