What kind of food does the rabbit eat?

Rabbit is the general name of all the genera of the family Rabbitidae of mammals. Rabbits have long tubular ears and clusters of short tails. They are the most common in eastern Asia, southern Asia, Africa and North America, and a few species are distributed in Europe and South America. They are most common in deserts, desertified grasslands, tropical sparse forests, steppes and forests or woods. Let's take a look at what rabbits eat.

What kind of food does the rabbit eat?

Rabbits are vegetarian and like to eat grass. In general, rabbits raised in the family should pay attention to the provision of food, because young rabbits do not feel full, vegetables are not recommended for young rabbits to eat, easy to get enteritis, can be properly provided in adulthood. Rabbits are divided into young rabbits and adult rabbits, young rabbits are 1-6 months old rabbits, adult rabbits are more than 6 months old rabbits, are fed morning and evening, twice a day. If you need to change the situation of brand food transition, can not be directly replaced, resulting in rabbits do not adapt, there is discomfort.

The type of feed for rabbits

1. Concentrate feed: concentrate mainly provides rabbits with daily energy, protein and fat, followed by minerals, amino acids and so on. At present, the vast majority of rabbit food belongs to full-price food, that is, all the nutrients needed by rabbits are prepared into rabbit food according to a certain proportion, which can theoretically meet the vast majority of nutrients needed by rabbits.

2. Roughage: roughage mainly provides rabbits with daily crude fiber, followed by protein, amino acids and so on. The nutritional composition and palatability of different families are also different. The palatability of leguminous forage is generally better than that of grasses, and the palatability of fresh forage is generally better than that of hay. In terms of nutritional value, the nutritional value of young forage is high, the content of crude fiber is low, the nutritional value of mature forage is low, and the content of crude fiber is high.

3. Succulent feed: succulent feed mainly provides rabbits with daily vitamins and water. Different vegetables and fruits have different nutrients, but the content of vitamins is generally equal to or higher than that of forage grass.

What can't rabbits eat?

1. Boiled and fried: rabbits eat raw food, while deep frying is even more unsuitable.

2. Frozen food: frozen food will make the rabbit's intestines and stomach very uncomfortable and cause diarrhea. Fruits and vegetables have just been taken out of the refrigerator and must be kept the same as room temperature before they can be eaten by rabbits.

3. Rotten food: don't think that animals are not as expensive as human beings, and it doesn't matter to eat spoiled food that people can't eat. Rabbits are especially vulnerable, never.

4. Chocolate and coffee: chocolate and coffee contain alkaloids, which can cause poisoning.

5. Candy and sweets: sweets and sweets are high-calorie, high-sugar foods that are really not good for rabbits, except to make them obese and cause digestive tract diseases (sugar can cause abnormal fermentation of chyme in the intestine). It can also cause tooth decay in rabbits.

6. Spicy vegetables: such as garlic, onion, leek, onion, pepper and so on.

7, meat food: rabbits are vegetarian animals, the digestive system can not digest and absorb, if eaten, in addition to cause gastrointestinal obstruction, intestinal necrosis, but also cause skeletal muscle deformation.

8. Biscuits and bread: biscuits and bread are high in carbohydrates, which can cause flatulence, yeast may cause death, and the oil, sugar and salt are not suitable for rabbits.

9. Human snacks: the same sugar and salt are not suitable for rabbits, and the additives, seasonings and pigments will damage the rabbit's body.

10. Corn and peanuts: corn and peanuts are easy to mildew and produce toxins. Don't give them to rabbits.

11. Nuts and dried fruits: nuts and dried fruits can be eaten in small amounts, but the vegetable oil content is too high, rabbits do not need such a high intake of oil, hibernating animals will need it more (such as squirrels), so must be very small, do not eat it.

12. Yogurt: someone gives the rabbit yogurt to supplement him with probiotics, but the yogurt rabbit can not digest very well, the probiotics in it may not be absorbed, and normal rabbits do not need to supplement probiotics.

13. Cereals: can be eaten in small amounts. Barley and wheat are the raw materials of rabbit food, but cereals are high in calories and should not be eaten more. And the rabbit itself is eating rabbit food, this kind of supplement is really not necessary.