My bunny is 14 weeks old. He is being introduced to veggies and is used to spinach and romaine lettuce. Is it okay for his salad to only have these things until he is used to other veggies? Also, can he start getting Timothy hay mixed in with his alfalfa? And can he get Timothy pellets? I've heard mixed opinions on these topics.
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In my opinion, the more diverse a diet the better. I feed forage, any weed, grass, leaves, twigs etc. I can find, so mine are used to pretty much everything and get no problems when a new plant enters their diet.
I have little clue about that artificial diet many seem to prefer for her pets - most veggies were created for the human digestive system, rich, little fiber, and Alfalfa is very rich in protein.
Timothy, or whatever single spieces hay may have it's advantages over mixed farm hay - like less waste since they don't pick raisines, and I guess any available kind of grass of the sweet grass family will provide what they need.
So, what you feed now is a quite rich diet, great for bringing rabbits to butcher weight fast, in my opinion anything grasslike, less rich in proteins and more fiber you introduce is an improvment. The stuff that makes young rabbits grow super fast imho isn't the most healthy, the more different stuff they get the better, and they need fibers.
Any grass hay is very good for their teeth, I would start to replace that alfalfa gradually. Hay based pellets are an addition, I use pellets just as treats, just about 1 tbsp per day, so it doesn't matter much what they made of.
Also great additions are twigs to gnaw on, like willow or apple.
Anyway, introduce new things gradually - over one or two weeks.
I have little clue about that artificial diet many seem to prefer for her pets - most veggies were created for the human digestive system, rich, little fiber, and Alfalfa is very rich in protein.
Timothy, or whatever single spieces hay may have it's advantages over mixed farm hay - like less waste since they don't pick raisines, and I guess any available kind of grass of the sweet grass family will provide what they need.
So, what you feed now is a quite rich diet, great for bringing rabbits to butcher weight fast, in my opinion anything grasslike, less rich in proteins and more fiber you introduce is an improvment. The stuff that makes young rabbits grow super fast imho isn't the most healthy, the more different stuff they get the better, and they need fibers.
Any grass hay is very good for their teeth, I would start to replace that alfalfa gradually. Hay based pellets are an addition, I use pellets just as treats, just about 1 tbsp per day, so it doesn't matter much what they made of.
Also great additions are twigs to gnaw on, like willow or apple.
Anyway, introduce new things gradually - over one or two weeks.
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That's fine. You may want to limit the spinach to twice per week since it is high in oxalic acids. You could try some green leaf or red leaf lettuce since he's already good with romaine.
That is also fine. In fact, it's a good idea to add in timothy because some rabbits like the alfalfa so much that they resist switching over to timothy when they get older. By mixing the hays, that helps avoid any difficulties.
At his young age, alfalfa pellets are recommended because he needs the extra protein since he's still growing. What some suggest is to keep feeding the alfalfa-based pellets but switch the hay to just timothy (or other grass hay). If bunny gets alfalfa pellets, then he doesn't need the alfalfa hay also.
I'd suggest mixing the hays for now and then gradually (in the next couple months) back out the alfalfa hay altogether. Then wait until 6 months of age to start switching to the pellets that are timothy-based.
