A Healthy Diet for Young Rabbits

Young rabbits are growing buns, and that means that have very different dietary requirements than their adult counterparts. Learn how to know that you are giving your rabbit a healthy diet during these first months of their lives.

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My name is Amy and I am the Bunny Lady!

I am a lifelong rabbit lover and have been specializing with rabbits at my local animal shelter. I am here to make sure all of you rabbit caretakers have everything you need to have a happy and healthy bunny in your home.

My mission is to help you fellow rabbit lovers get all the resources you need to help your rabbits thrive. A happy bunny is the best companion, and they are worth all the trouble those little fluffballs cause.

[kileejones]

I was really stressed about getting my bunny next week because I couldn't find a definitive answer on a young rabbit's diet. Thank you so much for this video!! This was so helpful!!

[basicmobile]

I have ten week old bunnies I bought from a farmer who raised them for meat. I currently feed them unlimited alfalfa and alfalfa pellets, I place the pellets in a feeder teaser so they gotta work for it lol they do a good job of eating both. They eat romaine lettuces, kale, collard greens, spinach, parsley and cilantro, carrot tops, and fresh wheat grass. (Not all at once, I cycle them out but lettuce and herbs are the staple for their daily fresh veg dinner. I am careful with kale and collard greens as they are high in calcium)

[hannahaguas]

I got my rabbit from a sketchy pet store when he was only 2 weeks and he was stored with a bunch of guinea pigs. Now he is happy and healthy and he loves people. 🙂

[shy_me]

Omg tysmmmm...I’m getting a bunny day after tomorrow and I’m sooo excited!!

[DaniiCoxon]

Thank you! I'm watching you from South America and I really appreciate this video and all the info you share! I have a 4 months rabbit and finding a vet that specializes in small pets so they weren't very sure about the amounts of food, and mostly on the internet they talk about adult's diet, 80% hay, 10% pellets and 10% greens. Based on that I wrongly started feeding him more hay and much less pellets but just for two days until finding this! Thanks a lot, you'll help me to make him a healthier rabbit!! ☺️

[nexiivanadis]

Great video content. I fed my first baby like an adult because I didn't know better. There wasn't much out there about how different a young rabbit's diet is

[mattymurdo]

We bought a buck 7 weeks old a year ago and he never liked hay, he only ate pellets ... now we have him for maybe a year and he is still not eating anything else but pellets... He always has hat in cage but rarely touches it... But it looks very healthy and happy and full of energy...

[indiangirl]

You are a lifesaver💛
I really needed this

[klglenn]

This was such a helpful video. Im getting a baby rabbit soon and I really wanted to make sure I was going to give it the right diet

[kathleenpowers]

Thank you so much getting a new baby in the next few days going to meet a few at the rescue probably going to get a bond pair of brothers that are just about six months old 5 to 6 months old and my last and only other rabbit was a senior handicapped rabbit given to me about nine years old, so his diet was whatever he wanted to eat

[guitarman]

always very informative and useful content. A lot of balancing with a young rabbits diet. thanks for posting

[sarabarberatoro]

I've a young rabbit nearly 2 months old now, I'm a first-time rabbit owner and I give her some veggies, just a little. She loves them and her poops seem to be normal, could I keep doing this or should I stop giving her the veggies?

[emiliehuynh]

I love your videos! I always get so happy when there’s a video notification! Thank you so much for making such educational videos!💕💕💕🐰

[mamawolf]

Extremely helpful video! Thank you so much!

[Lopsofloverabbitry]

I love your shirt.😍 babies need moms milk until at least 8 weeks.

[amygauthier]

Omg thank you for this video! My two Holland Lops are 4 months now and I think I've followed this pretty well, but I do give them treats. I've given them little bits on banana mush from my finger and thin slices of baby carrots every few days. I can definitely start changing their treats to cilantro or something, but is what I'm giving them bad?

[jacquelinetorres]

Hi i am so happy i am here to watch your videos that are very helpfull and idk how old my bunny is because we didnt ask where we adopted night live you and thanks for your helpfull vids keep on helping more bunnys and informing people❤

[blovely]

Hi my brother got a bunny from a friend of his. The bunny is 2 months old and she only eats Timothy hay and sometime gives her treats and leafy greens.

[JasonHolidayatLoveTravel]

Mine not eating pellets.. But has hay veggies n lil fruit

[Sam]

Second comment, love this thank you :-D