Health and life expectancy of a rabbit directly depends on a diet of its food. The forage for these animals has to contain enough vitamins, to be nutritious and various. It is important to understand that rabbits are a kind of rodents therefore they need to gnaw constantly rather firm food to keep health of teeth.
Main diet of rabbits
The main place in a diet of a rabbit is taken by hay. The dry grass has to be in a cage constantly. You should not control amount of the hay used by animals. This kind of a forage well influences process of digestion and at the same time carries out, so-called, cleaning of a stomach.
Hay for rabbits can be bought in specialized shops or to prepare independently. When collecting a grass it is necessary to pay special attention it to grades. It is quite probable that seeds of plants which are poisonous for animals can get to hay. Besides hay the rabbits need to give also other types of rough forages – deciduous and branch mixes and straw. The most optimum branch forage for these animals are sprouts of a birch, a linden, maple and an aspen.
Green forageGreen forage call all types of vegetable food. Rabbits should give fresh foliage, a grass and a tops of vegetable of garden and garden plants. At a food allowance there have to be potatoes tops of vegetable, wild strawberry leaves, a young nettle, a dandelion, a sedge, a plantain and a wild clover.
Juicy foragesVegetables and fruit belong to juicy sterns. The main place among the products necessary for rabbits for normal development, is occupied by carrots, cabbage leaves, green beans, peas, pears and apples. There are certain individuals who show interest in bananas and apricots.
Rabbits are impossible feeds with a wet grass. Otherwise the animal will suffer from indigestion.
The quantity of cabbage in a diet of rabbits should be controlled. If to give to animals this product too often, then rabbits can have a diarrhea. Rabbits can give practically any garden cultures. Small animals like to regale, for example, on a girasol, beet and turnip. It is better to give potatoes to rabbits in a boiled look. Previously tubers are kneaded, turning mix into puree.
The concentrated forages for rabbitsThe concentrated forages for rabbits are on sale practically in each specialized shop. These products differ in the high content of proteins and carbohydrates. In a food allowance of rabbits they should be used as additives to the main food. Corn, oats and barley belong to concentrates. By the way many experts recommend to give to females of rabbits during feeding flakes of "Oat-flakes".
From the excessive use of the concentrated forages at rabbits the obesity can develop.
Along with the concentrated sterns the rabbits are recommended to give special vitamin supplements and the granulated fertilizing. On appearance such products remind a usual dry feed.