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General Rabbit Diet Questions

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Question
Hi!  I have two three month old Holland Lops, my first rabbits.  I got
them for my FFA project.  I free-feed them pellets, one slice of apple
(stem/seeds removed) a day, timothy hay, carrot-shaped mineral chews,
salt/mineral licks, a wooden carrot-flavored chew toy, and they have a
corn-cob litter for their box and a wire cage with a little wooden house
with a grass-mat bottom to get off the wire.  I take them out on the lawn
for about 15 minutes a day to run around and nibble (theres no
pesticides) and exercize.  They seem healthy, hard round poop, all good.  
I have horses, so I could easily get them alfalfa hay for free, but I heard
timothy was better, so ive been buying it.  Am I doing anything wrong,
or is there anything I could change to keep them happy and healthy, like
more greens or veggies?
Thank you so much,
Kaela

Answer
Dear Kaela,

Sounds as if they're getting a pretty good diet, though as I said I'd ditch the corn cob.  It's potentially dangerous, and not very good at absorbing moisture or odor.

You can read more about diet here:

www.bio.miami.edu/hare/diet.html

and get tons of great rabbit information here:

www.rabbit.org/

Hope that helps!

Dana