It takes more than a fresh patch of grass to keep your rabbit in tip-top shape. A large percentage of rabbit health problems are caused by inadequate nutrition and poor diet.

We talk bird nutrition with NZ's own rockstar avian vet, Dr Hamish Baron.

Good nutrition is vitally important for long term health and well-being. Rats and mice thrive when fed on a diet of nutritionally balanced pellet and grain chow such as Topflite Rat and Mice Mix.

In addition to fresh, clean water, quality seed should form the basis of your finch’s diet (60-70%), and can be provided in a dish or in the form of a seed bell or millet spray. The remaining 30-40% of the diet should consist of:

In addition to fresh, clean water, quality seed should form the basis of your cockatiel’s diet (60-70%), and can be provided in a dish or in the form of a seed bell or millet spray. The remaining 30-40% of the diet...

Optimal canary nutrition can be relatively easy to achieve.

In addition to fresh, clean water, quality seed should form the basis of your budgie’s diet (60-70%) and can be provided in a dish or in the form of a seed bell or millet spray. The remaining 30-40% of the diet should consist of: