shazza
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i am looking into switching from loose hay to cubed hay for my rabbits to minimize waste and save on limited storage space. i'm pretty sure they'll transition nicely as they get alfalfa cubes as treats on occasion and they all seem to love them. right now i feel like i waste half of the loose hay i buy. additionally, we like to garden and have several family members/friends who also garden and would like to offer the manure to them but i've found that large amounts of hay in the manure won't break down unless it's composted, and i don't have the space here to compost, nor do i want to really mess with it. i'd rather have good, pure berries to toss in a bag and hand to someone ready to go, but i don't want to cut hay out of their diets completely.
the real question is, it's really hard to find JUST timothy cubes. i am pretty limited to tractor supply and a local feed store in my area. i haven't asked the feed store if they carry it yet, but in case they don't, my only option would either be timothy pellets or alfalfa/timothy mixed cubes. my rabbits are on an alfalfa-based feed, and i worry that these mixed cubes would be too rich to feed them, especially the bucks or does that aren't currently with litters. additionally, i get the impression that cubes would be better than pellets as they would grind teeth down more and have the "strands" that i understand are important to keep guts happy.
which one would be better?
the real question is, it's really hard to find JUST timothy cubes. i am pretty limited to tractor supply and a local feed store in my area. i haven't asked the feed store if they carry it yet, but in case they don't, my only option would either be timothy pellets or alfalfa/timothy mixed cubes. my rabbits are on an alfalfa-based feed, and i worry that these mixed cubes would be too rich to feed them, especially the bucks or does that aren't currently with litters. additionally, i get the impression that cubes would be better than pellets as they would grind teeth down more and have the "strands" that i understand are important to keep guts happy.
which one would be better?