Zinnia":s5gm7e31 said:
I have switch to a diet of mostly hay for my rabbits. I honestly don't think there's a problem with offering lots of it. Some of my lines that seemed prone to digestive issues improved greatly when I took pellets away and offered good hay and some alfalfa pellets (with a small, once per week ration of wheat or barely with added minerals).
So, what does a typical diet look like for your buns over the course of a week? I am really wanting to get away from pellets since I am not finding anything I am confident in quality wise locally... not to mention the cost factor. If I can cut costs even a little with the same out come (or even a little longer grow out time is fine), then that would be great! Come spring I plan on planting an area specifically for fodder for the rabbits, but for winter it's obviously too late for me to do much. They are currently fed just plain grass hay (as far as I know, it's DH's gpa's hay from the field by the house). For the wheat and barley, about how much do you give each rabbit? Do you just get the feeder bags of it? Or seed bags (that are a bit cleaner)?