Wheat

[jason_l_boyd]

Does anyone have any info about feeding whole wheat to rabbits? I got some whole oats but after I got home I realized there was some ground corn mixed in. (I'll plant it where I've done some dirt work.) I know I can get some oats and wheat seed mixed and was wondering it it would hurt the rabbits?

 

[MamaSheepdog]

I have fed wheat to my rabbits. I don't feed pellets anymore, just a mix of oats, barley, beet pulp, and Black Oil Sunflower Seeds (BOSS). When I rotate dry goods out of our food storage, I feed it to the animals. The rabbits have gotten wheat berries and green split peas so far as a result.

 

[trinityoaks]

Part of the grain mix I feed to my rabbits is whole wheat. The other parts are oats and barley.

 

[jason_l_boyd]

My rabbits didn't seem too interested in the black sunflower seeds. I might try again.

 

[trinityoaks]

My rabbits didn't seem too interested in the black sunflower seeds. I might try again.

I feed BOSS only during cold weather. It may be that your rabbits simply don't need it right now.

 

[MaggieJ]

Wheat is the main grain I feed my rabbits. I do sometimes feed barley or oats in various forms, but they like wheat the best.

 

[MamaSheepdog]

My rabbits didn't seem too interested in the black sunflower seeds.

I have one doe that always has a small pile of BOSS under her cage- she spits them out very neatly. This is fairly recent behavior. She used to eat them.