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Feeding Fruits and Vegetables to Rabbits: What to Know
Fruits and vegetables add useful nutrients and fiber to a rabbit's diet, but not all are safe, and too much causes diarrhea or obesity. Avoid onion, leek, garlic, and chives, herbs like basil and rosemary, and citrus, grapes and raisins, cherries, and persimmons. Hay should be the staple; treats of produce should be only 10-15% of the daily diet. Introduce new foods slowly, wash them well, remove pits, and clear away any leftovers so they do not spoil and upset the gut.
What Foods Are Toxic to Rabbits?
Rabbits are herbivores that mainly eat grass and plants, but some items are unsafe, including grapes, onion, garlic, and ginger. High-fat and high-sugar foods burden the gut and cause digestive trouble, and nuts, beans, and corn are too starchy and fatty to digest well. Feed a fresh, balanced, organic diet and keep all forbidden foods away from your rabbit.
How to Prevent False Pregnancy in Female Rabbits
A false pregnancy happens when a doe mates but is not fertilized; she shows all the signs of pregnancy yet has no litter, lowering yearly offspring and cutting farm profit. It is harmless to her health and usually resolves in days. To reduce it, keep breeding records and a family tree, use repeat and double mating to raise conception rates, manage stock well, and confirm pregnancy by palpation around ten days after mating so non-pregnant does can be re-bred promptly.
Dutch Rabbit
The Dutch Rabbit is a small, distinctly marked pet rabbit with a white inverted-V on the face and a sharp color split between front and back. Gentle, smart, and nearly odorless, it needs timothy hay, a chew stick, steady 25–32°C, and a wire-free, dry cage. Lifespan about 5–7 years.
What Do Guinea Pigs Like to Eat, and What’s Forbidden?
Guinea pigs eat formulated feed, grass (timothy as staple, little alfalfa), and veggies—but their gut is sensitive. Skip spicy vegetables, too much watermelon or banana, and chocolate/caffeine/salty human snacks to avoid illness and obesity.
Basset Hound
The Basset Hound, also known as the French Short-legged Hound, originates from France. An ancient and noble scent hound, it was developed in Britain from French bloodlines and was traditionally used to track rabbits, deer, and other game by scent.
Japanese Bobtail
The Japanese Bobtail, also known as the Lucky Cat (Maneki-neko), is very popular in Japan. Cat lovers, upon hearing 'lucky,' want one. It is a native Japanese breed with a history tracing back centuries. Bred in the US after introduction, it is said an American cat lover in Japan found a cat with a short rabbit-like tail and brought several back after WWII; these are the ancestors. The Japanese Bobtail sits with one front paw raised, said to represent good fortune.
Singapura、Kucinta
The Singapura originates from Singapore and is also known as the Lion City Cat. With the English names Singapura and Kucinta, it is the smallest cat breed in the world, attracting much attention from cat lovers. Its less pleasant nicknames, drain cat and sewer cat, come from its living environment: early on, the Singapura was unwelcome among locals and forced to live in drains or sewers, hence the names.
Abyssinian
The Abyssinian, also called the rabbit cat, Ethiopian cat, or Abyssinian, has the English name Abyssinian and is now distributed around the world. People usually judge a cat's origin by its name, but the Abyssinian's origin seems somewhat distant from Abyssinia. Abyssinia is the old name for Ethiopia, yet many believe the Abyssinian comes from ancient Egypt.
Marmot
The marmot is an expert burrower and hibernator with a coat the color of soil and a clever, endearing look. A vegetarian rodent kept as a pet, it needs a sturdy cage, fresh food and water daily, and vitamin C to avoid scurvy.