BEST DIET FOR 5 MONTH OLD FEMALE DUTCH

[laurenmcbride810]

Everywhere I've looked online I find different answers...some say not to feed fresh fruits & veggies until 6 months but she has been having small helpings of fresh greens and the occasional small slice of banana or apple a few days a week and hasn't had any problems. I give her unlimited hay, and I've been trying to find the amount of pellets I should be giving her...every website has a different amount. I dont want to over feed her and certainly not under feed her...anyone have some good advice? Thanks in advance!

 

[TinksMama]

Starting at three months you're supposed to slowly add fruits and veggies one at a time. She should get unlimited hay and pellets until she's 7 months old. If she starts to have tummy issues remove the veggies for a bit, but at her age I don't think she'll have any problem with them.

There's a bunch of helpful articles on feeding that HRS wrote, you can find them in the care section of rabbit.org

 

[laurenmcbride810]

Thanks for replying! I will have to check out the website, this is my first bunny so I'm new to all of this hehe

 

[1357rabbitlover]

yes, she should have veggies everyday by 5/6 months. But if she only been having them a couple of times a week, introduce them slowly as doing it too fast could make her have diarrhea. But you should feed unlimited pellets until she is about 7 months then only give it to her a bowl full once a day. But carry on giving her unlimited hay everyday for her whole life

 

[laurenmcbride810]

She is doing good with her fresh foods, I've been giving them to her since she was about 3& a half months because that was the first feeding instruction I read when I was searching for information. She hasn't had a problem yet and about how much would you say a bowl full is..1/4 cup or more?