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Forum DIET & CARE Treats?

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    • Isabelle
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        My Dutch is 8 months old. She gets unlimited timothy hay, unlimited water in her bottle, and 1/4 cup of pellets a day. I supplement with romaine lettuce or parsley or cilantro as a treat twice a day, and she gets a carrot in the morning and at night as well. Every few days she gets a little bit of banana. What other things are good to give for treats? I’ve heard people say plain cheerios are good, and others say they’re not, could someone tell me which is right?


      • Free2Dream
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          I love Dutches!

          How much greens do you “supplement” with? I provide my buns with a good-sized salad twice a day (at least two cups of romaine each, plus various other greens for variety). Rabbits are prone to calcium overload, which carrots contain a lot of, so please try not to give your bun two carrots twice a day. A couple times a week is fine, as a treat. You are on the right track with the banana. Fruits make great treats for bunnies, but should only be fed in moderation because of their high sugar content. Bunnies also enjoy strawberries, and herbs like rosemary and mint. Papaya bits are also a big hit with my buns. You can buy them in the pet store or even in the grocery shore, just make sure that they contain no additives like sugar.

          I would hold off on the Cheerios. I do not advocate giving any animals food that was designed for people. It simply contains too much added junk that bunnies don’t need. Natural treats are the best way to go.


        • RabbitPam
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            I think cheerios are better for babies than baby bunnies.
            Oxbow makes a treat called Simple Rewards Timothy Treats, and they are shaped like cheerios. Not cheap, but you get more in a bag of these because of their smaller size than the Heart Shaped veggie treats. (That my bunny likes better, of course.) I would recommend both.


          • Sarita
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              My rabbits love the Oxbow barley treats, the timothy treats and the baked veggie treats quite a bit.


            • Elrohwen
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                I like to give pellets as a treat – they’re small enough that I can give a lot, and I can just take them out of the daily feeding ration. The bunnies don’t realize they’re not treats 😛

                I also give dried papaya. I can buy it in large chunks at the grocery store, then I cut it into smaller pieces. Other dried fruits work as well.


              • Isabelle
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                  I will nix the cheerio’s then, I just started trying them with her like two days ago, so I’m sure that will be no problem. I give her one leaf of lettuce or two, depending on the size, usually about the size of two of my hands. I’ll see if I can find those bunny treats at the store next time I go. I don’t think it will go over well giving her less carrots, though I can cut them in half or use smaller ones. She is a carrot girl, she will actually beg for them in her habitat, and if she doesn’t get one, a few times she’s actually raced around her cage and near about bashed into it several times.


                • Monkeybun
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                    Mine adora dried papaya, raisins, craisins, and oxbow treats, various flavors


                  • lashkay
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                      It’s kind of odd with my two. Dustor, who is going on 7 mos. old, will hop away from any offering of fruit or veggies, even Oxbow Simple Rewards and APD pumpkin cookies. The only thing beside his T pellets and timothy, oat and orchard grass hay he will take is diced dried papaya which is good for breaking up the mucous that holds the hair and food together in the digestive tract, as you know, so is great with me. Petie who was born on 7/27 is eating a few large leaves of red leaf lettuce a day, and as a treat, one or two Oxbow timothy “o'”s, one or less of an APD pumpkin cookie, a small tidbit of carrot, and 2 bits of diced dried papaya. He hasn’t been munching his timothy hay much, so last night I stuffed oat, timothy and alfalfa hay in a cardboard toilet spool, and he (and Dustor) chomped on it all night. But little Petie is much more amenable to trying new foods than Dustor. As with people, I guess.


                    • Monkeybun
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                        lol yeah, bunneis can be strange little critters when it comes t food. WHen i first tried the oxbow timothy treats, Moose refused to touch it… until I gave one to Monkey int he pen beside him. Then when he saw her eating it, he wanted one


                      • Balefulregards
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                          I get the same thing MonkeyBun – Jackson will act like I am clearly trying to poison him with a blueberry – Until he sees Coco barreling for it – THEN it becomes all delish.

                          Mine barely get any pellets at all right now – they have had HUGE salads, twice a day and have been loving the summer cut of the local hay we buy. This batch had tons of dried red clover so they both think they are in Hay heaven.

                          Rabbits are often suspicious of “new foods” and will ignore them, so you may have to offer it multiple times before knowing what is a “Like”.
                          I know Jackson had not had many greens before we adopted him, so he was wildly suspicious of anything that wasn’t romaine lettuce. Now he plows through it all – Mint, cilantro, parsley, dandelion, chicory, dill – you name it.

                          I use the oxbow payaya tablets too, although sparingly. They beg heavily for them. I also give them a small dish of unsweetend pineapple juice during their heavy shed times to help with the hair passing (maybe 1/4 cup). Our vet suggested it the last time we were in and discussed Jackson having poops pearled together. It seemed to help, so that is a popular treat during shed times.


                        • cactuspancake
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                            Franz doesn’t go crazy over berries, oats, or papaya although he will eat it. He will eat any vegetable matter I put near his little face! lol. He has tried prolly 20+ things so far? He doesn’t eat furniture or anything


                          • Monkeybun
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                              Cactus, do be careful though. It isn’t recommended to start babies on veggies until they are 12 weeks old, and then only try 1 new thing a week.


                            • lashkay
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                                That gives me hope, Monkeybun, on getting Dustor to round out his diet with some veggies, fruits and other treats.  Maybe it will take him seeing Petie devour all that is given him before he’ll “turn on” to liking the same things, as per your Moose and Monkey!  Such cute names for cute bunnies!

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