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Rabbit

Oryctolagus cuniculus

Natural diet Rabbit

Grasses
Herbs
Leaves

Rabbits are herbivorous foragers, consuming a diverse diet including grasses, leaves, roots and more. It is common for rabbits to consume their own feces (coprophagy).

Feeding advice Rabbit

Feed quantity per day

5% of body weight

Sample percentage calculation

If an animal weighs 3 kg and eats 5% of its body weight, it will get

3 x 0.05 = 0.15 kg feed in total per day

Feed composition

5% Concentrates
2.5% Leafy and cabbage vegetables
2.5% Other vegetables
90% Grass, lucerne and other roughages

Proportions (fresh product)

0.05 x 0.15 kg = 7.5 g concentrates
0.025 x 0.15 kg = 3.8 g leafy and cabbage vegetables
0.025 x 0.15 kg = 3.8 g other vegetables
0.9 x 0.15 kg = 135 g grass, lucerne and other roughages

Diet suggestions

In moderation

Other vegetables

Not recommended

Fruits

Additional advice

Divide the “Feed quantity per day” over at least two feeding moments per day.
Supplement the diet with ad libitum roughages (read more about browsers and grazers).
Grass hay is preferred over lucerne hay as it is lower in protein and calcium.
Stimulate foraging behaviour by hiding, stacking or hanging their feed. Besides this, scatter feeding is also a good option (read more about feed enrichment and foraging behaviour).

Common diseases

An unbalanced diet may result in one of these more commonly occurring diseases/conditions:

Dental disease
Malocclusion
Cecal Impaction
Obesity
Heart problems
Fatty liver disease

Feed quantity per day

Sample percentage calculation

Feed composition

Proportions (fresh product)

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