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Burgess Excel Rabbit Nuggets are high in fibre and rich in nutrients, all designed to give your rabbits the very best diet as they grow. Discover our range of flavours and rabbit food suitable for your rabbits throughout their lives. From junior to mature – there’s something for every rabbit.
Always remember to follow the Excel Feeding Plan. 85-90% of your rabbits’ diet should be good quality hay or fresh grass.
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Following our Excel feeding plan will ensure that your rabbits get the correct balance of fibre, vitamins and minerals. 85-90% of a rabbits’ diet should be high quality, dust extracted feeding hay or fresh grass. This should be supplemented with a small portion of Excel nuggets, the occasional Excel Nature Treat, a small handful of fresh greens and plenty of fresh water.
Rabbits are herbivores who live on a plant-based diet. However we like to call them ‘fibrevores’ as fibre is by far the most important part of their diet and is essential for their gut and dental health.
From our Excel Junior & Dwarf Rabbit Nuggets with Mint and Excel Adult Rabbit Nuggets with Oregano through to our Excel Indoor Rabbit Nuggets and Excel Mature Rabbit with Cranberry & Ginseng, we have something for every bun. Our nuggets are full of fibre and contain natural ingredients, and when used as part of our Excel Feeding Plan – can help form a key part of a healthy diet.
Unlike hares, to which they are closely related, rabbits are social animals, living in small groups of up to 20 individuals in the wild with concrete dominance hierarchies. It is no surprise that they long for companionship, even when domesticated, which is why they should always live in pairs or groups. Though they can show great affection to their owners, it is best to avoid picking rabbits up, as they tend to much prefer being handled on the floor where they feel safer. Along with making lots of time for your bunnies, it’s important to feed them a balanced diet that helps to meet their daily nutritional needs.
Rabbits require a diet of 85-90% feeding hay, supplemented by leafy greens, the occasional nature snack, fresh water, and of course – rabbit pellets – to help keep them happy and healthy. At Burgess, our rabbit nuggets not only help to provide the high levels of fibre they need for digestion but are also created with your rabbits’ age and lifestyle in mind. Due to the unique recipes and ingredients that make up our range – together, we can help to support your rabbits’ dietary requirements, paving the way for a good life.
Full of tasty ingredients such as dandelion and cranberry, and beneficial vitamins and minerals such as Zinc, Sodium, vitamin A, vitamin D3 and vitamin E, there’s so much choice in our Burgess Excel rabbit food range.
At Burgess, our range of tasty nuggets are high in beneficial fibre, contain prebiotics for supported health, and include tasty ingredients to make feeding time fun. All of our rabbit food is made with natural ingredients, and we work with farmers to help ensure our range is of the best quality and supports the overall diet of your bunnies.
Backed by research from our dedicated staff, we have created a range of rabbit nuggets that can help to meet the needs of your buns.
Excel Junior & Dwarf Rabbit Nuggets with Mint offers high nutrient levels perfect for your growing rabbits’ and dwarf rabbits’ high metabolism.
Excel Adult Rabbit Nuggets with Mint is fortified with vitamins and minerals and supports digestive health.
Excel Adult Rabbit Nuggets with Oregano is rich in natural antioxidants and is high in beneficial fibre to help maintain digestive health.
Excel Light Rabbit Nuggets with Mint is a great calorie-controlled rabbit food specially formulated for rabbits prone to weight gain, while also providing useful vitamins and minerals.
Excel Nature’s Blend provides a specialist blend of grass, herbs, plants and other forage ingredients, to help replicate your rabbits’ natural diet.
Excel Indoor Rabbit Nuggets contains prebiotics to support the immune system, as well as vitamin D to help support healthy skin, teeth and bones.
Excel Mature Rabbit with Cranberry & Ginseng helps to support healthy ageing with the inclusion of ingredients that support healthy joints and digestive functioning.
Why choose Burgess rabbit nuggets
At Burgess, we know that there is a lot of choice when it comes to commercial nuggets and rabbit food pellets. We also know how important it is that your rabbits have a diet full of nutrients, vitamins and minerals that aid their diet, and keep them happy and healthy. This is why we are dedicated to researching ingredients that support a good diet, to help ensure that Burgess rabbit nuggets are not only tasty but can positively impact your buns’ lives. Providing them with a good fibre content, as well as ingredients that aid growth and development in our baby rabbit food, and the needs of ageing rabbits in our mature option, our range of Burgess rabbit nuggets can cater to them all.
Such is our dedication to bunnies that, in collaboration with charities such as the RSPCA, PDSA and RWAF, we established Rabbit Awareness Week (RAW) back in 2006. RAW brings together retailers, vets and charities to encourage the right rabbit diet, health and environment in order to improve rabbit wellbeing. It also aims to educate owners on the need for companionship and risks related to inadequate accommodation and diet.
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Our range of rabbit nuggets includes those suitable for baby buns, adults, mature and indoor rabbits – ensuring there is something for everyone. A tasty complementary food to rabbit hay and fresh greens, all of our rabbit nuggets are fortified with vitamins and minerals to help support a healthy rabbit.
Because young rabbits and dwarf rabbits have higher metabolic rates than adult rabbits, our specially created recipe offers a high nutrient level for growing and developing animals.
Excel Junior & Dwarf Rabbit Nuggets with Mint:
Learn more about our Excel Junior & Dwarf Rabbit Nuggets with Mint.
With four adult nugget varieties to choose from – Mint, Oregano, Light and Nature’s Blend – your rabbits can enjoy vast flavour in their diet, while still getting all the key nutrients they need for a happy and healthy life. Our adult rabbit food is suitable from aged 4 months to 5 years.
Excel Adult Rabbit Nuggets with Mint:
Discover our Excel Adult Rabbit Nuggets with Mint here.
Excel Adult Rabbit Nuggets with Oregano:
Excel Light Rabbit Nuggets with Mint:
Discover our Excel Light Rabbit Nuggets with Mint.
Just like in humans, age can bring with it health issues for mature rabbits. Our senior rabbit food can help them cope with some of the problems that age brings, such as joint stiffness and a lack of energy, as well as weight gain due to reduced activity and a slowing metabolism.
Excel Mature Rabbit with Cranberry & Ginseng:
Although indoor rabbits may be more used to the living room carpet than the great outdoors, they still need a diet full of the helpful nutrients they would find by grazing outside.
If you’re at all unsure about the best way of feeding your animal or have any concerns about specific nutritional requirements at different times of their life, ask your local veterinary practice for advice.
You can also call our expert team on +44 (0)1405 862241 who’ll be happy to help. They’re available 9am-5pm, Monday to Friday.
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According to the RWAF ‘’rabbits need a diet based on 85% grass or feeding hay, 10% greens and 5% good quality nuggets. Providing the food that mimics what rabbits would eat in the wild is vital and can be inexpensive and even fun – you can even pick rabbit food in your garden’’ – providing it’s rabbit-safe of course. Nuggets help to provide the nutrients needed for a healthy lifestyle, and RWAF suggest that good quality nuggets should be high in fibre and contain less than 15% protein. At Burgess Pet Care, our entire range not only meets these requirements, but also contains other great ingredients that support rabbits. For example, natural prebiotics help develop young digestive systems and keep mature ones functioning correctly. Our nuggets also prevent selective feeding – a common issue with muesli style food. Selective feeding is where rabbits can select the bits of the food they like the most, leaving the more nutritious parts. This can be a great danger to their health. Therefore, a tasty and healthy nugget – such as those found in our range – is a safer choice.
The Excel Feeding Plan is a 5-part dietary recommendation for your rabbits, based on industry advice, and our own research. It comprises:
If your rabbit is currently eating a muesli diet, we recommend gradually switching them onto a hay and nugget-based diet over a period of between 14 and 28 days. You can do this by gradually reducing the amount of muesli and increasing the proportion of nuggets until you have fully replaced the mix. Please follow the portion size guidelines on the product packaging, and continuous monitor your rabbits’ weight to ensure a healthy weight. Along with feeding hay and rabbit pellets, ensure that fresh, clean water is always available too.
Foods you shouldn’t feed your rabbit include: Autumn crocus; Begonia; Black nightshade; Busy lizzie; Buttercup; Carnation; Chrysanthemum; Clematis; Cowslip; Geranium; Hemlock; Laburnum; Mistletoe; Poison ivy; Poppy; Tomato leaves; Rhubarb; Yucca.
Other foods your buns shouldn’t eat include: Cheese; Butter; Yoghurt; Chocolate; Pasta; Bread; Meat.
Our range of Burgess Excel rabbit food provides a great source of fibre to rabbits of all ages and lifestyles – as well as beneficial vitamins and minerals. With deliveries available across the UK – to areas including Birmingham, Glasgow, Swansea and London – your rabbits can have a diet that helps to meet their daily needs and is full of healthy and tasty ingredients. Get those food bowls filled today by browsing our selection or calling us on 01405 862241 for more information.
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