Big Red rabbit food

[juicyjuicee]

I've been feeding my bun big red rabbit food forawhile now and i was wondering if anyone else uses it and what do theythink. I recently just purchased a new bag and the pellets are muchmore slimmer and slender than the original, i'm just getting worriedthat they might have changed there pellets or something. am igettin upset over nothing?

 

[dootsmom]

Seems to be something like Purina Rabbit Food. Has 3 different types that I can see.
We don't get it up here, where I live, that I know of. Lookslike it's something that Breeders would buy. Did you purchasethe same type?

 

[Trina]

What store did you buy it from? Katy and I feedEmmy NutriPhrase. I think that is how you spell it. But, I'm sure thatit may be a different product? I'm not sure, sorry. :?

 

[cirrustwi]

I've never used it, but I swear someone else asked me about it recently...I'll have to see if I can find the thread.

I feed Blue Seal Show Hutch Deluxe and now I have Manna Prom mixed with it. They seem to like it and it's a good food.

Jen

 

[dajeti2]

I personally had a bad experience withit. I useditfor about three of four months. Forthose couple months Apollo wasn't gaining weight and spent the wholetime moulting. I switched him to Purina and he started gaining weightagain, he quit molting and he looks great. He also has more energytoo.

This is just my experience with it though. I did notice that the pellets got smaller.:?

Tina

 

[KatsMeowTree]

I had a 4-Her swear by Big Red. They'd buy it atAgway and feed it to their French and Holland Lops. They usually werepretty well conditioned; but other than that I don't know.

Kat

 

[juicyjuicee]

thanks for the replys, i will probably try to find something else.

 

[RusselandRoxy]

dajeti2 wrote:

I personally had a bad experience with it. Iuseditfor about three of four months. For thosecouple months Apollo wasn't gaining weight and spent the whole timemoulting. I switched him to Purina and he started gaining weight again,he quit molting and he looks great. He also has more energy too.

This is just my experience with it though. I did notice that the pellets got smaller.:?

Tina


Russel has been moulting incredibly lately - like i have never seen himdo before. he is a rex and he looks fluffy and you can pull chunks outwhen you stroke him. I thought it was really odd and he's prettyskinny.

We have been feedin him on a different food for a month or two now, doyou think this could be the reason? should i change back to theoriginal. Its not the food you are talkin about but it could stillaffect him couldn't it?
Thanks,
Leanne

 

[dajeti2]

Leanne, was Russel moulting like thiswhen he was on hte other pellets? If not, you may want to go back towhat he was on before and see if that helps. I know once I switchedApollo he's been doing great. Apollo was doing just like Russel is nowbefore I switched him.

Tina

 

[RusselandRoxy]

Ok thanks Tina, i am certainly going to tryswitching back, although its not affecting the other rabbits, i stillthink it is the food thats causing it now. I can't remember too wellbut i'm pretty sure he was molting quite like this before we changedfood,
leanne
p.s. i will let you know how he gets on

 

[sfritzp]

When I got my first rabbit almost 20 years ago,and didn't know any better, I fed him Big Red (sold in Agway stores)all his 9 1/2 years. He had a long, healthy life, up until his lastweek on this earth.
Now - being an educated and much wiser rabbit slave, I know thatalfalpha based pellets are not good for older rabbits because of thehigh calcium content. My second bun, Muggs developed bladder stonesfrom the Big Red. I then started feeding only Timothy based pellets(Oxbow, American Pet Diner, ect).
Since then, I've adopted rescues that were older, so I have stuck withthe Timothy based. I believe the rule of thumb is alfalpha pelletsuntil they are two years, then switch to Timothy.
Anyhow - my experience with Big Red was always good. It was consistantin it's content. But - I haven't used it for 6 years now because of theold buns.
The Big Red pellets were quite big back then - perhaps they make them smaller to accomodate smaller/younger bun's mouths?