Alternative Rabbit Food

[Hens and Roos]

if you are to introduce feed like (white) clover to rabbits who have not been given fresh- what is the best way to do so as to not cause problems?

 

[Beekissed]

Slowly, little bits at a time and with good roughage~lower nutrient, stemmy hay and woody browse~available as well...it will help them balance out that rich feed. Any rich grass like that can cause some digestive changes and a little soft stool and that's true for ruminants as well. Rabbits are pseudo ruminants and they can experience some of the same symptoms.

 

[bonbean01]

Bet your chickens are loving that!!!!

 

[Beekissed]

So much so that for the best months of the summer they had to take very little grain based feeds...I was down to 1 1/2 c. of fermented feed for 14 LF birds and they were staying too fat even on that. When I processed a few I had the fattest carcasses of any chickens I've ever seen...and I've processed quite a few chickens in the past 37 yrs. I was amazed at how much fat this good pasture could put on a bird!

 

[Beekissed]

Here's a link to nutritive values and other info for all kinds of feed for livestock, including grasses and forbs. http://www.feedipedia.org/node/245

 

[CDC]

I have been seeing a lot about this topic and a lot of good reviews on a book called "Beyond the pellet". If you google "rise and shine rabbitry" you should have no problem finding it. Hope that helps.

 

[Beekissed]

Excellent site! Thank you!

 

[CDC]

Not a problem.

 

[Petty]

Don't feed rabbits too much calorie or greens. They can lead to death.