Rabbits should always have clean fresh hay available. It should be six months old before feeding, newly cut hay must not be given. You can tie the hay in a bundle and hang from the ceiling of thier rabbit cage so they have to work for it of you can get a purpose made hay rack to screw onto the hutch wall.
Hay should be chopped and not in long strands as these can become entangled around a rabbits paw or leg cutting off the circulation.
Hay is sold in pet shops in ‘pillow packs’, which are for convenience and are usually sterilised. Make sure the hay you feed is as dust free as possible, is sweet smelling and has no sign of mould growing in it.
Bread
All scraps of bread can be given to a rabbits if dried off rock hard first. It doesn’t matter if it gets burnt as its nutritious and much appreciated by the rabbits and it also good for wearing down teeth.
Green Foods
DONT’S
Do not feed lettuce,
Parsnips, frozen or wet greens. Lettuce will upset a rabbit’s stomach greatly
and it contains almost no nutrients. Instead, feed dark
leafy lettuces like romaine lettuce. Those have less water content and are
packed full of great nutrients. Please make sure ALL lettuce and vegetables are
properly washed, to clear any pesticides!!
If too much fruit or vegetables are fed and
left in the cage these should be removed daily and replaced with fresh to avoid waste being
left and becoming mouldy.
DO’S
Artichokes, corn on the cob, sugar beet, radishes, suede and turnips are all acceptable. Carrot and their tops can be used aswell as strawberry leaves, raspberry canes, and any fruit tree pruning’s are excellent.
All brassicas such as sprouts, cauliflower, broccoli, savoy/kale and the dark green outside leaves of a cabbage are valuable. The darker the greens the better it is as it will contain more Vitamin C. Parsley is also an excellent tonic. Safe garden plants are marigolds, roses, nasturtiums and sunflowers to name a few.
You can purchase purpose made veg feeding balls which are metal with holes in.These are hung in the rabbits hutches making them work for their meals.