So, there is a huge range of opinions on this, and it depends a lot of your bunny (such as whether he’s a good hay eater, is still growing, has digestive issues, etc). It’s also important to consider whether a variety of veggies and wild plants is available in your area year round.

To get started, I recommend searching the forum (use the magnifying class at the top right), and search “pellet free diet”. There have been a lot of discussions on this over the years, and a lot of collective knowledge!

Rabbits are primarily grass eaters. Vegetables incl leafy greens have the wrong nutritional profile for rabbits. Rabbits need to chew grass fibers (hay) to wear down their teeth properly. If the bun gets a lot of greens, it will fill up on greens and as a result eat less hay. If a bun is to get 14-17 different vegs per day, it would have to be 14-17 small pieces for the bun to keep being interested in hay.

I give my bun 1-2 tablespoons pellets per day, as treats in the treatball or snuffle mat. I feel its like a dietary supplement. Its more important to change between and/or mix different types of hay.

Pellet free diets are incredibly difficult to maintain and potentially impossible for some people/contexts– my opinion is, with exception of a few rabbits who perhaps have GI sensitivities that seem only linked to pellets, a rabbit should not be pellet free. Very restricted, yes though.

The following link has good information on the debate: https://wabbitwiki.com/wiki/Pellet-free_diet

Pellet-free diets are very hard to pull off. However, I don’t think it is necessary to provide THAT many different veggies. It would potentially discourage hay eating… not to mention it’s extremely impractical. An easy way to give variety is to buy spring mix, just make sure it doesn’t have tons of spinach in it (sometimes it’s used as a filler). Ultimately though, I agree with the others. Grass hay should make up the bulk of the diet and a small amount of pellets help meet nutritional needs. Veggies are great for adding variety, but they are not very practical when it comes to meeting nutritional needs.

My bunny (4 pounds/2kg, holland lop) is on a pellet-free diet (almost). I give him 4-5 pellets as a treat every 2-3 days, if even that, and he is doing fine (we go to the vet every 2-3 months because we travel with him, and before each trip I have him checked for the peace of mind). He gets 4-5 types of veggies every day, about 1 cup (always romaine, cilantro, bok choy, and dill, and whatever organic herbs I find in the store). Ever since switching him to this diet (about 6 months ago), he has been eating significantly more hay (maybe about 3-4 times his size every day). We go through the large 10 pound (4.5kg) box of first cut timothy hay within 2 weeks, plus about 1 bag of Oxbow oat hay per week. That for me is the single best thing that came out of this pellet-free diet.