About 2 weeks ago my husband, and I drove to the feed mill in IN, it's only a 30 minute drive, and DBA was the one to recommend this feed, and mill. I bought 300lbs of ADM PenPals 16%. We also bought a 50lbs bag of oatmeal, and 50lbs bag of pressed alfalfa cubes. I decided to get the cubes, because I had given our neighbor one of our Cal kits. The kits was 10 weeks old, but still small. He had, had her for a little over a week, and I was blown away to see that she had doubled in size! I asked him what he had been giving her, and he said the normal pellets along with the alfalfa cubes. He told me to take a handful home to see how my rabbits liked it, and boy you would have thought they died, and went to heaven. :lol: I figured $13 for a 50lbs bag was not at all a bad deal so we went right to town, and got a bag.
It has been only 2 weeks since we started the new diet, which consists of filling the J-Feeders daily with pellets, tossing in a handful of cubes in each cage, and topping the feeder with a small scoop of oatmeal at night. So far I have to say I can see the changes in all the rabbits, but especially in my 3 week old Cal kits. Luna's first litter did not look "bad," but they were for sure under sized, and growing at an extremely low rate. Even though they were eating non-stop they always looked, and felt thin. This newer litter sort of started off that way since we hadn't bought the new food yet, but I am amazed at how quickly they have changed! Everyone is nice, and round, and when you pick then up you can feel they are heavy, and plump.
So far I am happy with the results, and can not wait how they turn out over the next few weeks!
It has been only 2 weeks since we started the new diet, which consists of filling the J-Feeders daily with pellets, tossing in a handful of cubes in each cage, and topping the feeder with a small scoop of oatmeal at night. So far I have to say I can see the changes in all the rabbits, but especially in my 3 week old Cal kits. Luna's first litter did not look "bad," but they were for sure under sized, and growing at an extremely low rate. Even though they were eating non-stop they always looked, and felt thin. This newer litter sort of started off that way since we hadn't bought the new food yet, but I am amazed at how quickly they have changed! Everyone is nice, and round, and when you pick then up you can feel they are heavy, and plump.
So far I am happy with the results, and can not wait how they turn out over the next few weeks!