Pampered Dog Blog

The Importance of Fibre

Fresh fibre has to be offered every day. Bunnies are actually fibrevores, meaning that they need fibre in their regular diet regime. Hay includes the mineral magnesium as well as calcium, and fresh hay also includes grass and herbs. You are able to understand how fresh the hay is simply by the colour. Inferior quality hay is yellow in colouring, and is also dusty. Fresh hay is green in colouring, and it also smells much like newly mown grass. Hay can be purchased independently, and combined with grass (called forage).

Fruits, vegetables

Bunnys adore dandelion leaves as well as fresh grass, but you must be sure the area you pick from hasn’t been contaminated by other animals, or maybe polluted with nasty chemicals. Because of this it is always best to pick from your own residence. Bunnys like feeding on fruit and vegetables, but these ought to be fresh and raw. In case there are any uneaten pieces of fruit and veg they need to be taken from the hutch or run just after an hour or so, well before they will become damp or perhaps rotten. Lettuce ought to always be avoided since it makes bunnys very tired. Whenever shopping for rabbit food you need to only stock up on the dietary fibre rich products and keep away from serving any muesli type feeds.

Rabbit Snacks

To allow the rabbit a treat, you’ll be able to provide them with their much-loved sort of fruit or veg (it is possible to work out which is their favourite because they will certainly consume it right away as soon as it has been placed next to them) or you might provide them with a shop purchased treat say for example a chew treat. It is possible to provide them with a nice stick or branch to gnaw on, the most suitable twigs are usually from deciduous or fruit trees and shrubs. These will assist you to keep the bunnys teeth in the best condition. Or you can give the rabbit a piece of hard, stale bread (definitely not rotten), which again may help the teeth.

Please do not provide the rabbit a special treat that contains an abundance of salt, sugar, or fat.

Water supply

Fresh, clean water ought to be provided all of the time for your rabbit. It needs to be supplied in a nice and clean sipping container, and bottles should be washed regularly, as algae can build up within the container.