Rabbits are MEANT to eat herbs, flowers, bark, roots...and without the variety they would find in nature, their nutrition can suffer. Make your rabbit's nutrition complete AND YUMMY with our herbal mixes!
1. VITA-LICIOUS ESSENTIALS
Vita-licious Essentials is a powerful daily general broad-spectrum whole-food treat. It is a deep and extensive nutrition boost for your rabbit or guinea pig that brings all the benefit of variety back to the diet.
Vita-licious Essentials contains potassium, zinc, iron, magnesium, phosphorus, chromium, niacin, thiamine, Vitamins A, B complex, C, and D, alkaloids, anti-oxidants, and kynurenic acid (to support the digestive system), bioflavonoids, triterpenoids (anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer). Vita-licious Essentials also provides moderate amounts of fiber.
Vita-licious Essentials supports a healthy digestive tract, kidney and liver function, a strong heart, and good circulation. It also contains several anti-cancer agents, works against any inflammatory issues, and is mildly anti-viral and anti-bacterial.
My buns love this stuff! I thought it would take them a few days to get to the point where they would try it, but they dug in right away! They eagerly wait for it everyday. They get super excited when they hear the bag open. 10/10 will buy again!
Healthy yums! I use the Daily Superfoods as a treat for our bunny. He loves the mixture so much and it's an added bonus for him each day. Looking forward to trying some of the other mixtures that they have available as well!
2. ZEN TRANQUILITY
Zen Tranquility Blend is a great go-to when you have to clip nails, go to the vet, give meds, or in any other stressful situation. Street work outside the window making your friend nervous? Introducing a possible mate? A little added calm is sometimes a big gift.
Small animals are prey. Everything new is upsetting and scary. For rabbits and guinea pigs who have not been handled much, even having someone approach them or touch them can be a big deal. Think of it from their perspective: it is a big world for a little animal!
Stress can also interfere with their eating habits, and can cause digestive issues. We never want to upset a rabbit’s digestion!
Our Zen Tranquility Blend encourages the entire nervous system to relax, without extra calories and fat.
We had to do a group vet visit the other day, and usually that is a big drama. Nobody wants to get in the carriers, nobody likes the car, nobody wants the vet to touch them. Wow, what a difference! They were angels! I'll be using this for the vet trips from now on, as well as for any other dramatic event that comes up. Makes it so much easier on everyone. Thanks! (and the vet said thanks too - no lie.)
Thanks for this. It really helped when I had to cut my guinea pig's nails. I gave it to her about a half hour before the nail clipping, and she was much calmer. I always really dread the nail clippings, I think more than she does. So we both thank you.
3. YOUNG AT HEART
Young At Heart Blend was created to address elder animal concerns. It is an anti-inflammatory and mild analgesic, to address the aches and pains of old age. It is a kidney and liver tonic, to keep those toxins flushed. It contains some extra calories and good fats, to keep weight on. It has some yummies that encourage eating. Small animals can have high cholesterol, just like we can, so this mix fights the bad fats. It is cancer-fighting, and helps to prevent urinary tract issues. And it is a general immune boost.
Nothing else like this out there! I love my rabbit so much, and have been looking for some way to help him stay as healthy as possible. I'm having a hard time watching his symptoms, but didn't want to use things that would have a lot of side effects. I've seen a few different things for arthritis and pain, but I didn't trust the ingredients. I can see what all this stuff is in the bag. It smells great, by the way. Anyway, thanks for a safe product for my old man.
Nice product. My rabbit loves it too, which makes it even better. After 3 weeks, it does seem to be helping with pain - at least he seems to be moving better. After he got used to the new stuff, which only took 2 days, I've been putting it on his hay and I think he's eating more hay now too. He's getting awfully thin these days, so the more hay I can get in to him the better.
4. HEAVENLY GREEN CRUNCH
Green Crunch is a perfect snack for the rabbits and guinea pigs who love their greens. Introduce some variety, and give your friend something to get excited about! These greens can be used as a snack, a reward for good behaviour, a lure for bonding or other new activities. Use them to encourage you rabbit to get a little exercise, and give them some foraging opportunities, by hiding little bunches of Green Crunch around your bestie's play area.
My mini-lop loves this. It's an interesting mix to add to his normal food and I feel good about giving it to him. Thank you, Small Pet Select, for offering such high-quality items for my little love!
Smells so good, and my bunny thinks so too. She loves the heavenly green crunch. I'm happy that it's good for her too. Weill be from you in the future!
5. FLOWER POWER BERRY BOOST
Flower Power Berry Boost mix is for the piggies and rabbits who appreciate thoughtful plating and a nice palette. Yup, sure there are artsy small animals! We all know how much they like to redecorate, right?
This mix is pretty and healthy too. It gives them variety in their diet, some different textures to chew, and enticing smells to enjoy.
We all need to feel special sometimes. With Flower Power Berry Boost, you are giving your friend a bouquet. A safe, chemical-free, organic bouquet. And what is better than getting flowers? Being able to eat them, of course!
My bunny absolutely loves this! He goes crazy when he hears the rustling of the bag. It's a good treat to give him different textures and scents, and keeps him entertained. Will definitely buy more!
It was impossible for me to find something healthy for my bunny to snack on at the pet store and so I tried the flower power and my bunny absolutely loved it. I was thrilled! He can have as much or as little as he wants. When he hears the bag he gets very excited. I love it! I just ordered another herb from you and I hope he loves it too.
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The importance of whole foods.
“Whole food” means something to eat that is still in it’s entire, natural state, and is “bioavailable”. A whole food can be dried or powdered or frozen. But it remains what it is. Nothing is removed, extracted, or otherwise isolated from the original plant. A berry containing vitamin C is a whole food. A leaf, even dried and powdered, is still a whole food. A vitamin C pill is NOT a whole food.
A whole food provides vitamins, minerals, enzymes, amino acids, fatty acids, and other micronutrients in a way that the body itself expects and understands. These nutrients require the presence of their “neighbours” in order to work properly and provide the most benefit. This is what bioavailable means.
Isolated vitamins, or synthetic supplements, do not bring all the parts of the puzzle together. The body can not fully use these isolated or synthetic things.
The importance of variety.
Rabbits and guinea pigs are natural foragers. They do not eat only one type of grass, flower, herb, or bark. They eat a bit of this, a bit of that, based on what is available seasonally. Without this variety, they can suffer a lack of trace minerals and other nutritional components.
Their teeth also require a variety of foods. They need to bite, and chew, and crunch. They need to pull at bark or twigs. If they don’t get a chance to do all those things, mouth health can deteriorate and tooth problems crop up.
As small animals get more attention from the veterinary and nutrition communities, there is an increase in knowledge about just how much variety these little friends need to stay truly healthy. Hay and pellets can keep them alive. But fresh greens, as well as a varied diet to mimic forage, can help them truly thrive.
Feeding instructions:
Small animals aren’t big on adventure. They are particularly cautious about what they eat, and since anything they swallow has to go through the whole system and come out the other end (food only goes one way through, even if it is upsetting their tummies), we can’t blame them one bit. This means any new food or snack or supplement should be introduced patiently. Avoid putting their new snacks or supplements on top of greens, pellets, or mixing in to hay at first - we don’t want them to stop eating the things they already trust because this new stuff is all over it. Give them a tablespoon per day. The first few days they may not touch it at all. Make a fuss about the new stuff, tell them how good it is. Do a little snack dance. They’ll get the idea, and work up their confidence, and one day they’ll try it. After that, there will be no looking back. They will run up to you when they hear the bag, and look forward to their herbs and flowers with great anticipation.
We started out selling the freshest best hay we could find. We learned how much people (and rabbits, and guinea pigs, and chinchillas) appreciated the quality of our hay, and we decided to expand the mission to offering more of the things that little animals need. Now we offer bedding, herbal mixes and single herbs, safe toys, pellets, and some goodies for the humans. Making the highest quality products available to you is our focus, and what we spend our energy on..we believe in everything we offer. We get up every morning loving what we do!
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