Questions about friend's rabbit and food

[Zaiya]

I'm taking care of my friend's rabbit while they're gone on a short trip. I have two questions that maybe you guys could help me with.

1. What breed is he? My friend doesn't know, but he says that his Aunt and Uncle used to breed them for meat. His color is chestnut agouti. He's in a bad molt right now. Also, he's several years old, maybe 5-7.
2. Is this food OK? I remember reading somewhere that grains should be avoided. Not sure of the brand, but the contents are pellets, wheat, round green things (I've never known what they are), and probably some other ingredients. Maybe I can find the bag... If I do, I'll post a list of ingredients and the brand.

Here are some pics. So sorry they are bad quality and maybe sideways! I had to take pics with my phone then take pics of those with my tablet.

Thanks for any input!!

 

[Zaiya]

OK, the brand is Wild Harvest adult rabbit food. I'm guessing it's junk because of all of the extra stuff in it? The ingredients list is too long to re-list here.

 

[whitelop]

Yeah, the food isn't great. Since it has all the stuff in it. Maybe when your friend gets back, you could suggest feeding something different. Just a plain pellet. If cost is a factor, Walmart sells Small World and its not a terrible food, its made by Manna Pro. I feed plain Manna Pro pellets from TSC.

As for breed, its sort of hard to tell from the pictures, but I would assume since its a meat rabbit that he's a big boy. Something like a New Zealand or NZ mix, or possibly a Flemish mix. Maybe someone else will be able to help with that!

 

[Zaiya]

I feed the small world pellets, too. I'll see if I can get them to switch to that and hay.

He's actually not too big. Maybe like 7ish lbs.

 

[Nancy McClelland]

We also use small world for several years now. Ours won't eat anything else now.