Several leaves commonly used in feeding rabbits

1. Robinia pseudoacacia leaves. It belongs to leguminous, nutritious, can be fresh feed, can also be dry feed, but also dry after doing leaf powder feed. It is rich in protein and calcium, is the rabbit's first-class feed, in autumn should be collected and utilized.

2. Pine needles. Pine needles are rich in resources, easy to collect, comprehensive nutrition, high quality and low price, the shortcomings are astringent taste, poor palatability. When rabbits are fed, the young rabbits can be fed with the female rabbits, 10- 20g each time, and fed immediately, limited to feeding at night. If they are crushed and mixed into other feeds, it is better to account for 5%.

3. Cypress leaves. Using cypress leaves as feed additive for rabbits has the advantages of less feed consumption, low cost, less disease and fast weight gain. Adding 5-8 g of cypress leaf powder per rabbit daily can increase the weight of young rabbits by 12.3%-19.2%, and that of young rabbits by 20.5%-30%.

4. Apple leaves and their branches. Apple leaves feeding rabbits effect is good, can be whole leaves feeding, can also be crushed feeding. Apple tree branches, rabbits also like to eat, feeding branches can be broken into small pieces into cages, rabbits have the ability to peel bark, the skin of each branch can be very clean gnawing. Therefore, apple tree branches cut every year can be used to feed rabbits.

5. Mulberry leaves and their branches. Feeding method is the same as apple leaves and branches. Mulberry tendon is the part left after silkworm eating, its nutritional value is still very high, can be used as rabbit feed to feed. If the quantity is large, it can be stored in the shade for winter feed, or crushed. The frosted mulberry leaves can not only be used as feed, but also for medicinal purposes. Mulberry leaves can be fed whole, or dried and crushed and mixed with mixed feed.

6. Amorpha leaf. After collecting and drying, it is processed into leaf powder, which contains about 20% protein, 0.2% methionine and 0.79% threonine. Its nutritional value is higher than alfalfa powder, and it is easy to collect and cheap. It can be used to feed rabbits.