Orchard/Alfalfa mix hay

[jaytori220]

My rabbits dont care for bermuda hay too much and mainly soil it and waste it. Throw it around the cage and play with it. Thats the only grass hay available in my area by the bale. I feed my goats orchard/alfalfa mix hay because we cannot get straight orchard grass hay where I am in Florida. Is the orchard/alfalfa mix hay ok to feed? I gave them alittle today and they just about killed me for it. I have 3 brood does, 1 8 week old buck and a buck about a couple years old. They get Seminole Brand show and grow rabbit pellets and I give the does a very small amount of calf manna daily to help with milk production. The hay is more orchard then alfalfa and I have yet to find alfalfa flakes. All I have found is mostly orchard grass and alittle alfalfa stalks. I so wish we could get orchard grass here. I have looked for years now and to no avail. Orchard/alf mix is the closest we can find. And even straight timothy is like looking for a needle in a haystack!......:wink

 

[tonyshuman]

It is probably ok. Keep an eye on their poops and weight, and maybe add a little bermuda to the mix too. The 8 week old will be fine with the alfalfa, and so will the does if they're pregnant or nursing, but the older buck and when the does aren't producing might gain some extra weight, have mushy poos/uneaten cecals, or have extra calcium in the urine. If the urine looks sludgy/sandy that would be a concern--a little white is ok.

 

[jamesedwardwaller]

jaytori220 wrote:

My rabbits dont care for bermuda hay too much and mainly soil it and waste it. Throw it around the cage and play with it. Thats the only grass hay available in my area by the bale. I feed my goats orchard/alfalfa mix hay because we cannot get straight orchard grass hay where I am in Florida. Is the orchard/alfalfa mix hay ok to feed? I gave them alittle today and they just about killed me for it. I have 3 brood does, 1 8 week old buck and a buck about a couple years old. They get Seminole Brand show and grow rabbit pellets and I give the does a very small amount of calf manna daily to help with milk production. The hay is more orchard then alfalfa and I have yet to find alfalfa flakes. All I have found is mostly orchard grass and alittle alfalfa stalks. I so wish we could get orchard grass here. I have looked for years now and to no avail. Orchard/alf mix is the closest we can find. And even straight timothy is like looking for a needle in a haystack!......:wink

we//,lets see...you are in florida//.(nondigestible-(fiber))- grasses,ie timothy orchard grasses--make up 70% of the daily diet,..is it possible to research the grasses around your house or adjacent properties--for safe grasses/from the safe lists.//.-one can order online for delivery,also,$$.//.-alfalfa is like clover-(digestible fiber)--if fed at all--as a small treat only.//.-a small amount of quality/lowfat-pellets/-daily-will give them vitamins and nutrition,,,some safe list fruit tree branches/twigs will help those those teeth and gitract.//.extra,dandylions,etc,again from the safe list willmake the bunny happy.//. safe lists,,adopt a rabbit,,house of rabbit,,rabbit secrets,,medirabbit.com:big wink:-sincerely james waller