Make sure you provide chewing wood for your rabbit I use apple wood most pet stores carry it!



















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FEEDING YOUR RABBIT


 

When feeding your new bunny you it will go home with you as a baby, it's food should be unlimited till its 6 months at that time start to cut back the food . Here are the amounts to feed your bunny : If your bring home an adult bunny use the amounts for 6 months and over ,below. For chewing apple twigs work well if you have an apple tree you can use that,  just make sure the tree isn't diseased & use small pieces. Remember not to overfeed your rabbit!! Rabbits are adults at 6 months! These are some of the breeds listed below.

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2-4lbs 1/4 a cup  - n. dwarfs, Holland lops, polish, mini Rex, dutch, jersey woolly, dwarf hotot, Britannia petite

5-7lbs 1/2 a cup - reg.rex , mini lop , florida white ,thirantha

8-10lbs 3/4 a cup- new zeland, satins, Californian,

11-15lbs 1 cup -checkered giant, giant chin, champagne D' argent
 
Don't start your bunnies on vegetables till its 5 months  old if you see loose stools stop. Make sure your Bunnie has fresh water at all times and alfalfa hay till its 5 months timothy hay 6 months and up. For the best protein level choose feed that is between 16-18%  I use purina show formula on my rabbit.  

Veggie List

 Alfalfa, radish & clover sprouts
Basil
Beet greens (tops)*
Bok choy
Broccoli (mostly leaves/stems)*
Brussels sprouts
Carrot & carrot tops*
Celery
Cilantro
Clover
Collard greens*
Dandelion greens and flowers (no pesticides)*
Endive*
Escarole
Green peppers
Kale (!)*
Mint
Mustard greens*
Parsley*
Pea pods (the flat edible kind)*
Peppermint leaves
Raddichio
Radish tops
Raspberry leaves
Romaine lettuce (no iceberg or light colored leaf)*
Spinach (!)*
Watercress*
Wheat grass

(!)=Use sparingly. High in either oxalates or goitrogens and may be toxic in accumulated quantities over a period of time

"Timothy hay is a important part of your rabbits daily diet! "