How much should I be feeding?

[NDrAbBiTs58041]

How much veggies ( measurements) should
I be giving? Thumps is a Dutch. I haven't been
Measuring, just basically guessing ( about a handful)
Or so once a day.

I do want to feed twice a day rather then all
At once.

 

[NDrAbBiTs58041]

Sorry forgot to mention that my veggies that I'm
Feeding r spring greens, parsley and, cilontro. I
Mixed it all together in a big bowl. So it's not all
Seperate.

 

[whitelop]

This is from rabbit.org
"Feed a minimum of 1 cup vegetables for each 4 lbs. of body weight. Select at least three types of vegetables daily. A variety is necessary in order to obtain the necessary nutrients, with one each day that contains Vitamin A, indicated by an *. Add one vegetable to the diet at a time. Eliminate if it causes soft stools or diarrhea.
Limit fruits to 1-2 tablespoons per 5 lbs. of body weight (none if dieting) from the list below of high fiber fruits. Sugary fruits such as bananas and grapes should be used only sparingly, as occasional treats. Bunnies have a sweet tooth and if left to their own devices will devour sugary foods to the exclusion of healthful ones.
Vegetables:
Alfalfa, radish & clover sprouts
Basil
Beet greens (tops)*
Bok choy
Broccoli (mostly leaves/stems)*
Brussels sprouts
Carrot & carrot tops*
Celery
Cilantro
Clover
Collard greens*
Dandelion greens and flowers (no pesticides)*
Endive*
Escarole
Green peppers
Kale (!#)*
Mint
Mustard greens*
Parsley (!X)*
Pea pods (the flat edible kind)*
Peppermint leaves
Raddichio
Radish tops
Raspberry leaves
Romaine lettuce (no iceberg or light colored leaf)*
Spinach (!#)*
Watercress*
Wheat grass
(!)=Use sparingly or rotate. High in either oxalates (X) or goitrogens (#) and may be toxic in accumulated quantities over a period of time
Fruits:
Apple
Blueberries
Melon
Orange (including peel)
Papaya
Peach
Pear
Pineapple
Plums
Raspberries
Strawberries
Absolutely NO chocolate (poisonous!), cookies, crackers, breakfast cereals, bread, pasta, yogurt drops or other “human treats.” There is research to suggest these items may contribute to fatal cases of enterotoxemia, a toxic overgrowth of “bad” bacteria in the intestinal tract."

 

[warminwisco]

So far all my bunnies want to eat are pellets and unlimited grass. Is this OK? The breeder other foods besides pellets can cause tummy problems and vet bills? I put parsley, lettuce in front of them they do not touch it.

 

[whitelop]

Pellets and hay only are a fine diet. A lot of rabbits live on hay and pellets. Sometimes it takes several times of introducing new foods for the bunnies to like them or try them.
You could keep trying to introduce greens one at a time. Like little bits of the greens, like a leaf of parsley. Then see how they do. If they won't eat that, try cilantro, just a little bit of it at a time though you don't want to cause stomach upset. Cilantro and green leaf lettuce are good greens to start with. But you want to do them one at a time, a few days to a week with each one, gradually adding more to make sure there is no soft poops. Then you can start another green.
BUT if they don't like anything, no problem. A good quality hay and a good quality pellet are good.

 

[NDrAbBiTs58041]

So far all my bunnies want to eat are pellets and unlimited grass. Is this OK? The breeder other foods besides pellets can cause tummy problems and vet bills? I put parsley, lettuce in front of them they do not touch it.

Please make ur own thread and ask
Ur questions. U will get more people to
Answer u.

 

[warminwisco]

Thanks both of you!