Do pets still act as wild animals and eat the 'best' first?

Personaly I would choose the fresh carrot sticks over a mostly chemical pellet. The store bought food probably has a stronger smell which piques her nose. That's why it wiggles.Lol) My problem when I had rabbits was to stop them from breeding. We couldn't. So my father took the crate of rabbits to the farmers market and came home with Battam Hens and a rooster. The whole process started again as the hens would hide their eggs in the woodpile,garage and other ingenious places.

I think it could be that she prefers the shop food. My pet rabbits prefer fresh food more. They would rather eat carrots and salad leaves than food pellets. I don't think your rabbit actually thinks much about it. She probably went for her favourite first. I know my rabbits seem to have a mind of their own when it comes to eating.

I don't think in the wild they'd have the opportunity to eat the "best". However, I'm a bit concerned about what's actually best and what it sounds like the rabbit is eating (or maybe I'm reading this wrong, let me know!). Rabbits should have plain pellets, not the mixes with all the junk in it. Don't give a lot of pellets, a very small amount is enough (I go with 1 tablespoon per 5 pounds of rabbit, I'd say max you could go up to 1/4 cup per 5 pounds of rabbit). Carrots are high in sugar and should not be given frequently. Cabbage isn't the best idea in quantity, as it can cause gas, which is very serious in rabbits. I'd go with a lettuce as the base veggie instead, like romaine, endive, escarole, red leaf, green leaf. Some other suggestions: kale, chard, cilantro (all bunnies love it!), and parsley. And you didn't mention the most important part of a rabbit's diet in your post, so I hope you're feeding it... HAY! A good grass hay (timothy or orchard) is essential to the rabbit's diet for both teeth and digestion. Hay should be available to the rabbit at all times. Do not overfeed pellets or your rabbit might not eat enough hay. For more on rabbit nutrition, see: http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/184263/rabbit_nutrition_101.html

I think animals will eat their favourite first as I have 2 dogs and although one just woofs everything down at once, my smallest dog loves to pick out her favourite pieces, I feed them dried foods mainly like bakers complete and she loves the large chunks over the rest and will search through the bowl to eat them first. I don't think an animal would have the 'save the best till last' mentallity as that implies a bit of thought and I don't think animals think in that way they more react to things then think about things.

Good question! I guess I really don't know all that much about rabbits, but I know for a fact that my dog goes for the good stuff first and leaves the stuff that he really doesn't like for last! lol If he is given any kind of table scraps from supper or say a can of wet dog food from the store he makes a bee-line for that first and then goes for his regular dog food last. I guess it is the nature of a child or pet so to speak to go for the goodies first! That is my thoughts anyways, but do you consider a rabbit to be a wild animal or a dog to be a wild animal? I guess I never did until you said it in your discussion post. Oh, well.