Proper feeding of rabbits - the guarantee of their health

For a rabbit to be healthy and live a long life, it is necessary to take care of it properly and especially to ensure that its diet is balanced and rich in vitamins and nutrients. Rabbits are herbivores, which in large quantities consume food of plant origin. Their main diet includes grass, hay, mixed fodder, some add herkules. Feed the animals twice a day, while they always have water in the water bowl. To new kinds of forage of rabbits it is necessary to accustom gradually.

The food of rabbits contains feed, which can be divided into green, juicy, coarse and concentrated. Green (grass, leaves, vegetable tops) are a valuable nutritious food. They are rich in proteins, fiber, minerals and vitamins, quickly and easily absorbed by animals. In summer, the green feed is half the daily ration of the rabbit. The advantage of this food is its cheapness.

In the feeding of rabbits may include some types of leguminous crops. Animals like green branches of birch, willow or hazel. But when choosing plants, you should be careful not to feed the animals with harmful poisonous plants that lead to serious illnesses or to the death of animals (spurge).

In the feeding of rabbits can include animal products - milk, meat and bone and fishmeal. This food has a high nutritional value, it contains vitamins, phosphorus, calcium, protein and other elements.

In the diet should be added mixed fodders - fully balanced mixtures containing all the necessary substances. They are released in the form of green briquettes or pellets, which are based on alfalfa. The optimal amount of feed is a couple of tablespoons a day. This dose is sufficient to obtain nutrients that are absent from the hay.

In the feeding of rabbits gradually add carrots and apples. They will like the parsley, cucumber, melon and zucchini. When offering vegetables and fruits, it is necessary to monitor that they do not have nitrates and pesticides, so that all food is environmentally friendly. Fresh vegetables or fruits are required to be given to the animals once a week. Because rabbits have a very delicate stomach, and a large amount of fruit can cause diarrhea in animals. Some people believe that carrots and cabbage are the main food of rabbits. So you can not give cabbage, and vegetables and greens can be started gradually to be planted with animals only from four months.

For rabbits it is recommended to purchase a mineral stone, which will make up for the lack of minerals.

The diet of animals must include hay. And the feeding of rabbits with dry grass, both adults and toddlers, must be made all the year round. Hay and water should be in the cage all the time. This type of food is necessary for proper digestion of animals, hay clears their stomach. Before you put food in the cage, you need to sniff it. Fresh hay should have a greenish color, fragrant and fragrant smell. If an ammonia or smell is felt, it is forbidden to give such food. When self-harvested hay, you can not collect grass along the roads. Because plants absorb harmful substances from the exhaust gases of cars and become poisonous. Grass, which will be fed rabbits, should not be treated with pesticides and fertilizers.

There are foods that animals should not eat, especially home decorative rabbits. Food can not consist of their high-calorie products (nuts), sweets, components containing starch, stale vegetables, harmful herbs.

Rabbits need to change the litter daily, which will ensure the health of animals. With proper nutrition, they will please the owner with his friendly and accommodating nature.