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Forum DIET & CARE Is there such a thing as to much fiber?

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    • freiheit
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         I just bought my bunny a new…expensive…. food brand, it’s called Vita+plus and everything is super for fat, proteins and calcium but the fibres are at 35%… Is that simply better then good or to much? Anyhow it must taste good ’cause my bunny seems to love it.


      • Sarita
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          Well timothy hay has has about 30% crude fiber content so I don’t think it would be too much. After all hay is the bulk of your rabbits diet or should be.

          Who makes the Vita Plus? Is it a timothy or alfalfa based pellet?


        • freiheit
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            timothy, and I think it’s Sunscription or sunseed-quiko not quite sure


          • Furface
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              copied from
              http://www.petfooddirect.com/store/product_detail.asp?pf%5Fid=100111371&dept%5Fid=252&brand%5Fid=102&Page=
              Sun Seed own site is under construction

              Sun Seed Vita Plus Adult Rabbit Formula

              Ingredients:
              Dehydrated Timothy Meal, Soybean Hulls, Dehulled Soybean Meal, Ground Corn, Yeast Culture, Cane Molasses, Ground Corn Cob, Wheat Middlings, Chopped Timothy Hay, Ground Flax Seed, Dehydrated Banana, Dehydrated Carrots, Dehydrated Papaya, Calcium Carbonate, Yucca Schidigera Extract, Dehydrated Alfalfa Meal, Feeding Oatmeal, Ground Wheat, Salt, Spirulina, Vegetable Oil, Whey, Ground Barley, Papaya Powder, Dehydrated Parsley, Choline Chloride, Magnesium Oxide, Potassium Sulfate, Magnesium Sulfate, Vitamin A Supplement, Vitamin E Supplement, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Niacin Supplement, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Riboflavin Supplement, Calcium Pantothenate, Menadione Dimethylpyrimidinol Bisulfite (Source of Vitamin K Activity), Dicalcium Phosphate, L-Lysine, Potassium Iodide, Biotin, Folic Acid, Thiamine Mononitrate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate (Source of Vitamin C), Zinc Sulfate, Copper Sulfate, Ethylenediamine Dihydriodide, Ferrous Sulfate, Manganese Sulfate, Zinc Methionine Complex, Manganese Methionine Complex, Copper Lysine Complex, Cobalt Sulfate, Cobalt Glucoheptonate, Dehulled Ground Sunflower Seed, Kelp Meal, Grape Seed Pomace, Wheat Germ Meal, DL-Methionine, Dried Saccharomyces Cerevisiae Fermentation Product, Lactobacillus Acidophilus Fermentation Product, Dried Enterococcus Faecium Fermentation Product, Dried Bacillus Subtilis Fermentation Product, Dried Aspergillus Niger Fermentation Product, Dried Aspergillus Oryzae Fermentation Product, Dried Trichoderma Viride Fermentation Product, Amylase, Protease, Cellulase, Betaglucanase, Lactase, Beta Carotene, Sodium Selenite, Color Added.

              Guaranteed Analysis %:
              Crude Fiber 35
              Crude Protein 12
              Crude Fat 1.5


            • freiheit
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                calcium (min) 0,35 (max) 0,85

                So it’s good food right? Cost me 10$ (canadian) a 4lbs package


              • KatnipCrzy
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                  I think there are better foods out there- some of the ingredients that are not ideal are the corn, corn cob, bananas, papayas and carrots- and even though timothy is the main hay in the pellets there is alfalfa also.

                  I wish they listed sugar or carb content- you could always email the company to see if they have that info available.  But the food looks like it has some higher carb ingredients than it ideally should.


                • Furface
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                    I agree with KatnipCrzy.
                    I’m not fussy about foods with any corn in them & it’s listed twice in that. The banana, papaya, & carrot are pretty close to the top of the list so that means there is quite a bit of them in it. Between the cane molasses, the corn, & the fruit, it must be very sweet.


                  • Kokaneeandkahlua
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                      LOL Just reading those ingredients I can tell anybunny would love them But sounds pretty high in sugary stuff as others have said

                      I actually buy rabbit food in bulk at a livestock supply store-it’s great because there’s no junk in it and it’s super cheap! It comes in a 55lb bag for about 17$ and that feeds my four bunnies (two small, two big) for approx three months. If there is any store like this near you that’s a great place to buy the food!


                    • freiheit
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                        it has little pieces of dried fruits here and there


                      • Furface
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                          Dried fruit is very sweet. It would be better to pick those pieces out if possible. You can save them & give as treats. 2 or 3 a day depending on how tiny the pieces are & how big your bunny is.


                        • freiheit
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                            they arn’t so tiny or many that it’d be difficult to pick them out. What can they do? Make my bunbun fat?


                          • Furface
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                              Yes, it can make your bunny fat but bunnies can also become diabetic quite easily.

                              Fruit is fine for a treat but in very small amounts such as:
                              1 grape or 1/2 in slice of banana or 1/2 a strawberry or 2 blue berries – per day
                              note it’s or not &
                              Dried fruit is even more sweet so only tiny tiny pieces should be given instead of the fresh not as well as the fresh.

                              Fruit is not a dietary requirement for bunnies, they do quite well with no fruit at all.
                              Most do love a bit for their treat though.
                              Fresh fruit is a much better treat than any of the store bought bunny treats, yogurt drops & whatnot are all bad for bunnies.

                              What kind of bunny do you have?


                            • freiheit
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                                lion lop? He’s a mix bread.


                              • Furface
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                                  I’d love to see a picture


                                • blackfang
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                                    I do not think there is such as too much fiber. Rabbits do need a lot a lot of fiber to remove hairs out of their body system.

                                    Timothy hay is good food that contain high fiber ( I think) so it is like over 27 % to 35ish % in fiber.

                                    But.. the ingredients are bad for your rabbit’s health. Too much sweet and will cause your rabbit to become fat. It also will cause health problems. Prepare to pay vet bills if you use this junk product for your rabbit to eat.

                                    This is similar as Fiesta pellets, I think.

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