Table 5 Percentage of respondents reporting feeding each of thirteen foodstuffs at differing frequencies
From: The current state of welfare, housing and husbandry of the English pet rabbit population
| Â | Percentage of those responding reporting to feed with each frequency | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Never | Occasionally | Once a week | More than once a week | Daily | Several times a day | Constant access |
Commercial rabbit mix (cereal pieces of different shapes and colours) | 60.0 | 5.7 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 23.4 | 1.8 | 7.3 |
Pellet feed (pieces all same shape and colour) | 17.6 | 5.5 | 0.3 | 2.5 | 47.4 | 8.9 | 17.8 |
Green vegetables e.g. cabbage, broccoli | 5.1 | 7.5 | 7.0 | 22.7 | 46.9 | 7.9 | 3.0 |
Salad e.g. lettuce | 57.2 | 15.7 | 6.5 | 10.3 | 7.8 | 1.5 | 1.1 |
Garden/wild plants e.g. dandelions, brambles | 13.0 | 28.7 | 7.9 | 20.4 | 22.1 | 1.9 | 6.0 |
Grass freshly picked or growing | 14.8 | 20.4 | 7.0 | 16.4 | 29.2 | 2.1 | 10.1 |
Root vegetables e.g. carrots | 4.3 | 13.5 | 9.0 | 31.0 | 36.6 | 3.4 | 2.2 |
Grass clippings | 77.3 | 14.6 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 0.4 | 1.1 |
Hay/dried grass | 1.7 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 4.5 | 23.5 | 1.3 | 64.6 |
Fruit e.g. apples, pears | 17.9 | 34.7 | 11.6 | 20.2 | 13.3 | 1.0 | 1.2 |
Rabbit treats | 23.6 | 41.8 | 9.9 | 11.4 | 11.7 | 0.9 | 0.6 |
Gnawing blocks | 8.7 | 16.6 | 4.2 | 5.3 | 9.7 | 0.6 | 54.9 |
Other | 80.0 | 7.3 | 2.7 | 3.4 | 5.2 | 1.0 | 0.5 |