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DRY FOOD
Your new rabbit has been fed on Dodson & Horrell rabbit PLUS pellets. You will have been supplied with at least a weeks worth of food. Feed your rabbit only on this food for the first few days and the gradually introduce your own food. Try not to feed a ‘mix’ type of food as it encourages selective feeding which is not good for the health of your rabbit. Your rabbit also needs additional fibre in the diet because of the complicated digestive system a rabbit has. Hay should be provided for this reason.Your rabbit has also beed fed spillers readygrass.
GREEN FOOD
Your rabbit is NOT used to eating FRUIT, VEG OR GRASS. If wish to introduce green food into the diet, do it very, very slowly to prevent an upset tummy and diarroea. Grass is extremely rich in the Spring time and can cause severe tummy upsets. Always check your rabbit’s droppings. Droppings should be round, hard and dry. Rabbits also produce night time droppings which are softer and stuck together in groups. Generally the rabbit eats these, but some may remain in the hutch. Droppings should not be runny, sticky or smelly. Due to the small size of a rabbit acute diarrhoea can be fatal. So if you have any concerns, consult your vet immediately.
NEVER FEED LETTUCE!!!!!!!
WATER
Clean water should be provided at all times change at least once a day.
BEDDING
Rex rabbits have much less fur on the under side of the feet than normal furred rabbits. Because of this they need lots of bedding to prevent sore hocks. They should have wood shavings, to soak up urine or if thier being kept as a house rabbit they can also have vet bed. Hamster bedding, newspaper & sawdust should NOT be used.
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