What about hay? What is its interest, its nutritional qualities, which one to choose, how to preserve it and feed your rabbitβ¦ so many questions to which we will answer. While in the wild, rabbits or hares feed on fairly hard plants: grasses, leaves, etcβ¦. These are low-energy and very high-fibre foods.
Their domestic cousins, on the other hand, need a diet adapted to this particularity. It is, therefore, necessary for them to eat hay regularly in order to avoid dental problems.
As the digestive tract of our rabbits must always be in motion in order to avoid any interruption of the digestive transit, it is essential to provide them with fibres, vitamins, minerals, and proteins. While their wild cousins spend most of their time eating, our domestic rabbits do not have this concern and may suffer from inactivity. It is therefore important to allow them to look for the right strand and rummage through their racks, this activity stimulates them and keeps them busy for long hours a day.
It is therefore very palatable, nourishing and vitamin-rich. It has a unique level of calcium and sodium. This is why it is recommended for animals with delicate digestive systems, which is the case with our rabbits. The plots that produce this AOC hay are irrigated with the water from the Durance which arrives through a network of canals.
For a few hours, the water submerges the earth, the operation is repeated every 8 to 10 days during the growing season. As a result, Crau hay does not contain soil and thus, respiratory problems are avoided. There are three types of harvests corresponding to three different periods. It is a high-quality production thanks to a good sunshine as well as rare but abundant rains during the off-season fast drying, thus avoiding nutritional losses.
