Lentils, rice, and pasta?

[Secuono]

I would not feed it RAW!
What do you think might happen should it swell
in the rabbits stomach? I shudder at the thought,
the rabbits belly just might EXPLODE!
Ottersatin. ldtimer:

That's a funny thing to say, seeing as how all pellet feed and dog/cat kibble also swell. Anywhere from 2-4 times the dry size. I haven't seen pasta of any kind grow more than twice it's size. Limiting how much makes the difference.

 

[garden lady]

Dang. Okay- just going through our food stores and seeing if there are things on hand to supplement the bunrabs. We have lots of split peas too.

I have stored food, but not as much as before, and I have been using the stored food as much as possible (for humans) and then using the saved money to get new food. I had a bad habit of storing stuff and never using it. Just now finishing up applesauce from 2007 and my flour lasted from 2007 in metal trash cans stored in the garage. I am still using seasonings from 1998, but some finally started to clump. :shock: I even used some garden seeds from 1997. What has this got to do with rabbits you ask, :shrug:

 

[MamaSheepdog]

We eat our stored food all of the time- it is in constant rotation. But we have several hundred pounds each of most beans, rice, grains, salt, white and brown sugar, etc. Some of which aren't a huge part of our diet since the supply chain is intact. I had heard that flour has a tendency to go rancid if stored for long periods, so we have a lot of pasta which has a longer shelf life. All of our food is stored in food grade buckets. We get them from a bagel and smoothie shop for $1 each with lids!

We mark everything with a code to denote price and it is shocking to see how prices have risen.

 

[garden lady]

We eat our stored food all of the time- it is in constant rotation. But we have several hundred pounds each of most beans, rice, grains, salt, white and brown sugar, etc. Some of which aren't a huge part of our diet since the supply chain is intact. I had heard that flour has a tendency to go rancid if stored for long periods, so we have a lot of pasta which has a longer shelf life. All of our food is stored in food grade buckets. We get them from a bagel and smoothie shop for $1 each with lids!

We mark everything with a code to denote price and it is shocking to see how prices have risen.

I know the flour does go rancid and no idea why it lasted so long. I did put it in the freezer for a week and then took it out to store. The prices are shocking how much they are going up.

 

[hoodat]

I like the dried paste idea, Hoodat! If you add some flour and something to bind it, maybe it could be baked in cookie form. :thinking: It would be a convenient way to supplement with salt and minerals too.

Bake-off, anyone?

__________ Sat Sep 29, 2012 10:40 am __________

Half a banana (mashed) or 1/4 cup applesauce in place of an egg will work as a binder, but wont make the dough rise. I doubt the bunnies will care if their lentil cakes are fluffy or dense little bricks.

I don't know why I never thought of baking the lentil paste. I'll have to try that I make rabbit bread sometimes by using a whole wheat bread recipe and loading it with wheat and barley kernels. The bunrabs love to gnaw on it.

 

[OneAcreFarm]

Pasta, like so many other things, may be OK as an occasional treat but I would be sure to have plenty of hay available and not feed more than a nibble or two at a time. Rabbits guts do not process concentrated food well. They need fiber to move it on through. I would hesitate on the lentils due to possible issues with gas. Rabbits cannot pass gas at either end so it can be problematical.

Just fyi...They CAN pass gas from the lower intestines....they just cannot burp or vomit.

 

[hoodat]

I guess I just have polite rabbits I never saw (heard?) one do it.