Pellet question

[skibunny8503]

Hey guys, long time!  My husband went to a new feed store for bedding and saw a 15 lb bag of pellets that was cheaper than what I paid for Oxbow.  He didn’t get it and wanted to see if it was about the same or better, nutrition wise.  I don’t know much about what all rabbits need for protein and everything, so I thought I’d ask here.  It’s called Buckeye rabbit pellets.  I looked it up online and found the nutrition guide.  We usually get Oxbow Adult Rabbit.

 Buckeye’s:

FEATURES:
• Designed for rabbits being raised for pets, show, or meat production
• Excess vitamins added to compensate for loss during pelleting
• Proper ratio of carbohydrates and fiber to minimize the risk of enteritis
• Contains Yucca Schidigera Extract to help control ammonia odor
GUARANTEED ANALYSIS
Crude Protein, min. 16.0%
Crude Fat, min. 2.50%
Crude Fiber, min. 15.00%
Crude Fiber, max. 18.00%
Calcium, min. 0.60%
Calcium, max. 1.10%
Phosphorus, min. 0.50%
Salt, min, 0.30%
Salt, max, 0.80%
Vitamin A, min 2000 IU/lb*
*This does not include carotene, the Vitamin A precursor in Alfalfa Meal
INGREDIENTS: Alfalfa Meal, Wheat Middlings, Soybean Hulls, Ground Corn, Soybean
Meal, Oat Mill By-Product, Heat Processed Soybean, Yucca Schidigera Extract, Calcium
Phosphate, Salt, Calcium Carbonate, Magnesium Oxide, Manganese Oxide, Ferrous Sulfate,
Copper Sulfate, Zinc Oxide, Ethylenediamine Dihydriodide, Cobalt Carbonate, Sodium
Selenite, Vitamin A Supplement, Vitamin D Supplement, Vitamin E Supplement.

 

 

OXBOW:

Premium Ingredients

• Timothy Hay = Essential Fiber
• Soy Products = Fiber, Balanced Protein, Healthy Fat
• Wheat = Ideal Carbohydrate and Energy Source
   

Ingredients

Timothy Grass Meal, Soybean Hulls, Wheat Middlings, Soybean Meal, Cane Molasses, Sodium Bentonite, Soybean Oil, Salt, Lignin Sulfonate, Limestone, Yeast Culture (dehydrated), Vitamin E Supplement, Choline Chloride, Zinc Proteinate, Zinc Sulfate, Ferrous Sulfate, Niacin, Copper Sulfate, Selenium Yeast, Vitamin A Supplement, Folic Acid, d-Calcium Pantothenate, Copper Proteinate, Riboflavin Supplement, Manganese Proteinate, Biotin, Manganous Oxide, Thiamine Mononitrate, Magnesium Sulfate, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Sodium Selenite, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Cobalt Carbonate, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Calcium Iodate

Guaranteed Analysis

• Crude Protein min 14.00%
• Crude Fat min 2.00%
• Crude Fiber min 25.00%
• Crude Fiber max 29.00%
• Moisture max 10.00%
• Calcium min 0.35%
• Calcium max 0.85%
• Phosphorus min 0.25%
• Copper (min) 30 ppm
• Vitamin A (min) 19,000 IU/kg
• Vitamin D (min) 900 IU/kg
• Vitamin E (min) 190 IU/kg

I’m thinking the Oxbow is better since Buckeye said it contains Alfalfa meal?  Just wanted to make sure.  Thanks guys!!

[jerseygirl]

Omgoodness hello!
Hope motherhood is wonderful!

Yes, the alfalfa meal would be like feeding oxbow junior pellets. The fibre is not great in the feed store pellets either but you could feed them, just in a very small quantity. HRS doesn’t indicate pellets have to be Timothy from memory.

I wonder why the max protein is never indicated? I always thought the ideal was to keep protein lower then fibre for their feed. Bit hard to tell when not given max protein %

[skibunny8503]

Thanks Jersey! Maybe we’ll just stick to what we know then, I don’t want to mess any of their stomachs up. I’ll type an update in the lounge 🙂

[mocha200]

HELLO! Haven’t seen you around in a long time!

I would stick to Oxbow. I agree with Jersey with the Alfalfa meal.

[Author]

Messages