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Our Excel rabbit treats are a tasty, healthy treat range perfect for your rabbits. Your rabbits can chew on our gnaw sticks to help keep them entertained, or forage for our parsley pieces to encourage their natural foraging. In a range of tasty flavours, there’s a treat 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.
Our tasty, nutritious and natural treats are great for promoting emotional health, preventing boredom and encouraging bonding and interaction between you and your rabbits. With beneficial fibre and natural ingredients, our rabbit treats can be fed daily, and include Excel Gnaw Sticks, Excel Apple Snacks and Excel Snacks Mountain Meadow Herbs.
Rabbits are extremely energetic creatures and they’re great to watch running and jumping around. They’re also very social and highly intelligent. When looked after correctly and provided with both rabbit friends and a caring owner, they can become fantastic companions. You may be surprised to know, but rabbits are one of the most misunderstood small animals, and they have complex dietary needs that must be accounted for. Along with a diet of 85-90% high quality, dust extracted feeding hay, your rabbits need good quality rabbit nuggets, the occasional treat and a handful of fresh greens for a balanced diet. You should also always make sure fresh, clean water is available.
Bunny treats – such as our Excel Snacks Gnaw Sticks – contain good levels of fibre, that are imperative for rabbit health. Rabbits need extremely high levels of fibre in their diet, as fibre helps to keep the gut in motion, which aids digestive health. Forage based treats can help to wear down rabbits’ teeth, preventing issues such as dental disease. If your rabbits don’t get enough abrasive foods their teeth will become overgrown – making it painful for them to eat. By following the Excel Feeding Plan, you can help ensure your rabbits are getting all the fibre they need with high quality feeding hay, nuggets and the occasional Nature Snack.
Rabbit treats can stimulate natural behaviours and can provide emotional enrichment, all while also keeping your buns happy and healthy. For example, rabbits can be fed by hand to help with bonding or you can sprinkle some herb treats through their feeding hay to encourage foraging behaviour.
Please note that rabbit treats should be fed as part of a balanced diet, not in lieu of one. Treats and snacks should also be fed in moderation. For more guidance on your rabbits’ diet, take a look at our Excel Feeding Guide.
At Burgess, our range of rabbit treats offers healthy and nutritious snacks that are high in beneficial fibre, promote emotional health and prevent boredom. Our Excel Nature Snacks are made with natural ingredients and can be fed daily – supporting bonding experiences with owners.
The science of animal nutrition has come a long way, and we are committed to not only staying on top of research in this field but being part of it. We have actively been involved in research that highlights the risks associated with muesli diets and the negative impact these have on hay intake, which is a crucial part of a rabbit’s diet and is important for their health. Muesli diets can lead to selective feeding, which may increase the risk of dental disease, gut stasis and fly strike, as well as reducing fibre and water intake. Therefore, it is essential that your rabbits benefit from a high fibre diet, which can be found in our feeding hay, rabbit nuggets and our bunny treats too.
Excel Apple Snacks are air dried and cut into pieces that are ideal for handfeeding.
Excel Snacks Gnaw Sticks can help to support emotional health and they provide social enrichment, keeping your rabbits happy.
Excel Country Garden Herbs and Excel Mountain Meadow Herbs are made with 100% natural ingredients and can be fed daily, sprinkled through feeding hay to encourage foraging behaviour
Why choose Burgess rabbit treats
At Burgess, we understand how important the right food is when it comes to your rabbits’ health, lifestyle and welfare. Without a nutritionally-balanced diet full of fibre, vitamins and minerals, rabbits can suffer from a range of health issues, such as overgrown teeth, and obesity. Your rabbits’ diet should be 85-90% hay supplemented by nuggets, fresh greens, clean, fresh water and the occasional Excel Nature Snack. To encourage your buns to forage and eat more hay, try sprinkling some herbs in and around their hay. You can also provide some great emotional enrichment with our Excel Gnaw Sticks. We work with our suppliers to help ensure our rabbit treats range is of the best quality and supports the overall diet of your animals.
Here at Burgess Pet Care, we are committed to rabbit welfare. This is why we created Rabbit Awareness Week (RAW) back in 2006, in partnership with the RSPCA, PDSA and RWAF, among other notable charities and businesses. With the aim of increasing rabbit welfare, RAW brings together hundreds of retailers, vets and charities to promote the right rabbit diet, health and environment, as well as educate rabbit owners on the need for company and risks relating to unsuitable housing, space and diet. There is always more to learn, and you are always welcome to join us and to find out more information.
The Burgess Excel Feeding Plan for rabbits provides all the essential fibre, nutrients, vitamins and minerals that rabbits need to live a healthy life. The Feeding Plan includes feeding hay, nuggets, fresh greens and nature snacks and has been developed by our in-house veterinary surgeon and animal nutritionist. We recommend you use a small amount of rabbit treats to help to support your rabbits’ diet, rather than hinder it.
Our rabbit treats and nature snacks are made with natural ingredients and therefore, can be fed daily in small quantities.
Excel Apple Snacks: Delicious dried apple pieces, covered in parsley and thyme for extra taste that rabbits will love.
Excel Snacks Gnaw Sticks: Gnaw Sticks are a great snack which helps to replicate rabbits’ natural environment and encourage their natural behaviour.
Herb Mixes: Great as a tasty topper on rabbit food or sprinkled through feeding hay to encourage your rabbits’ natural foraging behaviour, our herb mixes are a natural mix of herbs and grasses that are high in fibre. Available in Excel Country Garden Herbs and Excel Mountain Meadow Herbs varieties.
Discover our Excel Country Garden Herbs and Excel Mountain Meadow Herbs.
If you’re at all unsure about the best way of feeding your rabbits 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.
Alternatively, you can use our online form to get in touch.
If you already own rabbits, you know that feeding them is not always so straightforward. In the wild, a rabbit’s eating habits include grass, tree bark and twigs. Domestic rabbits need a similar fibre-filled diet from a range of sources. They need a balanced diet of 85-90% hay, supplemented by nuggets, fresh greens and fresh water. Treats are suitable for rabbits in moderation but you don’t have to go down the route of a sugary, unhealthy snack. Rabbit treats should be packed full of fibre and should include ingredients they would find in the wild. You can find delicious rabbit snacks made from natural ingredients such as wild grass, dandelion, dried apple, herbs and flowers – and these include our range too.
Although they might appear to love sugary treats, rabbits need lots of fibre in their diet to keep their digestive system healthy. Therefore, it is important to make sure that their treats are healthy and fed in moderation.
Treats can also be a good way of knowing if your rabbit is sick. If you know your rabbit’s favourite food and they always come running out to get their daily treat, you’ll know there is something wrong when they refuse to eat it. It’s a big sign that it’s time to get your rabbit to a vet.
As a general guide, rabbits can eat the following fruits and vegetables:
EVERYDAY
Grasses (not lawn clippings), dandelion leaves, plantain, herb robert, rose bush leaves, nasturtium, wild geranium, strawberry and raspberry leaves, hazel tree leaves and branches, willow tree leaves and branches, apple tree leaves and branches, hawthorn, brambles, goosegrass, blackthorn, nettle (dried), cauliflower leaves, carrot tops, celery leaves, green pepper, kale, mint, romaine lettuce and spring greens.
OCCASIONALLY (IN SMALL AMOUNTS)
Apple (pipless), banana, savoy cabbage, turnip, carrot, swede, spinach, parsley, basil, dill, oregano and coriander.
The following fruits and vegetables should NEVER be fed to your rabbits:
Apple pips, avocado, potato, potato tops, rhubarb (leaves and stalks), tomato leaves, locust pods and beans, any plant that grows from a bulb, bluebell, yew, foxglove, garlic, onion, shallots and chives, hemlock, buttercup, dock, ivy, poppy, privet, primrose and ragwort.
Muesli diets are bad for rabbits for a variety of reasons, including:
For these, and so many other reasons, we strongly recommend that you never feed your rabbits a muesli diet.
Our rabbit treats are designed to be occasionally fed alongside Excel feeding hay and Excel rabbit nuggets. With deliveries available across the UK – to areas including Manchester, Edinburgh, Cardiff and London – your rabbits can have a diet that helps to meet their daily needs and is full of healthy and beneficial ingredients. Get those food bowls filled today by browsing our selection or calling us on 01405 862241 for more information.
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