Baby Being Fed Timothy :(

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- 11/05/2017 at 8:53 PM
  tofubun
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  Hey guys! New here, nice to meet you! Next week I am picking up my 8 week old bun, Tofu, from a breeder located about an hour away from me. I have everything ready and I’ve been doing hour of research on my freetime for the past weeks in preparation. Today I found out that the person I am buying from feeds the babies timothy hay instead of alfalfa. I was under the impression across pretty much all bunny care sites that you want to feed babies alfalfa for the first 3-7 months of their life at least. I am not going to challenge her about her choice in hay, thoigh I do disagree, I am just wondering if it is advisable to switch Tofu from timothy hay to alfalfa. I have already bought 20 lbs of alfalfa as well!
  
  If I should switch him to alfalfa, how should I go about it? Should I feed him 1 part alfalfa for every 3 parts timothy for a week and slowly increase? Has anyone had to deal with a rabbit in this situation?
  
  I just want him to be healthy and happy and get all the nutrition he needs at his young age. Thanks anyone who answers!
- 11/06/2017 at 2:51 AM
  Bam
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  Timothy is fine for a baby! If you give him alfalfa-based baby pellets, he won’t need alfalfa hay – it’s actually really great if he’s eating timothy hay already. Alfalfa is much yummier (because it’s richer), so it’s often difficult to wean the bun off of alfalfa when it’s time to do that. If the baby is eating timothy hay now, chances are good he’ll always eat timothy hay (or other grass hays) and that’s like the major key to bunny health =)
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