What brand of pellet food you give to you rabbit?
By sophie011
@sophie011 (26)
United States
February 1, 2007 12:31pm CST
I was giving my rabbit pellets from Hartz, which she loved, she would eat the whole plate and not save it for the rest of the day, then I heard some really bad stories about those pellets that in some way is bad for your rabbits and in some cases they died. Then I started feeding her kaytee which I read is the best recommended for rabbits. But she doesn't like it much, not the way she used to eat before. I did not swicht abruptly I started giving her little by little but still she can't get used to kaytee, she misses her favorite hartz.
What about you?
2 responses
@hcromer (2710)
• United States
1 Feb 07
I've used Kaytee before also and my rabbit loves it, but now I use an off brand that I got at Wal Mart that is only about $6 for 50 pounds. I've never heard that about Hartz before, I'm glad I found your post! I feed my rabbit a lot of veggies and treats too.
@sophie011 (26)
• United States
2 Feb 07
thanks, I have seen those on wal mart, but I dont know if she will like it and then i'll get stuck with 50 pound of food. Beacuse she is kind of picky! When she says no is no. :)
@Pigglies (9329)
• United States
2 Feb 07
If you're feeding a proper amount of pellets (about 1 tablespoon of pellets per pound of rabbit at the most), 50 pounds is going to last a long time! I used to buy the Oxbow pellets in 50 pound bags because that way it worked out to only $1 per pound (so $50 for a 50 pound bag including shipping). But then they'd be around forever. Even when I was fostering quite a few rabbits.
I do buy hay in bulk though because even just 2 rabbits can go through a bale of hay in 2 to 3 months.
@Pigglies (9329)
• United States
2 Feb 07
I feed Oxbow pellets. You can buy them in better feed stores, or online at www.oxbowhay.com. These pellets are one of the highest quality (if not the highest quality) rabbit pellets out there. Far better than Kaytee and they beat out Hartz for sure!
For rabbits under 1 year old, I feed alfalfa pellets (sometimes I foster rabbits).
For rabbits over a year old, timothy pellets have less calcium and protein (doesn't contribute to urinary tract problems that way, and besides, they aren't growing anymore after a year).
If I run out of Oxbow pellets, I'll feed my rabbits the Timothy Complete by Kaytee. Or more likely, they'll just go without. My 10 year old rabbit has actually been on a pellet free diet for a few years, and only recently went off it because I want him to get used to pellets again since the new rabbit (probably 2 years old or less, I found her running around outside) loves pellets.
The most important part of a rabbit's diet is hay. Mine get either orchard grass hay or oat hay generally.
