Rabbit not eating: What baby food is safe? Which ingredients to avoid?

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I asked before, which brand of baby food suitable for me to feed Julius since it refuse to eat.I was told that any vegetables baby food will do.However,i realize that most of the baby food contain corn, sweet potato, and milk. Doesn't that harmful to rabbits? Or should I just give them the fruits one? If for vegetable baby food, is spinach,sweet potato and carrot flavor OK? Pet's info: Small Animal | Rabbit | Male | 1 year and 4 months old

Miranda Sadar, DVM, DACZM · Accepted Answer

Thanks for your follow up questions about Julius. It sounds like there are a lot of unsuitable baby foods around that would not be good for Julius, so I am glad that you asked! Ideally, if you are going to feed a vegetable baby food, it should ONLY contain the vegetable and no additional sugar or dairy, and we don't want any sugary vegetables (i.e. carrots). Therefore, I would not recommend any that contain corn, sweet potato, milk, or carrots. This may limit your options to spinach or green beans. An alternative would be to grind up pellets (in a coffee grinder for example) and add water to them. This can then be syringe fed to Julius. This will provide more fiber than baby food, which may result in less GI upset than the baby food will. I hope that this answers your question, and please feel free to ask others if needed!

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