Good Pellets?

[Bunnykinz]

I feed my rabbits Country Acre rabbit feed. The first 2 ingredients are processed grain by products and forage products. I've read they're supposed to have timothy meal in them like Oxbow. Unfortunately Oxbow pellets cost $15 for a tiny bag compared to the Country Acre stuff at $7 for 25lb. Is this a good pellet or should I find something better?

 

[BlueCamasRabbitry]

I know of a lot of breeders who feed Country Acre, and they've seen good results from it. I'm pretty sure that Country Acre is a timothy based pellet, but I've never heard that pellets are supposed to have timothy meal in them, just that they're timothy based.

I used to feed Dels brand of feed, but now I feed Purina Rabbit Chow, and eventually will switch to Purina Show Formula (or a different bag) when my feed store (Dels) gets it in. I guess it really depends on your bunnies - do they like their current feed? Are they doing okay on it?

Off-topic question, but is that pic in your avatar from Thurston County Fair? lol.

Emily

 

[Bunnykinz]

Yes, my rabbits like it and they seem to be doing fine on it. No, it's not Thurston County. It's the fair I got to and that's my bunny in a costume contest! :biggrin2:

 

[AngelnSnuffy]

I feed Oxbow Bunny-T. I agree, the price is insane, we found a way to get it at a True Value in another city by searching for the product. It has been kept quite reasonable as I called the place, they didn't currently carry it, but by advice on here, I was able to get the mgr to have 2 bags in at all times. :biggrin2: Not real sure about the "meal". I'd have to read up. For now.

Here's some info on pellets from the library:

http://rabbitsonline.net/view_topic.php?id=12160&forum_id=17

 

[Bunnykinz]

I didn't mean timothy meal I think I just meant timothy based. I didn't know what to call it!

 

[pinkluwink]

I really really like Pfau's pellets. I have been breeding and raising rabbits for 10 years, and so far they are the best. I used to feed Purina, and switched to Show formula for awhile, but my rabbits were extremely unhealthy and their coat condition was terrible. I'm about to try a suggestion from another breeder of incorporating some Fiber 3 into my Pfau's pellets to lower the protein, If I find anything good from that I'll let you know. I looked up Oxbow today, and it's the biggest pile of crap I've ever seen. It's extremely low in protein (Only 12%) Rabbits need 14-16% to stay healthy. It's also ridiculously expensive. My personal (And rather pessimistic, I apologize) opinion is that Oxbow is a hoax to sell poor quality food to the ignorant for loads of money.

 

[Momto3boys]

I have a bag of Oxbow sitting right in front of me, I don't know where you got 12% protein because it's 14% for the Timothy Based and 15% for the Alfalfa based one.