The technique of feeding vegetables to rabbits

The water content of vegetables is about 85%, its crude fiber content is low, the palatability is good, and rabbits are gluttonous. When the young rabbits were fed with vegetable leaves at the age of 90 days, diarrhea occurred in only a few days. If the rabbit has diarrhea after eating vegetables, stop feeding vegetables, feed more hay and dried leaves, and add 2% charcoal powder or 2% medicinal charcoal to the mixture or mixture for treatment.

The nitrate content of vegetables increased due to heavy application of nitrogen fertilizer and herbicides in the planted soil or when they became red due to insect pests, drought and lack of sunshine. Rabbits eat vegetable leaves and eat more nitrate, stimulate the gastric mucosa, will cause gastroenteritis. When vegetables encounter insect pests, trample, frost, stacking and transportation, especially in a humid and muggy environment, it is easy to turn the nitrate into a more toxic nitrite. Rabbits can be poisoned if they eat 100 grams of such vegetables, so they should be carefully fed with these vegetable leaves.

Mustard, rape, radish and other cruciferous vegetables contain mustard glucoside. Under the action of myrosinase, it can produce nitrile and other toxins, which can damage the liver and kidney of rabbits. Therefore, cruciferous vegetables should be fed as little as possible. Feeding with vegetables harmed by aphids and cabbage insects can cause conjunctivitis, stomatitis, gastroenteritis, rhinitis, vaginitis, abdominal pain and dysentery in rabbits.

While feeding rabbits with vegetables correctly, they should be fed with feeds with low water content (bran, etc.) and feeds with high crude fiber content (dry leaves, etc.). The vegetables fed to the rabbits should be fresh and without dew.