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GOOD THINGS TO EAT

Brussel sprouts    Cabbage    Cauliflower     Corn    Groundsel    Kale    Mustard greens    Spinach    Turnip    Apple    Banana    Barly    Basil   Beetroot     Borage                Blackberry  Borage        Broccoli   Buckwheat             Camomile            Craway    Carrot     Celery   Chervil   Chicory  Chickweed           Chinese leaf         Cleavers     Clove           Coltsfoot  Comfrey                Coriander            Corn marigold         Cow parsley        parsnip  Cow parsnip         Cucumber           Cornspurry  Dandilion    Deadnettle  Dill         Dock [before flowering]     Fat  hen                 Goose grass       Goosefoot Hawkweed           Heather               Hedge parsley               Artichoke                   Knap weed                       Lavender                Lovage              Mallow   Marjoram             May weed           May wort                     Meadow sweet            Mugwort                          Melon                   Milkthistle         Mugwort    Nipplewort           Orache                Oxeye daisy                  Parsley                      Peppermint                         Pear                      Pig weed          Plaintain      Pumilin                 Radish leaves      Raspberry leaves            Sage                          Sanfoin                          Shepherds purse     Sows thistle          Soya        Strawberry         Swisschard           Tare                               Vetch                        Vine leaves                     Water melon          Water cress        Yarrow     

 

                        

HAY      

This is the single most important thing you can feed your rabbit or guinea pig. Hay is what keeps the teeth wearing down nicely. Without it, sooner or later you will encounter problems with tooth wear. There are many types of hay, but I would recommend a good quality meadow hay. If you have to buy the bagged hay, then take a good look at it it, it needs to be green as opposed to brown, and when you open it it should smell sweet. Many horse yards will allow you to purchase part of a bale, thus ensuring its freshness. The well known Timothy Hay is very costly and I think a bit too rich but it could be fed in small quantities. Hay should be made available at all times. Some rabbits are not good hay eaters and I would recommend you do all you can to change this. Feeding  less dry food can help, because then if they are hungry they will eat the hay. The best place to have the hay is in a hay rack or hay ball as this keeps it off the floor. Many rabbits will not eat it once they have trodden all over it.



                                                                   


PELLETS

Your rabbit should as well as hay and veg have a good quality pellet. The best is a complete one .If you feed one of the many mixed feeds that are on offer you are running the risk of your rabbit not getting a complete diet. With the mixes most rabbits will pick out the things they like leaving the rest. This will cause an imbalance in his diet.The complete one will illiminate this. Most rabbits are not going to be very happy when you first change but you must be strong.The pellets need to be high in fibre and low in protine.Changing a rabbits food can lead to an upset tummy, but when changing to pellets this dosent occure.As long as he's eating hay don't worry if your rabbit at first refuses to eat the pellets, he will in the end. A rabbit will not starve himself unless hes ill.  This dosent apply to baby rabbits, they should be kept on the food there used to till about 3-4 mths.The pellets that i use is Alan & page breeders and growers pellet. The different brands are similar but watch out for the protine level, rabbits don't need high levels of protine.If you acquire a baby rabbit then for a while its best to feed what he was getting to start with.Young rabbits don't like change.Dont be tempted to mix it in with a mix because they will just keep taking out the bits they like.

                                                                                                                                                     







                


TOYS


BABY TOYS THAT  RATTLE OR HAVE BELLS
PHONE BOOKS
FLOWER POTS
TAMBOREENS
GRASS MATTING
A SAND PIT [ WITH CHILDREN'S SAND IN]
NEWS PAPERS
BALLS
OLD TEDDY BEARS OR STUFFED ANIMALS
TOILET ROLLS
ANY FRUIT TREE BRANCHES
WICKER TOYS
WICKER BASKETS THE SORT MADE FOR SMALLER ANIMALS TO HIDE IN
SPECIALLY MADE RABBIT TOYS
SOME KINDS OF CAT TOYS
CARDBOARD BOXES


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