undergunfire
Retired Moderator
So, I finally got an email back from the lionhead breeder in Chino Valley, AZ....and I am on the list for a baby lionhead doe that I will get to take home in April, her females are due any day now.
I just have a few questions. I am ALWAYS asking questions, sorry guys!
When I get the baby from the breeder, I would like her to be on Oxbowpellets. Is it safe to switch a baby bunny over to new pellets so soon?
Since she will be a baby, I will want to feed her Oxbow Bunny Basics 15/23 (alfalfa pellets). I have read that baby buns need an unlimited amount of alfalfa pellets until they are around 6 months old, is that true? Does she need an unlimited amount of alfalfa hay as well?
These next questions are for IF they bond and live happily together....
Should I house her in her own cage (with an attached play space using NIC panels as a pen so she has lots of room) until she can be spayed/reaches the age where I can switch her over to Timothy pellets and hay? That way she can't eat Mallory and Morgan's food, and they can't eat hers since it won't be good for them. I don't know how else I would keep their foods/hay separate if they were bonded before she is old enough to be switched to Timothy foods.
^ (If that paragraph confused you, it confused me too. I don't know how to type out what I am trying to say).
Basically, I think everything else will work out fine, I just would like to know your opinions on being free-fed alfalfa pellets or if separating them for their feeding times is okay.
- Amy
I just have a few questions. I am ALWAYS asking questions, sorry guys!
When I get the baby from the breeder, I would like her to be on Oxbowpellets. Is it safe to switch a baby bunny over to new pellets so soon?
Since she will be a baby, I will want to feed her Oxbow Bunny Basics 15/23 (alfalfa pellets). I have read that baby buns need an unlimited amount of alfalfa pellets until they are around 6 months old, is that true? Does she need an unlimited amount of alfalfa hay as well?
These next questions are for IF they bond and live happily together....
Should I house her in her own cage (with an attached play space using NIC panels as a pen so she has lots of room) until she can be spayed/reaches the age where I can switch her over to Timothy pellets and hay? That way she can't eat Mallory and Morgan's food, and they can't eat hers since it won't be good for them. I don't know how else I would keep their foods/hay separate if they were bonded before she is old enough to be switched to Timothy foods.
^ (If that paragraph confused you, it confused me too. I don't know how to type out what I am trying to say).
Basically, I think everything else will work out fine, I just would like to know your opinions on being free-fed alfalfa pellets or if separating them for their feeding times is okay.
- Amy