When you put your rabbit in boarding, do they have exactly the same diet as at home?
I dont mean just pellets, but hays, apple sticks, treats etc as well....
Annabelle gets daily:
1-2 handfuls of readigrass
1-2 handfuls treat hay
normal hay
half a handful of fibafirst
1 fenugreek crunchie, 1 other treat
3 apple sticks
small amount of greens/veg/fruit
few bits of dried herbs
1 scoop profibre pellets
a pinch of multivit powder, an echinacea tablet, a pinch of bisolvon
Barney gets the same as above, plus:
a handful of junior pellets
more greens/veg/fruit
and as soon as I can choose which one, an omega oil
I never really thought about it, but my rabbits' diet is quite complex. Barney in particular needs the extra food to keep his weight up, and needs to be separated from Anna for about half hour every day whilst he eats it. Both can be a bit fussy with hay too, so the treat hays and readigrass keep their fibre-nomming up, as do the apple sticks.
I dont know what to do about boarding, obviously I have to get them on a simpler diet, they are going to be boarding at a rescue and the lady isnt going to have time to do all that. They also may be on medication by then, which will be more work for her. Plus, the boarding place provides SS pellets, veg/greens and baled meadow hay - anything else I'm going to have to take with me on the train for 5 hours, and take a month's worth of it too. I'm gonna swap their fibafirst pellets to SS for this reason, but I cant take all the rest of this stuff with me, as well as toys, a tunnel etc.
How much do I need to simplify this, realistically? And what should I cut out?
I dont mean just pellets, but hays, apple sticks, treats etc as well....
Annabelle gets daily:
1-2 handfuls of readigrass
1-2 handfuls treat hay
normal hay
half a handful of fibafirst
1 fenugreek crunchie, 1 other treat
3 apple sticks
small amount of greens/veg/fruit
few bits of dried herbs
1 scoop profibre pellets
a pinch of multivit powder, an echinacea tablet, a pinch of bisolvon
Barney gets the same as above, plus:
a handful of junior pellets
more greens/veg/fruit
and as soon as I can choose which one, an omega oil
I never really thought about it, but my rabbits' diet is quite complex. Barney in particular needs the extra food to keep his weight up, and needs to be separated from Anna for about half hour every day whilst he eats it. Both can be a bit fussy with hay too, so the treat hays and readigrass keep their fibre-nomming up, as do the apple sticks.
I dont know what to do about boarding, obviously I have to get them on a simpler diet, they are going to be boarding at a rescue and the lady isnt going to have time to do all that. They also may be on medication by then, which will be more work for her. Plus, the boarding place provides SS pellets, veg/greens and baled meadow hay - anything else I'm going to have to take with me on the train for 5 hours, and take a month's worth of it too. I'm gonna swap their fibafirst pellets to SS for this reason, but I cant take all the rest of this stuff with me, as well as toys, a tunnel etc.
How much do I need to simplify this, realistically? And what should I cut out?