Soaking Alfalfa Cubes

[SamLM5511]

I know for horses you’re supposed to soak alfalfa cubes before feeding to prevent choking, reduce dust, and improve water intake and digestion.

I was wandering if the same can and/or should be applied to feeding such things to rabbits?

[bonilla&BUB]

I do not feed my rabbits cubes, or alfalfa. Is there a specific reason you are feeding alfalfa cubes? Alfalfa can be very dangerous to your bun, if your bun is older than 6 months. Try and stick to timothy, oat, and orchard grasses.

Sorry I do not know about soaking cubes – I believe you give them dry, as you find them in the package.

[Mari and Lilo bunny]

I’m sorry, I don’t quite understand what you mean. Why do you want to feed alfafa? Are you talking about alfafa sprouts as a treat or the hay alfafa? If you’re talking about hay, then you should be feeding Timothy, oat, or orchard grass. Unless your bunny is less then six months then you should feed nice DRY alfafa hay. If you’re talking about the alfafa sprouts… I usually feed alfafa sprouts just a tiny bit as a treat. Alfafa is high in calcium, you should never feed alfafa hay after you’re bunny is six months but alfafa sprouts is ok to feed ocasionaly as a treat. ?

[SamLM5511]

He only gets small pieces of alfalfa as an occasional treat such as after the vet or a nail trim. I was actually considering dehydrating some of his veggies to preserve them (also to make it easier for my parents when they watch him) and was wandering about re hydrating them using this theory.

I agree totally about foods like alfalfa and he never gets stuff like that regularly. We do sometimes use them with our horses and for them it is suggested that you soak them first.

[SamLM5511]

And the pieces are from an alfalfa cube.

[Bam]

I’ve only ever given alfalfa dry, but just a pinch or two as a treat.

Finely pulverized food, like Critical Care, should be mixed with water or baby veg/fruit pure, but I never soak the greens I dry. I dry quite a lot of greens in the summer when there’s lots and lots of dandelion etc, it’s so very appreciated during winter.

[SamLM5511]

Awesome to know that there aren’t any issues with feeding dried foods. We have 30 acres with lots of goodies during certain times of the year. He also recently started turning his nose up to pellets and this could help in being able to give him the variety he would need consistently enough for a pellet free diet. It’s really impossible to give a single rabbit proper variety without some of it going bad first. Which is just wasteful.

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