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Vitimin D

rachylou

rachylou

Warren Veteran
As Jims is soley a house bun and does not have any time outside will he be lacking in vitimin D?
He has about an egg cup full of pellets per day will that be enough for vitimins?
 
I don't think anyone truly knows how much vitamin D a bun needs. My own view is that the small amount of pellets all the year round probably cover it, but that an indoor bun should get out into the sun as much as possible during the summer months, in order to keep supplies topped up.
 
I don't think it's about the intake of the vitamin, it can be substituted in food, I thought it was more about the absorbtion process and the daylight/sun actually in effect makes the process better and more efficient. Whilst it's not necessarily harmful for a rabbit to be kept indoors all the time as it's not for humans - it will survive- for optimum health, fresh air and outdoor natural daylight or sunlight cannot be beaten. Most living things need natural light and darkness as part of a healthy lifestyle.
 
If we had a house then we would let him out in a run a few hours a day but as we are on the top floor or a block of flats, him going out is actually impossible.
Our front room does get a lot of light so he is not in darkness all the time.
 
Sunlight through a window doesn't generate vitamin D - it's only available from the sun when they are outside. You should be OK with the pellets though.
 
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