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Forum DIET & CARE Fodder

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    • Deleted User
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        I see a lot of info on fodder. Can this be done year round? Does anyone feed their house bunnies fodder? I kind of see where the breeders and farmers feed it. Would it be good for a house bunny? On one hand I think it would be awesome fresh food every day BUT on the other I have no idea of the nutrition of it or how much of it I should feed a 5 pound bun if I decided to go this route?

        I used to grow sprouts for a friends pet bird so I have a small idea of how this would work. I just have not had luck finding much info on it for house rabbits. I don’t want to do anything to harm them. 

        Thanks!

        Bun Bun and Teddy’s Mom Tracy!


      • Bam
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          You can grow wheat grass or oats or other types of grass for your bun. It’s healthy. I’ve grown wheat and black oats and fescue for my bun. It doesn’t contribute a lot to his daily diet, it’s more like a treat, but it’s very much appreciated.

          You can also pick weeds and herbs outsid (dandelion, yarrow, raspberry/blackberry leaves fresh grass etc), just take care to rinse everything well before you give it to your bun. Avoid places where you know racoons hang out. If you don’t want to pick plants from the ground there are many trees you can pick leaves from, fex willow and apple.

          Leafy greens don’t contain many calories per unit weight, so a bunny can eat quite a lot of it provided you introduce it gradually.


        • Azerane
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            I was growing wheat grass at one point for the buns but was having issues with mould past a certain number of days so gave it up for the time being. I think it’s a fantastic thing to do but as an addition to their diet, not as the main part of their diet. For a rabbit that was used to it, you could probably give up to a six inch square daily I would think, but you would need to introduce it slowly since at young growth I suspect it’s pretty rich fare. I never fed the root slab though, just cut off the leaves. Mainly because I didn’t want them eating the seed portion however at that point in growth there probably isn’t anything left in the seed. It’s certainly a cheap option in terms of cost of grain vs buying heads of lettuce etc, however it uses a fair amount of water rinsing the fodder several times a day.

            I also sprout for my parrot, she gets sprouts every day

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