Diet is one of the most important but least understood part of caring for a rabbit, many people think that they can just feed a muesli mix throw them some carrots and some hay and be done with it. This is a common mistake people make and I get asked many questions about it in my line of work. The most important thing for people to know is the most essential part of a rabbits diet is hay and grass and LOTS OF IT!!!! 80% of a rabbits diet should be made up of hay and grass, they can eat around their body weight of hay a day. My own boy is on both grass and hay and he is munching on either for most of his day :) it is fine for a rabbit to be on a complete hay diet but I personally believe it is important for them to have some grass in their diet and to be able to get outside and enjoy outdoors time. With a choice my boy seems to prefer eating grass over hay. There are a range of hays that are available but we are a bit more limited here in NZ, for instance we don't really have Timothy hay or anything like that. I use meadow hay myself and my boy seems to like it and I find it really good, hays like Lucerne or red clover hay are high energy high protein hay which is better for recovering or stressed rabbits, something that I give Dustin when he is recovering from a gut stasis episode.
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