randtrabbitry":rp9pmyt9 said:
Right know i use heath and sons 17%. I really wanted to switch but my friend talked me out of it. Ive never tried a different brand so i cant tell you how well it works against other brand. But its cheaper then Purina but not the cheapest on the market. Its got cheese and other milk produce in its mix so no need for calf mana. At least that what i think. And im not sure if its a local brand or not.
Feeds with animal fats in them are sometimes dangerous. When problems arrive due to a bad pellet it is almost always due to rancid animal fat. Personally I will not feed a pellet that contains animal fat if I can help it. In the US, a feed must contain only what is on the tag. It is illegal to sell any feed that differs in ingredients from the tag. While Canadian regulations are often better than those in the US, that does not appear to apply with feed. From what I understand a tag on Canadian feeds, is only a "general recipe". Calf manna does not contain animal fat. (at least in the US)
Calf Manna ingredients;
Soybean meal, corn, hominy feed, feeding oatmeal, dried whey, dehydrated alfalfa meal, linseed meal, brewer’s dried yeast, vegetable oil, fenugreek seed, anise oil, calcium carbonate, monocalcium phosphate, Dicalcium phosphate, salt, sulfur, iron oxide, ferrous carbonate, ferrous sulfate, copper oxide, copper sulfate, Manganous oxide, zinc oxide, sodium selenite, cobalt carbonate, calcium iodate, vitamin A supplement, vitamin D3 supplement, vitamin E supplement, Choline chloride, thiamine mononitrate, niacin supplement, riboflavin supplement, calcium pantothenate, pyridonxine hydrochloride, vitamin B12 supplement, folic acid, biotin, calcium propionate
I feed Purina, I have tested it against Calf Manna Pro rabbit feed, and did not notice a difference except that my rabbits preferred the Purina. I feed the "green" or "complete" which is a 16% feed. They make several others. I suspect there may be better feeds on the market if one was raising show rabbits or something "high tier". It is a good feed, but the main reason I like it is because it is available most any place in the US, and is the same formula from every manufacturing location. The Zils I go from Southern Arizonia were fed Purina, and when I fed them here there was no "slack off" with the product manufactured in St Louis (that we get here) I now buy my feed at TSC, and I know from the mill location (number) on the tag, that it does not always come from the same mill. My rabbits never have any problem. I have, on occasion, feed other feeds, and there was always an adjustment period when changing. I would feed a different feed, if I could find one that did as well. Purina is not the cheapest feed in the world, although there are more expensive. As I understand it, there is a private label feed in Southern Missouri that is a good feed and several dollars a bag cheaper. They don't sell it here or I would try it.
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