DogCatMom
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Let's try again with a discussion on rabbit feeds.
I have only one rabbit, Parsley Graybuns, an American Chinchilla weighing 11.5 lb. I'm not feeding a group of breeding animals, nor am I feeding wool rabbits (yet...). I was able to find a rabbit pellet by Oxbow without sugar or corn--my first two requirements--and then saw that it also had no soy. This, to me, was a bonus and not a baseline requirement.
Right now, since it's a new product, it seems to come only in these itty bitty 4-lb (1.8-kg) bags, ridiculously small even for the owner of one lonely rabbit ($10.99, which is why I'd LOVE bigger bags). :angry: But I hope that, if others with more rabbits express interest in larger amounts of this kind of rabbit pellet/chow, the maker would See the Light :greedy: or $omething clo$ely related to it :wink: and offer larger bags at better prices.
This is it: Oxbow's "Natural Science" Adult Rabbit Food/Nourriture pour Lapin Adulte/Alimento para Conejos Adultos."
Ingredients are shown on the linked page, but here's a list of the first ten or so, in the order provided on the package:
1) Timothy grass
2) Orchard Grass
3) Oat Grass
4) Oat Hulls
5) Canola Meal
6) Whole Yellow Pea
7) Whole Barley
8 ) Tomato Pomace (dehydrated)
9 ) Cane Molasses
10) Flax Seed
The guaranteed analysis looks low in protein for some rabbits, but this pelleted feed isn't Parsley's sole food. He receives the bulk of his diet as fresh greens and hay; the pellets are for mineral and vitamin "insurance." But there's no doubt he LOVES the pellets! He dives into them as soon as I put them into his dish.
1) Crude Protein (min) = 12.00%
2) Crude Fat (min) = 3.00%
3) Crude Fiber (min) = 22.00%
4) Crude Fiber (max) = 26.00%
5) Moisture (max) = 10.00%
6) Calcium (min) = 0.40%
7) Calcium (max) = 0.80%
8 ) Phosphorus (min) = 0.35%
9 ) Copper (min) = 35 mg/kg
10) Vitamin A (min) = 19,000 IU/kg
11) Vitamin D (min) = 900 IU/kg
12) Vitamin E (min) = 190 IU/kg
13) Omega 3 Fatty Acid (min) = 0.45%
14) Omega 6 Fatty Acid (min) = 0.90%
If anybody close to them wants to drive over for a larger bag, if possible, or anything else, Oxbow's address on this bag is:
29012 Mill Road, Murdock, Nebraska 68407; (800) 249-0366 or (402) 867-2400.
I have only one rabbit, Parsley Graybuns, an American Chinchilla weighing 11.5 lb. I'm not feeding a group of breeding animals, nor am I feeding wool rabbits (yet...). I was able to find a rabbit pellet by Oxbow without sugar or corn--my first two requirements--and then saw that it also had no soy. This, to me, was a bonus and not a baseline requirement.
Right now, since it's a new product, it seems to come only in these itty bitty 4-lb (1.8-kg) bags, ridiculously small even for the owner of one lonely rabbit ($10.99, which is why I'd LOVE bigger bags). :angry: But I hope that, if others with more rabbits express interest in larger amounts of this kind of rabbit pellet/chow, the maker would See the Light :greedy: or $omething clo$ely related to it :wink: and offer larger bags at better prices.
This is it: Oxbow's "Natural Science" Adult Rabbit Food/Nourriture pour Lapin Adulte/Alimento para Conejos Adultos."
Ingredients are shown on the linked page, but here's a list of the first ten or so, in the order provided on the package:
1) Timothy grass
2) Orchard Grass
3) Oat Grass
4) Oat Hulls
5) Canola Meal
6) Whole Yellow Pea
7) Whole Barley
8 ) Tomato Pomace (dehydrated)
9 ) Cane Molasses
10) Flax Seed
The guaranteed analysis looks low in protein for some rabbits, but this pelleted feed isn't Parsley's sole food. He receives the bulk of his diet as fresh greens and hay; the pellets are for mineral and vitamin "insurance." But there's no doubt he LOVES the pellets! He dives into them as soon as I put them into his dish.
1) Crude Protein (min) = 12.00%
2) Crude Fat (min) = 3.00%
3) Crude Fiber (min) = 22.00%
4) Crude Fiber (max) = 26.00%
5) Moisture (max) = 10.00%
6) Calcium (min) = 0.40%
7) Calcium (max) = 0.80%
8 ) Phosphorus (min) = 0.35%
9 ) Copper (min) = 35 mg/kg
10) Vitamin A (min) = 19,000 IU/kg
11) Vitamin D (min) = 900 IU/kg
12) Vitamin E (min) = 190 IU/kg
13) Omega 3 Fatty Acid (min) = 0.45%
14) Omega 6 Fatty Acid (min) = 0.90%
If anybody close to them wants to drive over for a larger bag, if possible, or anything else, Oxbow's address on this bag is:
29012 Mill Road, Murdock, Nebraska 68407; (800) 249-0366 or (402) 867-2400.