mashbywood6892
Young Bun
Hello, new to the forum here :wave:
I have two Netherland Dwarf rabbits, Luna and Hecate. Super happy girls - always flopping, purring and binking.
Their current diet is:
Unlimited hay (timothyhay.co.uk) with a sprinkling of forage mix (dandelion, chicory, dried flowers etc.) on it to encourage them to eat hay
Large handful of greens in the morning (usually a mix of things like romaine lettuce/green beans, kale, basil/parsley/rosemary/dill/thyme/coriander. I don't give them fruit, carrots, corn or anything high in sugar)
1 small scoop Excel pellets in the morning, another small scoop in the evening (I have weighed the scoop and it is about 25g, so 50g a day split between them is 25g each per day, which is correct from my research and the Excel pellet feeding guide)
They aren't the *best* hay eaters, and although they do eat a decent amount of it and their poos are usually a good size and fibrous, I am always having to encourage them with forage mix etc. and they have had an occasional bout of gut stasis. Vet says some rabbits are just more prone to this, even if they're happy and not stressed and have a good diet. Mine have had regular health checks and are in very good health, other than their random stasis bouts a couple of times a year.
They have very limited pellets so shouldn't be filling up on that, but I wondered if it is possible to overfeed on greens? Would it be bad for me to give them a large handful TWICE a day rather than once, to help increase their fibre intake? Or would that make them fill up on greens instead of hay? I imagine hay is better than greens as 85% of a rabbits diet should be hay, 10% greens and only 5% pellets.
Just curious as to how much greens you all feed your buns!
Thanks in advance!
I have two Netherland Dwarf rabbits, Luna and Hecate. Super happy girls - always flopping, purring and binking.
Their current diet is:
Unlimited hay (timothyhay.co.uk) with a sprinkling of forage mix (dandelion, chicory, dried flowers etc.) on it to encourage them to eat hay
Large handful of greens in the morning (usually a mix of things like romaine lettuce/green beans, kale, basil/parsley/rosemary/dill/thyme/coriander. I don't give them fruit, carrots, corn or anything high in sugar)
1 small scoop Excel pellets in the morning, another small scoop in the evening (I have weighed the scoop and it is about 25g, so 50g a day split between them is 25g each per day, which is correct from my research and the Excel pellet feeding guide)
They aren't the *best* hay eaters, and although they do eat a decent amount of it and their poos are usually a good size and fibrous, I am always having to encourage them with forage mix etc. and they have had an occasional bout of gut stasis. Vet says some rabbits are just more prone to this, even if they're happy and not stressed and have a good diet. Mine have had regular health checks and are in very good health, other than their random stasis bouts a couple of times a year.
They have very limited pellets so shouldn't be filling up on that, but I wondered if it is possible to overfeed on greens? Would it be bad for me to give them a large handful TWICE a day rather than once, to help increase their fibre intake? Or would that make them fill up on greens instead of hay? I imagine hay is better than greens as 85% of a rabbits diet should be hay, 10% greens and only 5% pellets.
Just curious as to how much greens you all feed your buns!
Thanks in advance!
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