Male rabbits may fight with one another and even kill baby rabbits. Owners should house them individually. Rabbits have sensitive digestive systems. They do best when their diets consist mainly of high-quality commercial rabbit pellets. Supplement the main diet with hay or straw to provide fiber.
Fiber helps prevent hairballs and other serious intestinal problems.
Owners can also feed rabbits small amounts of bread, tender tree growths, and such fruits and vegetables as apples, cabbage, cauliflower, leaf lettuce, spinach, and turnips. Do not give your rabbit all the day's food at once. Two meals each day help prevent boredom. Provide water and a mineral block at all times. Mineral blocks, also called salt licks, are blocks of salt injected with other minerals that the animal needs.