Feed Baby Rabbits - Providing the Best Pet Nourishment

Baby rabbits are far more delicate than adult and more mature ones. Because of that, infant rabbits need supreme care from their raisers. Specific guidelines should be followed baby and they consist of the proper approach that raisers should feed baby rabbits.

Knowing the method of properly feeding baby bunnies has been an essential component of caring for them as well as endowing them more attention particularly during their early stage of life in which they have delicate food intake. In short, the way raisers feed baby bunnies has been predominantly important through the first weeks as this the time when they can encounter risk from the outside factors although they are positioned in a domestic environment.

Check on your pet baby rabbits on a regular basis. It could be draining for you, however, it is decidedly vital for their first weeks of existence. By and large, mama doe feed baby rabbits at early morning hours. The best time to check on them is somewhere between three and four o'clock, at dawn. Be sure that the babies are nourished well.

When raisers feed baby rabbits, the experience is rewarding especially if they have good appetite and they food might not suffice them. It can happen but you do not have anything to be bothered about since there are foods that can be supplement and alternatives, such as Kitten Milk Replacer is one. It is a food replacement found in nearby pet stores. On the other hand, the KMR may not contain adequate calorie required by the babies.

Conversely, it is still advisable that raisers feed baby bunnies the KMR. To attain the level of calorie that baby rabbits necessitate, it is suggested by experts to combine one tablespoon of cream in every can of the supplement. Through this, the calorie level is improved. You can feed them through using an oral syringe that you can find in pharmacies. With oral syringe, you can correctly measure the food quantity and become positive that your baby pets are eating food and not dropping them.

Feed baby rabbits correctly, make sure to group them together at all times. Should one or a few get separated, tenderly place it back with the group. Being away from the mother and from the crowd for a longer period might make them feel cold. Throughout their infancy, the babies need to feel warm.

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Feeding Bearded Dragons: Essential Guide to Providing Your Beardie a Healthy Diet

Feeding your bearded dragons seems to be an easy process right? Many lizard owners will supply a food dish full of 'whatever' veggies they have in the fridge, fill up a water dish, and toss in some insects on occasion. They may even decide to use dry food pellets that can be purchased from nearly every pet supply store. This diet, as you may have guessed, will ultimately lead to poor health.

Some of this problem is caused by uninformed first-time owners who make an impulse purchase of a "cool looking" lizard they saw while picking up dog food at their nearest 'super' pet store. Now obviously these first-timers have no idea on how to provide proper care for a bearded dragon, so they turn to the 'expert' pet store clerk for answers.

This clerk will most likely point them in the direction of the packaged products (pellets and dried insects) once the conversation becomes focused on food. They will then inform the customer that beardies will also eat crickets and vegetables and to have a nice day.

Now don't get me wrong, it's not that this information is incorrect...it's just lacking detail. This is what leads keepers to believe that their bearded dragon's diet is fine, when in reality it is severely lacking vital nutrients.

"So what am I supposed to feed my lizard?"

Good question. Before we get to specific foods let's first go over a few basic guidelines that should be followed when feeding any beardie.


All food items must be smaller than the space between the eyes. This prevents choking and digestion issues.
Offer as many feeder insects as the lizard will eat within 10-15 minutes for each feeding.
Remove any uneaten insects. You don't need them defecating in your enclosure, or gnawing on your pet.
Have a water dish available at all times. Not all dragons will drink from a dish and you may need to use an eye dropper if it appears your lizard is becoming dehydrated.
Mist all plant matter to enhance their hydration value. This is how beardies get their main source of liquids.
"Gut load" all feeder insects 24-48 hours in advance of feeding them to your lizard. Gut loading is the process of feeding high-nutrient items to your insects, making them a much healthier meal.
"Dust" all insects before feeding. This is the process of coating the insects with a multivitamin, or calcium supplement before giving them to your beardie.

Staple Insects include: crickets, superworms, silkworms, calciworms, even roaches. Make sure all insects are of proper size.

Staple Vegetables include: dark greens such as collard, mustard, dandelion, turnip and kale. All varieties of squash may also be offered as a daily staple along with cactus pads.

Fruits that may be offered on occasion include: apples, fresh blue and blackberries, pineapple, mango, fresh strawberries and cantaloupe.

The amount of feedings per day, the insect-to-veggies ratio, and the amount of supplements all depends on the age of your dragon. You will find that younger dragons may ignore their veggies, while adults rarely turn them down.

Follow these guidelines for feeder insects and vitamin supplements:


Babies - (0-6 months) Feeder insects 2-3 times daily. Dust insects with calcium everyday and multivitamin supplement 4-5 times a week.
Juveniles - (6-10 months) 1-2 times daily. Calcium daily, multivitamin 4-5x
Sub-adult - (10-14 months) 1 time a day. Calcium 5x weekly, multivitamin 3x
Adult - (over 14 months) Offer feeders every other day or so depending on your dragon's appetite for them. Calcium 5-6x, multivitamin 3x.

When feeding bearded dragons it is critical to provide the best diet that is available to them. As their owners, we have taken on that responsibility and our pets depend on us.

To Healthy Reptiles,

Joselyn Rhodes

Leopard Gecko Feed - Are You Providing the Right Diet?

Leopard gecko feed should include the appropriate nutritional dietary food and supplements. This will optimize their health and maximizes their life span. The young geckos must be fed more often than the adults to aid in the development of their growth. Geckos love to eat insects especially crickets and their diet may also be supplemented with meal worms and wax worms.

It is the keeper's obligation to learn the proper way of feeding leopard geckos and that includes following certain preparations. The preparation is very vital in providing them a well-balanced nutritional diet and supplements.

Here's how:

1. The first thing to do is to purchase your crickets in pet stores. Remember not to use any crickets found at home but use only those bred particularly as food for reptiles.

2. Before feeding the crickets to your pet, make sure to gut load them one day before feeding time. Gut loading means to dust the crickets with commercial calcium powder make sure that they are well coated all over. To make it more nutritious, serve the crickets with grated carrots. Crickets may also be served with grain meal such as oatmeal or wheat germ, dried dog food, and fish flakes. After 24 hours they are ready for feeding.

3. Serving crickets with water or a slice of orange is preferred.

4. Gut loading may be done one day before the lizard's feeding schedule.

5. Feed geckos with at least 4 - 5 crickets or less depending on their consumption. Feeding is best done at night since lizards are nocturnal by nature. Meaning they are active during the night and will tend to hide during the day.

6. Leave the crickets alive for the leopards to hunt on them. This will help satisfy their hunting instinct to catch prey for their food.

7. Adult leopard geckos feed only three to four times a week but the young that are seven month old and below must be fed twice daily.

8. After feeding always remove uneaten crickets and keep the tank clean.

9. To supplement their staple food, it is highly recommended to give them live mealworms at least once a week. Choose the appropriate worm size according to your pet lizard's size.

10. Place at least two to three worms in a shallow bowl or any container as long as the sides are high enough to prevent the worms from crawling and large enough for your pet gecko to get access.

11. Again, always clean the area and remove the bowl every time after eating.

12. Wax worms may also be provided the same way: follow steps nine to eleven.

Leopard gecko feed should only include waxworms and pinkies occasionally. These are just treats for your pet because they contain a very high ratio of prosperous to calcium. Pinkies on the other hand are good for breeding females or for leopards who are gaining weight.

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