I use Southern States rabbit food. Can someone let me know if it is a good feed please! I have heard it was great and today when I was cupping out the food I found CORN KERNELS in it! Does Southern States use corn in their feed I tried looking on their website if they said so! Can someone tell me what is a good rabbit feed!
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MamaSheepdog
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I was finding corn in my MannaPro too, and it is not listed as an ingredient. I stopped feeding pellets completely because of it, and feed hay and grain instead now.
It's your local mill that makes the feed not cleaning the hoppers correctly. Some people have a problem with it and some don't. I went through 8 bags of the same feed mamasheepdog is talking about and found 2 pieces of corn. It all depends where it's milled at and how well they clean out.
SatinsRule
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^^^^Yep, what Akane said.^^^^
A little bit of corn isn't going to kill your bunnies unless it looks off.
Sometimes mills don't clean the hoppers well.
My mill is really good about things. if I find things amiss in any bags of feed I simply pull out the ick stuff and bring it back. They will give me a credit on the next bag of anywhere from $5-10.
As long as my rabbits are healthy and happy that's all that matters to me.
Sometimes mills don't clean the hoppers well.
My mill is really good about things. if I find things amiss in any bags of feed I simply pull out the ick stuff and bring it back. They will give me a credit on the next bag of anywhere from $5-10.
As long as my rabbits are healthy and happy that's all that matters to me.
I wish my feed was only $5-$10 bucks x.x Purina Show is pretty pricey here! Rabbits love it and haven't found corn
I can't afford the purina but I feed country lane or whatever from the farm store. I havn't had any problems with it but I think it dose have corn glutin listed toward the end of the ingredeints list. I think I was told that the further down the list the less they put in and just to make sure none of the first 5 were corn products. I do want to switch to a better feed at some point though.
hoodat
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My rabbits have to be pretty hungry before they wil eat Purina. The best advice I can give is to buy your food from a mill as close as possible to where you live. It's liable to be fresher that way.
OOps. Just noticed this is a necro thread.
OOps. Just noticed this is a necro thread.
It doesn't just have corn. This feed is made up of the leftover junk from making other feeds. All the hard to digest bits that get stripped away to make quality feed are gathered up (sometimes swept off the floor) and used in feeds like this and as fillers for cheap dog and cat foods. They also are not specific in their ingredients so they can use whatever is handy and therefore what you feed your rabbits from bag to bag it always changing.
Devon's Mom Lauren
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rittert3":303s4i4f said:
That is correct, the feed ingredients are listed from the most percentage of the total feed to the least.. and the term corn gluten is pretty specific so it is what it is. As long as your rabbits are looking healthy and shiny and happy then the feed is doing its thing, if not then you need to look into something else. A bit o corn is not going to hurt an animal that after all is able to digest wood and bark..!
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MamaSheepdog":b043krt7 said:
I am thinking about doing the same, my pellets are Corn-Free, but my buns are gaining aloooot of weight. I am not sure if it's their genes or the food. Lately i've been feeding them alternatives here and there ( lettuce, cabbage, strawberries, carrots, ect. )I have two different types of food pellets. Thick ones, wich ive been feeding to my Californians, and smaller ones that a lady donated for my Netherland Dwarfs. The Californians have been pretty territorial lately, should I be worried? My buck is an Alpha and lets nobody enter his pen. The few times i put another rabbit in there he shoved it with his nose, and chased it. It made a lot of noise. I hope he cools his temper, he really is a sweet Buck!!
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I was having deacent luck with the CL feed but some of the lower end does were losing condition at kindling and having a hard time putting it back on I found a feed the same as Purina Show for the same price. I'm normally not a fan of purina pet food but it seems like good rabbit food is hard to find and this is made at a local mill, the other local mill (I bought a bag yesterday) makes the pellets to small, they go right through my sifter bottoms, and the ingredient list was way to vauge for my comfort. I.e. grain products, roughage products, ect. I won't be buying that again I don't care if I have to drive an extra 50 miles for better feed or not.
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Peach":278wpq9w said:
It's just a credit toward the price of another bag, not the total price of a bag, I think.
SatinsRule
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LaneyMaee":1uoqwnok said:
Generally speaking, cabbage is not good for rabbits, as it can lead to an accute case of the scours.
From spring to fall, rabbits can eat a lot of weeds. They are very good for them as long as they are introduced slowly and it can really cut your feed costs. Just weeding your garden with a view to feeding the bunnies can produce huge amounts of healthy greens. More greens... less pellets, grain and hay.
See the Safe Plants list for ideas. It is not all inclusive, but it will certainly get you started.
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See the Safe Plants list for ideas. It is not all inclusive, but it will certainly get you started.
safe-plants-for-rabbits-list-t55.html
MamaSheepdog
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I look at it this way... I can feed my rabbits my own grain mix, or take the chance of losing my herd to a processing mishap with pellets. Of course there is always risk with packaged foods of any kind, but those with limited ingredients are safer I think.
