1 Hay! It’s Time to Eat!
A common myth about bunnies is that they only eat carrots. Their actual diet should be around 85% grass hay! Carrots actually have a lot of sugar in them, so you’d be better serving your bunny if you just gave them the leafy green carrot tops instead!
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Some studies have shown that the rabbit can recognize basic flavors, such as salty, sweet, bitter, sour. Some bunnies show a preference for sweet flavors, and choose, for example, a feed containing additional sugar or molasses rather than a food of the same composition containing no additional sweeter. You should keep a close eye on that sugar content or else your bunny will end up with a tooth abscess or gain too much weight!
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