2006-09-24 03:17:59 · 24 answers · asked by cleo the pussycat 5 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
p.s i dont have a rabbit i was just in the pet shop the other day and seen a massive rabbit
2006-09-24 03:45:42 · update #1
my rabbit eats the telephone cable and my electric cables aswell but I'm just fattening him up for my dinner
2006-09-24 03:26:55 · answer #1 · answered by John "Freddie" West 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Firstly do not feed rabbits lettuce! It gives them diarrhea. If you saw the rabbit in a pet shop, most likely that it doesn't get any exercise. Also a rabbit can get fat from eating pellets (rabbit food) if you feed more than their daily recommended intake. I keep my rabbits in the garden and don't feed them excessive amounts they are a healthy weight.
2006-09-24 04:46:52 · answer #2 · answered by Tina 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hey, just because you can't get much in the way of nutrition out of lettuce (which is OK, because what you want it for is fiber, not nutrition), doesn't mean a rabbit can't. Their digestion is very different, and they can process that lettuce as efficiently as a cow processes grass, and for much the same reason: their digestion holds onto the food much longer, through a series of chambers, and extracts much more from it than we do. We need fiber to scour out our insides and keep them moving nicely. They hang onto it until it's a hard little pellet. They got a whole lot more out of it than we did, but we don't work that way.
2006-09-24 03:28:23 · answer #3 · answered by auntb93again 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
THEY EAT MORE THAN LETTUCE, IF THEY ONLY ATE LETTUCE THEY WOULD DIE!!! THEY NEED PROTEIN, AND OTHER NUTRIENTS!!! I RAISE RABBITS AND BUY MY FEED FROM A QUALITY FEED STORE!!! EATING ONLY LETTUCE IS A MYTH!!! USUALLY RABBITS GET FAT BECAUSE THEY ARE CAGED AND DON'T GET TO RUN LIKE WILD RABBITS. CAGED RABBITS DON'T GET ENOUGH EXERCISE!!
2006-09-24 03:25:02 · answer #4 · answered by frankalan9999 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lettuce isn't good for rabbits.
2006-09-24 03:29:35 · answer #5 · answered by seaside_girl_03 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Caged rabbits dont get the exercise they need.
2006-09-24 07:04:25 · answer #6 · answered by Siu02rk 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i have guinea pigs and a rabbit. they eat veg and pellets etc, and they are quite plump, because they are lazy. give it plenty room to run around. its just not excersisin enough. this time of year they also store fat though.
2006-09-24 03:26:55 · answer #7 · answered by rhiannon 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
rabbits shouldnt eat any lettuce its bad for them.
2006-09-24 03:19:19 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know, it could be the breed, but if you have a rabbit give it some pellets and carrots, fruits and other greens. lol
2006-09-24 03:19:26 · answer #9 · answered by misteri 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you sure that it is not getting something else? I can see no where where it states that lettuce has ANY fattening contents for any person/animal
2006-09-24 03:40:23 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋