- Feed your rabbit fresh, high fiber rabbit pellets. Pellets should contain at least 18 percent fiber and should not be stored for more than six weeks as they can spoil over time. Purchase only what your rabbit will eat in a few weeks' time. (reference 1)
- Feed your rabbit a wide variety of fresh vegetables to ensure proper vitamin intake. Choose a variety of leafy green vegetables and root vegetables. Consider popular examples like alfalfa, basil, carrots, clover, green peppers, or wheat grass. See link in resources for a full list.
Be sure to not feed your rabbit the same vegetables every day. Feed your rabbit three different types of vegetable a day, as each vegetable contains different nutrients. (reference 1) - Feed your rabbit fruit as a special treat, but not until your rabbit is at least seven months old. Feed your rabbit apples (without stem or seeds, as they contain toxins), melon, peeled orange, raspberries, or strawberries for a special treat. Don't exceed one to two ounces of fruit per six pounds of body weight per day. (reference 1)
- For the first three weeks of a baby rabbit's life, it will only need its mothers milk. From three weeks to seven weeks, start adding limited quantities of pellets and alfalfa to the rabbit's diet. From seven weeks to seven months, allow your young rabbit unlimited access too alfalfa and pellets, and slowly begin introducing vegetables at 12 weeks. (reference 1)
As your rabbit ages (between seven months to a year old), decrease its pellet intake to a half cup per six pounds body weight, replace alfalfa with oats and hay, and continue increasing vegetable intake. Once your rabbit reaches adulthood, further reduce pellet intake to a quarter or half cup per six pounds of body weight, remove alfalfa entirely but allow unlimited hay, grass or straw, and at least two cups of vegetables per six pounds of body weight. Feed your elderly rabbit the same as you would an adult, but consider increasing pellet intake should he have trouble maintaining his weight. (reference 1)