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Understanding rabbit behaviour Your rabbit’s body language can help you to understand how they are feeling. Rabbits have great hearing and can rotate their ear independently. Their ears are also a quick guide to how they feel. Forward: curious Upright: alert Backwards 45 degrees: relaxed Laid back further: nervous or aggressive A rabbit posture, the way they sit or stand, is a big clue to what they are thinking – particularly for lops who don’t move their ears much. Rabbits lean forwards to investigate Rabbit lean away from scary things. Pay attention to changes in normal hopping motion. They go faster when excited or running away They go lower when being cautious. Cautious or scared rabbits also keep their body closer to the ground when moving. A happy rabbit. These rabbits are relaxed and happy Rabbits show ears close toget...

if you can boil water, you can become a cat chef too! Animal ingredients (meat and eggs) should be cooked for at least 10 minutes at 82ºC Vegetables ingredients should be at least washed or rinse, and cooked if increased digestibility is desired. Keep the food in airtight containers and mix it well before each feeding. You must, on daily basis, be aware of color and odor changes, which may indicate spoilage or deterioration. All items should be blended together to prevent your pet from picking out single food items. A nutritionally balanced homemade food could result in an imbalanced intake of nutrients if ingredients are allowed to separate and the animal does not consume the entire food mixture. If building a new homemade diet, feed the meat and grain source tolerated by pet for 3-6 days, then add the fat (if prescribed) for another 3 days, then ...

If you know how to eat a healthy, well balanced diet you can apply that same principle to feeding your cat. Only the ratio of meat to carbohydrates and size proportions will changes. Recipe: Item Grams Main food ingredients to be mixed together: Protein source: Chicken, dark meal, cooked Carbohydrate source: White rice, cooked Fiber source: Sweet Potato, cooked w/o skin Fat source: None added 83 50 30 Supplements to be mixed in the food: Balance IT Feline 2.7 These are cooked weights and amounts of each food ingredient per day for a 5.4 kg or 12 lb (optimal weight) adult cat. All items should be blended together to prevent your pet from picking out single food items. A nutritionally balanced homemade food could result in an imbalanced intake of nutrients if ingredients are allowed to separate and the animal does not consume the entire food mixture. A 5.4 kg (12 lb) cat’s daily ener...