Excel Burgess Indoor Rabbit Nuggets, 1.5 kg

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Vitamin A (retinyl acetate)(3a672a) 30,000 iu/kg • Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)(3a671) 3,500 iu/kg • Vitamin E (dl alpha tocopherol acetate) (3a700) 140 mg/kg • Vitamin C (sodium calcium ascorbyl phosphate) (3a312) 20 mg/kg • Copper (cupric sulphate pentahydrate) (E4) 7.5 mg/kg • Zinc (zinc sulphate monohydrate) (3b605) 90 mg/kg • Manganese (manganous sulphate monohydrate) (3b503) 60 mg/kg • Iron (iron (II) sulphate monohydrate) (3b103) 60 mg/kg • Selenium (sodium selenite) (E8) 0.3mg/kg • Iodine (calcium iodate anhydrous) (3b202) 0.75 mg/kg • DL Methionine (3c301) 740 mg/kg • L Carnitine (3a910) 12.5mg/kg.

Your cavy chums can be fed fresh greens as these are a great source of vitamin C, additional nutrients and provide some variety to their diet. However, you need to be careful about which greens you feed and how much. As a guide, feed no more than a teacup-sized amount a day to avoid tummy upsets, which you can split between morning and evening feeds. Supreme Science Selective Adult Rabbit Food is slightly pricey pellet-based food, but it is high in fibre (25%) and has good protein (14%) and fat (4%) levels. If your vet has recommended that your rabbit be put on a high-fibre diet, this is a good choice. Alternatively, if your rabbit suffers from constipation, a high-fibre food like this can help, and because fibre makes your rabbit feel fuller for longer, without necessarily adding more calories to their diet, it can help manage weight. The ideal rabbit diet should consist of high-fibre foods to keep their gut healthy and fibrous grasses to help prevent their teeth from overgrowing. Burgess rabbit food and rabbit treats are made with a carefully formulated balance of nutrients, with no artificial colours or flavours, and are high in fibre.

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While indoor rabbits might roam the lounge rather than the great outdoors, they still need to get all the nutrients from their diet that a rabbit would find grazing in the wild. We worked with the University of Edinburgh on research that revealed rabbit muesli diets encourage selective feeding. This is when rabbits eat the sugary and high-starch elements of a muesli-style diet but leave behind the high-fibre parts, which can lead to them developing all sorts of health issues including dental disease, obesity and problems with their digestion. How do I switch to Burgess Excel rabbit food?

The second most prominent part of their diet should be fresh greens and vegetables. “Leafy greens are all great,” explained one long-time rabbit owner we spoke to. “Things like fruits and even carrots are good but only in moderation, and avoid anything with seeds or pits.”

Avoid cheap bedding hay, which has poor nutritional value. Instead, go for deliciously nutritious dust-free hay for guinea pigs such as Timothy Hay, Meadow Hay, Green Harvest Hay, Hay with Dandelion & Marigold or Hay with Hedgerow Herbs – all nutrient-rich options that have been grown and harvested specifically as feeding hay. Hay and grass are important not only for rabbits’ nutrition but also for their teeth. Since rabbits’ teeth continue to grow throughout their lives, chewing on fibres such as grass and hay helps to grind them down. That said, remember that freshly cut grass is toxic for rabbits. Heygates Rabbit Choice Pellets are 3mm pellets that are not only suitable for adult rabbits but also for kittens and nursing mums. It can also be fed to guinea pigs and other small animals. Heygates Rabbit Choice Pellets are very inexpensive, although it does mean buying a 20kg bag: if you have a single rabbit and you feed it 50 grams of food a day, a 20kg bag will last you more than a year. Nuts– All nuts are high in fat, not fibre, and will give your rabbits extremely uncomfortable indigestion. In the first few days, measure out your rabbits’ normal nugget intake for the day. Take out a small amount and replace with the same amount of the new nuggets. Mix them together so that your rabbits eat a combination of the two.

What’s more, choosing rabbit pellets or nuggets over other rabbit feeds is one of the best things you can do to help your buns stay healthy and happy.Are formulated with minerals such as zinc for healthy skin and coat, iron to support the blood, and copper for nerve function