how do i feed my pet rabbit?

Answer 1

There are many ways to feed rabbits, this is how I feed mine.

1. Pellets
Most pet store pellet brands are junk. If you can, find a feed store in your area and buy a bag of whatever commercial rabbit pellet they reccomend. Purina actually makes a good, widely available pellet. This is the staple of the rabbit's diet. I free feed pellets (as much as they want) until they're about four months old. After that, it drops down to 1 ounce of pellets per every pound of body weight. I.e., if your rabbit weighs 4 pounds, it gets 4oz of pellets. You can adjust this if your bunny is losing or putting on too much weight.

2. Hay
A good pellet contains all the basic vitamins and nutrients and other good thing a rabbit needs, with the possible exception of one thing. Rabbits evolved to be constantly eating, so they need something to munch on without getting fat. Hay is a GREAT source of long fiber to keep their digestive tract moving along, and it also helps prevent bordem. Find a good quality grass hay (Timothy, bermuda, brome) or oat hay. NO ALFALFA. How much you feed is up to you, but you can't really overdo the hay.

3. Water
Water should have been #1. Good clean fresh water is the most important part of a rabbit's diet. They need to have constant access to water, be it in a bowl or a water bottle.

4. Treats
Occasionally, once or twice a week, my rabbits get a slice of apple or banana as a treat. They love these and fed in moderation, they will do no harm.

Answer 2

first you go to a feed/pet store and get some rabbit pellets, then you put them in a bowl and put them in the cage with the rabbit.
If it is a baby rabbit it would take a special bottle and special formula. Ask someone at a pet store for better needed info.

Answer 3

of course all rabbits love to eat carrots!!!but i give my rabbit pellets and timothy hay (only if the bunny is 2 years and older) otherwise if its a small rabbit that is 2 years old and younger then get Alph-alpha hay instead. all rabbits need hay and pellets in order to live a healthy life. and the best thing for a rabbit is Papaya. this fruit has many minerals and vitamins that help rabbits digestive system. but whatever u do, NEVER GIVE RABBITS CEDER TO CHEW ON. because this causes liver disease.

Answer 4

Generally speaking, before six months, bunnies' main diet should be hay, water, and lucerne pellets. Some say you can begin introducing vegetables at four months, some say not until six months of age. Most importantly, when you begin to introduce vegies, you must do it VERY slowly and gradually - begin with just one slice or one very small piece of your chosen vegie or fruit, and make sure it doesn't give her diarrhoea over the next 24 hours before giving any more. Please see my website, where I've written articles on this, at
http://au.geocities.com/leaswebsite/bunnyfood

Also, NEVER give lettuce and NEVER give cabbage to rabbits - lettuce and cabbage are both very bad for rabbits, can cause diarrhoea and bloat which can kill them -
http://au.geocities.com/leaswebsite/bunnyfood#lettuce

And please check out my site at
http://au.geocities.com/leaswebsite/bunnyfood#safe&poisonous
for lists of safe and dangerous foods for bunnies older than six months of age, reproduced from the excellent "Rabbitlopaedia" by Meg Brown and Virginia Richardson.

Have a read of these great detailed rabbit sites too -
http://exoticpets.about.com/cs/rabbits/a/?once=true&
http://www.tagyerit.com/hopline/cold.htm
http://www.rabbit.org/
http://www.muridae.com/rabbits/rabbittalk.html
http://www.houserabbit.co.uk/
http://au.geocities.com/leaswebsite/bunnyhouserabbits.html - http://au.geocities.com/leaswebsite/bunnyfood.html - my own site - please have a browse and enjoy!

Answer 5

If you are setting the feed just inside the pen and watching for her to approach and eat, you are probably frightening her. Add a little fresh grass to the pellets and leave. Come back in about an hour and see if anything is missing. Then again, she just might not be hungry.

Answer 6

am an expert at this one i used to have like 10 bunnies.
depends on how old your bunny is if bunny is mature enough to eat solids buy rabbit pellets, combine them with dry fruits and nuts you can pretty much feed them any kind of raw veggies and fruit EXCEPT iceberg lettuce (gives them diarrhea) you can go to your local farmers market and ask them if you can have the scarps of the veggies, they LOVE the carrot tops not the carrots like many people think. do not feed bunny plants. micro greens and sprouts are OK. they love to chew on the walls at pet shops they sell this thing to prevent that. and on electrical cords too so be careful. they also sell this yogurt drops they go crazy for those. buy bunny one of each thing they might sell at your pet shop to know HER/HIS taste much better. i also know how to putty train them so let me know if you need help in that section!

Answer 7

Carrots, lettuce, celery and rabbit pellets from pet store.

Answer 8

Carrots are myths... I NEVER feed my pet rabbit with Carrots. They hate it! I feed them with lettuce and leftover leafy vegetables.

Answer 9

Rabbit pellets, carrots, lettuce.

Answer 10

feed it with samall green grass. frist wash then cut the grasses. but be careful at the time of feeding .