Should Hay be 80% of a Rabbit's Diet? - Science 40

We used to have vegetable and fruit as main sources of food for our rabbit. Rabbits seem like fruits such as banana and blue berry.  

Image 01 - The rabbit consuming hay.

We gave the following vegetables routinely:

- cabbage

- spinach

- carrots

- lettuce

- and cucumbers

Now, we change our daily rabbit diets with 80% hay. 

Why?

Image 02 - A Dutch rabbit. 

So many people don't know that hay should be 80% of a rabbit's diet. Hay contains fiber, and without it the rabbit can easily get Gastrointestinal (GI) Stasis which is deadly.

Image 03 - Good eating rabbit

Do you know about Rabbit's diet?

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