The health and growth of rabbits is directly dependent on the nutrition of the mother rabbit during their breastfeeding. If the animal did not receive something, then this will soon affect its offspring. Three-week-old rabbits are ready to feed with their mother, but they still cannot do without her milk. The most difficult period begins during the deposition of the offspring from the rabbit. During this period, some babies can get sick and even die. Therefore, the issue of feeding must be taken extremely seriously.
It is necessary
Hay from alfalfa, a mixture of concentrated feed, as well as food that the kids ate when they lived with the rabbit
Instructions
Step 1
Immediately after you bring the rabbits, make sure you have water and food. Better to give them alfalfa hay or some concentrated feed mixture.
Step 2
Remember that for the first two weeks, the rabbits are very homesick, so you should not immediately transfer them to another food. Get some of the food the breeder gave them. Then every day add to it the food to which you would like to transfer the animals. Increase the amount of new feed gradually. Thus, by the end of the second week, you can completely switch to it.
Step 3
As soon as you notice that the rabbits are eating well and are feeling much better, you can introduce other feedings into their diet. You can add St. John's wort, chamomile, chicory, yarrow and even burdock to hay. In addition, straw, juicy, semi-dry and mineral additives will be an excellent addition to the main feed. If the diet of rabbits becomes varied and they always have enough food, then their growth will accelerate significantly.
