Category: Rabbit Food

Rabbit Pellets   During the 1950s in this country, but even prior to that time in some others, the toe or complete pelleted rations was developed.   Originally these were largely used in laboratories but gradually their value in producing consistent and sound feeding and in reducing the labor of keding became recognized. Today a considerable proportion of rabbit pellets are fed on such’, acted feeding stuff, and indeed the very large user in the commercial field can obtain such feeds compounded to his own formulae.   Rabbit Pellets Facts   Apart from consistency and ease of feeding, pelleted foods allow the easy introduction of supplements of vitamins, minerals, medicinal additives and the like.   There are two schools of thought on the use of such rations. The first suggests that different types should be used Ibr different types of stock, e.g. pregnant does, wearers, stud bucks and soon, whilst the second school of thought considers that standardization may be used and variations produced by restricting the amounts fed to different types of stock.

Rabbit Food  ScouringRabbit scouring is caused in rabbits due to the overconsumption of green food. Rabbits excrete two types of droppings, hard waste pellets, and soft pellets. The soft waste pellet contains partly digested food, B complex, vitamins, and gut bacteria. Rabbits eat the pellet directly from the anus as part of their digestive process. Rabbit Food -Rabbit Scouring Sometimes these droppings get matted into the fur around the anus. This is common in rabbits. It is caused by a rabbit food that is overweight and cannot reach far. Large dewlaps can cause infection near the anus area and lead to scouring. It has to be treated surgically and with antibiotics. In a rabbit food suffering from scours, the excreta are fluid. Scouring should not be confused with the passing of faucal pellets which are softer than usual. Probably the commonest cause of scouring is an inflammation of the large intestine or the caecum. The only treatment apart from endeavoring to trace and eliminate the cause of the trouble is to change the food,