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- 06/30/2017 at 6:24 PM
  Sophia
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  Willow and Luna are both about 15 weeks old. This is what I feed them:
  - https://petmart24.com/product/sherwood-baby-rabbit-food-soy-corn-wheat-free-4-5-lb-vet-used/ (Unlimited)
  - Veggies 3 times a day (Kale, lettuce, arugula, peppers, etc)
  - Unlimited alfalfa hay
  Is this a good diet for them? They have no health problems (That I know of yet)
- 06/30/2017 at 9:13 PM
  LongEaredLions
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  From what I can find, the ingredients in the pellet listed are:
  
  Alfalfa hay, whole oil seed blend (flax included)*, whole millet*, Monodicalcium phosphate, salt, choline chloride, Essential amino acids, Chelated minerals, B-vitamins, cobalt carbonate
  
  While the pellet does contain minimal ingredients and nothing particularly alarming, rabbits shouldn’t really be fed millet. You might want to begin weaning them off a complete alfalfa diet soon as well, while it is good for younger bunnies, they don’t need both alfalfa pellet and hay. If you can find it, Oxbow offers young (Alfalfa) and adult (Timothy) rabbit food that is used by many in the house rabbit community.
  
  Unlimited hay is wonderful! You can start offering other grass hays as well. Are your bunnies tolerating the veg well?
- 06/30/2017 at 9:37 PM
  Sophia
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  I will be sure to swtich their pellets
  
  What do you mean by otehr grass hays? Like timothy?
  
  The bunnies love the veggies! They dont seem to be having any problems with it
- 06/30/2017 at 10:27 PM
  tobyluv
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  Grass hays included timothy, orchard grass, oat hay, meadow hay, blue grass, prairie hay, bermuda grass, botanical hay. There may be others, but that’s all I can think of. Alfalfa is a legume, not a grass hay.
- 07/01/2017 at 11:02 AM
  Sophia
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  When should I switch them over to timothy hay?
- 07/01/2017 at 3:59 PM
  Azerane
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  You can switch them from alfalfa hay at any time since they are on alfalfa pellets, however you need to switch them by 6 months of age.
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