Mini Lop Diet

[Tay]

Hello! I’m new to this site but have been doing some research and can’t find a consistent answer. 

I read on here every day and finally joined – you all have great advice. 

I got my mini lop Charlie a little over a month ago (he’s about 12 weeks) and when I got him was told he can’t have veggies until he’s a year old because their digestive systems can’t handle it. 

I’ve read differing things online so just wanted to see what you guys think especially if anyone has a mini lop. He’s my pride and joy and I don’t want to do anything that might cause him harm, but also don’t want to deprive him of veggies if he should be getting them. 

Thanks so much!

[BunnyFriends]

He’ll be fine with veggies before he’s a year old. In fact, you could start introducing very small amounts now.

[Azerane]

Hi there Some rabbits are more sensitive to greens than others, and as such don’t tolerate greens being introduced to their diet before a certain age. Much of this is likely depending on what the mother rabbit ate, and whether the kits got to nibble any of it while growing up.

At 12 weeks, you can certainly start to introduce greens. I would pick one thing only and offer a very small piece (size of a pinky finger), then observe for 24 hours to check for gut upset, then offer a slightly larger piece if all is well, and so on. If the greens don’t agree with him, you will likely see some mushy poops, in which case, stop the introduction, wait a week and try again. My previous bun Bandit I got at around 13 weeks and he couldn’t tolerate greens, I think after a break we managed to introduce them at about 5 months of age. After a week or so of introducing the first green and it going well, you can pick something else to introduce as well, starting small again.

[sarahthegemini]

I’ve got mini lops that are 16 weeks old now and they’ve been having romaine lettuce for about a week. They love it! Just start small and only try one new thing at a time. Once my buns have recovered from surgery ill be introducing them to something different every week.

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