Posting this here because their main food is pellets.
So the baby bunnies are 2 weeks old today. And omg, how friggen cute are they!!!!
Anyway, I have read a lot of websites that say you're not supposed to feed greens to rabbits until they are much older. But we always feed fresh greens to our rabbits along with Tim hay and pellets. Should I be worried if the babies eat the greens with their parents?
I remember my grandmother's neighbor always fed a huge pile of fresh grass (he plucked it from a hay field) to every rabbit even ones with kits and to my untrained childhood eyes his baby rabbits were always fine. He would offer lettuces if he had them too. But this was about 30 yrs ago.
We try to offer dandelion greens, green & red leaf lettuces, romaine daily if we have it. Occasionally endive, arugula, kale, & collared greens to try to offer different nutrients & flavors. We do feed carrot either daily or every other day but always in a very small amount!
So my question is are the websites right? Since I was around a farmer years ago as a kid, have we learned that this way of feeding is bad for such young rabbits?
If this is true, do I not feed mom's their greens because of the babies? Or take the babies out while they eat their greens?
Also, is it OK to offer the babies alfalfa hay? Or will that hurt their guts?
Any info would truly be appreciated.
So the baby bunnies are 2 weeks old today. And omg, how friggen cute are they!!!!
Anyway, I have read a lot of websites that say you're not supposed to feed greens to rabbits until they are much older. But we always feed fresh greens to our rabbits along with Tim hay and pellets. Should I be worried if the babies eat the greens with their parents?
I remember my grandmother's neighbor always fed a huge pile of fresh grass (he plucked it from a hay field) to every rabbit even ones with kits and to my untrained childhood eyes his baby rabbits were always fine. He would offer lettuces if he had them too. But this was about 30 yrs ago.
We try to offer dandelion greens, green & red leaf lettuces, romaine daily if we have it. Occasionally endive, arugula, kale, & collared greens to try to offer different nutrients & flavors. We do feed carrot either daily or every other day but always in a very small amount!
So my question is are the websites right? Since I was around a farmer years ago as a kid, have we learned that this way of feeding is bad for such young rabbits?
If this is true, do I not feed mom's their greens because of the babies? Or take the babies out while they eat their greens?
Also, is it OK to offer the babies alfalfa hay? Or will that hurt their guts?
Any info would truly be appreciated.