Toady
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I am thinking of changing from feeding pellets due to the lack of choice and always changing availability and quality, at the moment I'm feeding my 2 girl (almost 7 months old and about 3.2 lbs) on a pellet with a sprinkling of chaff (chaff is what Australians call hay chop) and my fluffy boy has the same plus some BOSS and rolled oats for his fibre growth. I'll also be hopefully getting an English Angora in the next few months.
The pellets I have used are mainly for meat rabbits and lucerne/alfalfa based, the breakdown is - 16.5% protein, 3% fat, 21% fibre and 1% calcium.
I know of a lady who breeds English Angoras and Satins who feeds all hers on a feed known down here as 'Completo', I managed to find the ingredients and they're listed below:
Steam flaked barley, oats, concentrate pellet containing vitamins and trace minerals, lucerne/alfalfa chaff, oaten chaff, vegetable oil, lupins, molasses and salt. (Sweet Feed, yes?)
But the breakdown is 10% crude protein, 2.5% crude fat, 10% crude fibre and 1-1.25% calcium. If I was to use something like this how much BOSS would I have to add to boost the protein and would free availability of oaten/grass hay be enough fibre wise? Not to mention it's easier to get (lots of horse owners in the area) and cheaper than the pellets I'm buying now.
I have thought about a grain-feed mix but with only a few rabbits it would take forever to go through 20kg (44lb) bags of the grains and in this area they'd probably go mouldy or get bugs by the time I got through it. Any other suggestions for pellet free feeds?
The pellets I have used are mainly for meat rabbits and lucerne/alfalfa based, the breakdown is - 16.5% protein, 3% fat, 21% fibre and 1% calcium.
I know of a lady who breeds English Angoras and Satins who feeds all hers on a feed known down here as 'Completo', I managed to find the ingredients and they're listed below:
Steam flaked barley, oats, concentrate pellet containing vitamins and trace minerals, lucerne/alfalfa chaff, oaten chaff, vegetable oil, lupins, molasses and salt. (Sweet Feed, yes?)
But the breakdown is 10% crude protein, 2.5% crude fat, 10% crude fibre and 1-1.25% calcium. If I was to use something like this how much BOSS would I have to add to boost the protein and would free availability of oaten/grass hay be enough fibre wise? Not to mention it's easier to get (lots of horse owners in the area) and cheaper than the pellets I'm buying now.
I have thought about a grain-feed mix but with only a few rabbits it would take forever to go through 20kg (44lb) bags of the grains and in this area they'd probably go mouldy or get bugs by the time I got through it. Any other suggestions for pellet free feeds?