My rabbit only eats fresh fruits and veggies...?

Question

She will eat hay, carrots, apples, broccoli and carrots, but she hasn't touched the pellet/feed mix. I don't mind buying her fresh food all the time, but will she be missing key nutrients? How can I make sure she is healthy?

Answer 1

You can feed a pellet free diet. But you need at least 5 different veggies a day and lots of them.
Carrots, apples and broccoli are a good start. You should add some leafy greens like lettuce (no iceberg), cilantro, parsley, and kale.
http://www.rabbit.org/care/veggies.html -a list of bunny safe veggies.
You might want to get a nutritional supplement, a liquid one to put in water is a good choice.
Keep some pellets out just in case

Answer 2

It's possible, but you have to feed a wide variety of veggies and learn a lot about the nutritional value of each. I know a lot of people have done it with success, but it's not something I've ever felt comfortable doing or recommending.

My rabbits get water, quality pellets, grass hay, and the occasional treat. It may seem boring to us, but they don't seem to mind a bit and I can be CERTAIN that they are getting a balanced diet.

Answer 3

Pellets are the least important part of a rabbits diet.

Rabbits are grazers - their digestive systems, from their teeth to their poops is all designed for them to eat almost constantly, large quantities of low nutrient foods.

Rabbits fed almost entirely on pellets tend to have one of two problems.
Either, they keep eating like they are supposed to, but become obese because pellets are a high-energy, complete food.
Or, they only need what they need, meaning very little in terms of quantity, and get overgrown teeth and digestive problems as a result.

Firstly, make sure your rabbit has plenty of good quality hay available at all times as hay (grass) is the single most important part of their diet.
They also need daily fresh foods like you are already giving (never iceburg though).
Then, lastly, they need a limited amount of pellets.

Check out:
http://www.rabbit.org/

Answer 4

Well I hope this will help I just found this and it's all about rabbits. I do know one thing. A rabbit can not live just on iceburge lettuce. My husband had a rabbit when he was younger and it got sick after eatting just that type lettuce. That lettuce really does no vitamin content. As far as the other things go it sound good to me but for much more detail info try this site. You may be spoiling her... :-)