Rabbit & Herd Nutritional Gap Analyser

Description

Built for Rabbit Owners and Rabbit Farmers Alike

Whether you keep two house rabbits or manage a commercial herd of several hundred, nutritional gaps are one of the most common — and most preventable — causes of poor health, reduced fertility, kit mortality, and slow growth rates in rabbits. Yet without a practical tool to measure what your rabbits are actually receiving against what they scientifically need, you are always working from guesswork.

The Rabbit & Herd Nutritional Gap Analyser changes that entirely. It is the only rabbit nutrition tool that thinks the way rabbit farmers think — not per individual animal, but per herd. Enter your daily feed, set your group size, and instantly see both what each individual rabbit is getting and exactly what the whole herd needs per day.

 

The Most Important Nutrient Most Rabbit Owners Underestimate

Fibre is not simply one of many nutrients rabbits need. It is the foundation of every healthy rabbit diet — more critical than protein, more important than vitamins. Without adequate dietary fibre, the rabbit’s unique digestive system cannot function correctly. GI stasis — a slowdown or complete halt of gut motility — is one of the leading causes of death in pet and farm rabbits alike, and it is almost always diet-related.

The analyser places fibre exactly where it belongs: at the top of the report, clearly flagged if it falls below the minimum threshold. Hay should make up 80–90% of every rabbit’s daily intake, and this tool will show you immediately if that is not happening.

 

Five Life Stages. One Tool.

Rabbit nutritional requirements change dramatically across life stages — and feeding all your rabbits the same ration regardless of their stage is one of the most common management errors in both pet and commercial rabbit keeping.

• Adult Rabbit (Maintenance) — baseline daily requirements for a healthy, non-breeding adult
• Breeding Doe (Pregnant) — elevated protein, calcium, Vitamin A, and manganese for healthy gestation and foetal development
• Lactating Doe (Nursing) — the highest demands of any rabbit life stage, with up to 3× adult calcium and protein requirements to sustain healthy milk production
• Growing Kits (Weaning to 3 months) — critical bone development phase requiring 2.5× adult calcium and elevated protein
• Grower / Meat Rabbits (3–5 months) — finishing phase requirements optimised for daily weight gain and carcase quality

 

Each life stage is calibrated to your rabbits’ individual body weight for truly personalised requirements — not generic averages.

 

Individual and Herd Totals in Every Report

This is where the Rabbit & Herd Analyser truly stands apart. At the top of every report, a herd summary panel shows the six most critical nutrients scaled to your full group size — total daily fibre, protein, calcium, Vitamin A, Vitamin D, and Vitamin E for the entire herd. Below that, every nutrient shows both the individual requirement and the herd total side by side.

For a farmer feeding 80 lactating does, knowing that each doe needs 4.2g of calcium per day is useful — but knowing the herd needs 336g of calcium daily is what actually drives feed purchasing and supplementation decisions.

 

18 Nutrients Across 3 Categories

• Fibre and Macronutrients — crude fibre, crude protein, and total fat
• Minerals — calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, potassium, sodium, iron, zinc, copper, and manganese
• Vitamins — Vitamin A, D, E, thiamine (B1), riboflavin (B2), and niacin (B3)

 

Results are colour-coded as Deficient, Low, Adequate, or Excess — with animated progress bars and clear percentage-of-requirement figures for every nutrient. Every deficient or low nutrient comes with whole-food recommendations and practical guidance specific to that nutrient and life stage.

 

A Food Database Rooted in Real Rabbit Feeding

The pre-loaded food database includes 18 feeds commonly used in rabbit nutrition:

• Timothy hay, Oaten hay, Lucerne/Alfalfa hay
• Commercial rabbit pellets
• Fresh greens — kale, romaine lettuce, pak choi, spinach, celery
• Carrot and carrot tops
• Fresh grass and pasture
• Herbs — dandelion leaves, plantain herb, dried chamomile
• Oats and sunflower seeds (in moderation)
• Mineral block

 

Can’t find a specific feed? Simply type it in as a custom entry. The tool is designed to be flexible for real-world feeding situations.

 

Life-Stage Clinical Notes Included

Beyond the nutrient analysis, each specialised life stage includes a dedicated clinical guidance note — covering the unique physiological priorities of breeding does, lactating does, growing kits, and grower/meat rabbits in plain, practical language that supports better herd management decisions.

 

Who This Tool Is For

• Pet rabbit owners wanting to verify their rabbit’s diet is truly balanced
• Small-scale rabbit breeders managing does through pregnancy and lactation
• Commercial rabbit farmers optimising feed for growth rate and reproductive performance
• Anyone transitioning rabbits to a more natural or varied diet
• Holistic pet owners who want to move beyond guesswork and feed with genuine confidence

 

Once-off purchase. Lifetime access. Use it for every group, every season, every life stage — as many times as you need.