What do rabbits eat? Rabbits eat plants. They are herbivores. They don’t eat meat.
Cottontail rabbits forage in weedy pastures and low dense clumps of trees or shrubbery. They eat:
In the dead of winter, they’ve been known rarely to scavenge carrion during scarce times.
Our domestic rabbits are nothing more than the 'cottontails' - the wild rabbits - of Europe. They forage just like their American cousins do.
What do rabbits eat today?
Wild rabbits don’t get the convenience of a commercial pellet feed, but our domesticated rabbits that live with us can definitely benefit from the complete nutrition offered in commercial rabbit pellets.
Feed your rabbit an amount of rabbit pellets appropriate for its weight, along with free-fed grass hays (timothy, orchard, oat). Fresh, raw, organic (pesticide-free) vegetables can also make up part of the rabbit's rations, if you like.
Go really easy on fruits as treats.
Rabbits like to chew a lot. They'll appreciate it if you give them a piece of wood or untreated plywood to chew on. It might help keep them from chewing on your furniture, electrical cords and phone wires. They don’t usually realize those items aren’t on the menu.
What do rabbits eat, especially PET rabbits? A pelleted rabbit feed such as Sherwood Forest brand feed is ideal for pet rabbits. It is formulated two ways, to meet the needs of both bunnies and adult rabbits.
Currently the best commercial rabbit food available in the USA:
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Feeding Your Rabbits offers information about feeding your rabbits at all stages of life, including bottle feeding newborn babies, normal feeding of all your rabbits, extra nutrition for pregnant and nursing does, health-enhancing supplements, and much much more. It is useful whether you wish to supplement the normal commercial rabbit pellets, or you wish to completely replace those pellets.
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Have you heard that you shouldn't feed alfalfa hay to adult rabbits?
Some pet rabbits have a propensity to gain weight due to indulgent owners, while other pet rabbits will
self-regulate, eating what they need and no more. If your rabbit has become overweight, restrict and monitor the rabbit's intake, as follows:
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What do rabbits eat if raised for show?
The breeders of show rabbits typically follow a feeding protocol aimed at maintaining rabbits well-conditioned and in the peak of health, but not overweight. This frequently involves feeding a commercial pellet almost (but not quite) exclusively, with the rations topped off with a teaspoon or so of a conditioning formula intended to keep the rabbit in peak health, its coat glossy and healthy, and its flesh well toned.
What do rabbits eat at Aurora Rex Rabbit Ranch? Check it out at our Rabbit Diet page
Our Conditioning Rabbits for Show page holds valuable feeding and conditioning information for owners of not only show rabbits, but also meat rabbits and pet rabbits.
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Go ahead - take any of our e-books for a test drive. Peruse our detailed informational and educational e-books. Examine our plans for building rabbit cages, runs, or metal or PVC hutch frames. Check out the Rabbit Husbandry info e-books.
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