7d • Rabbit Nutrition
Debunking the internet rabbit nutrition myths
This will be a discussion series since there are nearly 20 claims made by this rabbitry page that were way off base or simply completelyfalse
These are all taken from multiple posts posted by an unethical backyard Holland Lop breeder who decided it was a good idea to pick a fight with the ethical show and meat breeding community.
Claim 1: “If a breeder isn’t feeding hay, it’s a red flag.”
Rebuttal:
This is an ideological assertion, not a scientific one.
Domestic rabbits do not require loose hay when they are fed a complete, balanced pelleted diet formulated with appropriate fiber fractions and particle size. This has been established in commercial and research rabbit production systems for decades.
The World Rabbit Science Association and COST 848 (Lebas et al.) show that rabbits thrive on uniform diets with controlled fiber content and digestible energy. Loose hay is not biologically required for gut function when fiber is already provided in the pellet matrix.
Key source:
Lebas et al., The Nutrition of the Rabbit, COST 848 (INRA, 2004)
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Debunking the internet rabbit nutrition myths
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