The Ribero Healthy Muscular Buffet for rabbits and rodents brings together hay, plants, leaves, flowers, vegetables and selected pellets to provide fibre, plant variety and different aromas and textures as part of a complementary diet.

A good diet for active rabbits and rodents should go hand in hand with movement, an appropriate body weight, a safe environment and enough space for them to explore and express their natural behaviours.

That is why Healthy Muscular combines different Ribero products in one buffet, turning feeding time into an experience of searching, movement, exploration and enrichment.

Activity, movement and diet

Movement is part of the natural behaviour of rabbits, guinea pigs, chinchillas and other small animals.

Having enough space to move around, explore, hide and search for food helps maintain an active routine.

We should also pay attention to the environment. Very slippery surfaces, jumps from unsuitable heights or incorrect handling can increase the risk of injury.

Therefore, as well as providing a suitable diet for active rabbits and rodents, we should offer an environment adapted to their needs and encourage daily movement.

Hay is the basis of an active life

A balanced diet should always include good-quality hay available ad libitum.

Hay provides fibre and requires prolonged chewing. It also encourages the animal to move around, select different strands and spend time eating.

We can enhance this behaviour even further by distributing hay in different areas of their environment or combining it with plants and leaves.

In this way, feeding and activity can become part of the same experience.

What does the Healthy Muscular Buffet for rabbits and rodents contain?

Fescue hay with hop flowers

The buffet includes fescue hay with hop flowers.

Fescue is a fibre-rich grass whose structure encourages prolonged chewing.

Hop flowers add a different aroma and texture, helping to provide greater sensory variety to the hay.

In this way, fibre, aroma and variety are combined in one food.

Special Circulation COAD

The Special Circulation COAD is a blend of hay, plants and leaves selected to provide plant variety as part of a complementary diet.

Its combination of different ingredients introduces new aromas, flavours and textures.

It can also be mixed with the usual hay or used as part of food-searching activities.

Discover the Ribero COAD Range too, with different blends designed to accompany different stages and nutritional needs.

Deshydrated Vegetables

Healthy Muscular contains a mix of cucumber, beetroot, spinach and courgette.

Dehydrated vegetables provide different flavours, colours and textures.

They can also be offered in small amounts as a complement, mixed with hay or scattered in a foraging tray.

Discover VEGETIX, our range of dehydrated vegetables.

Lemon balm and passionflower

Lemon balm and passionflower are aromatic plants with very distinctive scent and flavour profiles.

Within Healthy Muscular, they provide plant diversity and introduce new sensory experiences.

They can also be mixed with hay or used in small foraging activities.

Cherry and ginkgo biloba leaves

Healthy Muscular includes a selection of cherry leaves and ginkgo biloba leaves.

Dried leaves provide different shapes, aromas and textures, helping to increase the plant diversity of the complementary diet.

They can be offered on their own, mixed with hay or distributed in different areas to encourage food searching.

Discover our LEAVIX Range too, with different leaves and selected blends for rabbits and small rodents.

Pellets: SPINACH AND CALENDULA

The buffet is completed with spinach pellets and calendula pellets, made using a steam pelletisation process.

Their small size means they can be offered individually, hidden among hay or used inside toys and dispensers.

In this way, they can become part of enrichment and food-searching activities.

Discover our range of Ribero steam-made pellets.

Elder and hawthorn leaves, flowers and berries

The buffet also includes a combination of elder and hawthorn leaves, flowers and berries.

Their different sizes, shapes and aromas provide variety within the plant selection.

They can therefore be offered in small amounts as a complement and used as part of exploration and food-searching activities.

Flower Mix

The buffet contains a blend of arnica, hops and jasmine.

The flowers provide different colours, shapes, aromas and textures.

They can therefore be used as part of a complementary diet and mixed with hay to encourage exploration and searching.

Discover all the varieties in our FLOWIX Range.

A diet for active rabbits and rodents

Physical activity and an appropriate diet should both form part of the animal’s daily routine.

Hay should continue to form the basis of the diet and remain available ad libitum at all times.

Plants, leaves, flowers, vegetables and pellets should be used as complementary foods and offered in amounts appropriate to each species.

A diet for active rabbits and rodents is not simply about offering more food. It is about providing a balanced diet and creating opportunities for the animal to move, explore and search.

Body weight matters too

Maintaining an appropriate body weight makes movement easier and forms part of the animal’s overall wellbeing.

Therefore, in addition to managing the diet, it is important to provide enough space to move around and encourage an active daily routine.

Treats and complementary foods should be offered in moderate amounts.

«Any significant change in body weight or a decrease in normal activity should also be assessed by a veterinarian specialised in exotic animals.«

A buffet that also encourages movement

The Healthy Muscular Buffet for rabbits and rodents can be used to create activities that combine feeding and movement.

For example:

• scatter small amounts of plants in different areas;
• hide leaves among the hay;
• place some pellets inside toys or dispensers;
• prepare a foraging tray;
• distribute small pieces of vegetables to encourage searching;
• create several feeding points to encourage movement.

In this way, the animal does not always find all its food in the same place.

It has to search, move, sniff, explore and select.

Movement, exploration and enrichment

Environmental enrichment gives animals opportunities to express their natural behaviours.

As well as tunnels, hiding places and different resting areas, food itself can also be used as an enrichment tool.

The Healthy Muscular Buffet for rabbits and rodents brings together ingredients with different shapes, aromas and textures that can be used to create small activities every day.

When should we see a veterinarian?

Una disminución de la movilidad no debe atribuirse simplemente a la edad, al cansancio o a una menor actividad.

Si observas dificultad para caminar o saltar, pérdida de equilibrio, debilidad en alguna extremidad, postura anormal, dolor, falta de apetito, pérdida de peso o una reducción significativa de su actividad habitual, consulta con un veterinario especializado en animales exóticos.

Asimismo, después de una caída, un golpe o una manipulación incorrecta, cualquier alteración del movimiento debe ser valorada por un profesional.

IMPORTANT

Hay, plant variety, movement and new experiences for an active life.