May 11 • Rabbit Nutrition
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Forage feeding 20 rabbits sounds romantic until you actually have to balance the diet, harvest enough volume, avoid toxic plants, manage seasonal variation, and make sure every rabbit is getting enough protein, energy, fiber, minerals, and calcium.
Meanwhile, this is what I feed 120 rabbits.
Pellets.
Less work. More consistent nutrition. Better control. Better grow-out rates. Better reproductive support. Fewer guessing games.
A good rabbit pellet is not “junk food.” It is a formulated ration. That means the protein, fiber, fat, calcium, phosphorus, trace minerals, and vitamins are designed to meet the animal’s needs more reliably than a random pile of greens ever will.
Start here for a basic rabbit nutrition baseline. Adjust by life stage, production level, breed, condition, and activity.
Alfalfa-based pellet baseline:
16–18% protein
15–24% fiber
2.5–4% fat
1–3% calcium
Growing meat rabbits, lactating does, show conditioning animals, wool breeds, seniors, and maintenance pets do not all need the exact same ration. But if someone is telling you pellets should only be fed a few times a week, they are not talking about production rabbits, and they are not talking from a nutrition-first framework. That advice can underfeed the rabbit, wreck growth rates, hurt reproductive performance, and set people up for failure.
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