Vita-Vittles with Corn and Vitamin Pieces

[Chris_Kewl]

In the wake of how silly new pet owners can be,we bought some CareFresh (first mistake) and then bought someVita-Vittles (the kind with the red, orange and green biscuit pieces,corn and pellets mixed in). The CareFresh will go to mysister-inlaw who uses it for her small buns but I am worried about theVita-Vittles. Is it safe to feed this toour rabbits?

Let me know as I am concerned that we could be hurting our buns.

Thanks,

Chris

 

[undergunfire]

Are they pellets with peices of things mixed in?If so, please do not feed it to your buns. It's like feeding them icecream cake three times a day.

You must SLOWLY wean buns off of their current food and onto a new food...over the course of weeks.


If it is a treat....dried cranberries or craisins work just fine!




- Amy (Mallory, Morgan, and Madilyn-Mae):hearts

 

[binkies]

I wouldn't feed the VitaVittles atall. The corn is very bad for them. But why is the carefresha bad idea? A lot of our members use it.

 

[Spring]

I would see if you could switch to a different,plain pellet. Vita-Vittles, unfortunately is a very low quality food. Ijust did a little search and was shocked to find out it contains porkmeat and bone meal, animal fat, fish meal. It also has a max. fiber of16%. Something I wouldn't recommend feeding.

Is this the food?

http://www.petco.com/shop/product.aspx?sku=360899&cm_ven=SortPrice&cm_cat=74&cm_pla=360899&cm_ite=360899#details

I would definetely see if you can find a different food. I was shocked when I saw the animal products in RABBIT food! Wow.

How old are your girls? Oxbow is a great pellet company and has a highquality pellet. Kaytee TimothyCompleteis alsopretty good. If you are switching, do it slowly over a 2 week period toavoid tummy upsets.

 

[Chris_Kewl]

It's not Gold, it's the "Pet Rabbit Diet" thatwas at Petsmart. I have been picking out everything and justgiving the pellets so far.

The UPC is: 0 22053 02992 0

On the front it says Vitamin-Enriched Pellets, Corn and Vita-Bits(TM). It's the 5lb bag and it contains:

17% minimum crude protein
2% minimum crude fat
16% maximum crude fiber
12% maximum moisture.

If this is not safe to feed my buns, what is safe and good for them toeat daily as a pellet? I have seen various bulk pellets atPetSmart, Pet Supply Plus and whatnot. I got this because Ifigured this would be better for them.

Onto CareFresh, I hear that Pestall and compressed sawdust is betterfor rabbits and they have no desire to eat it. Not just that,it's a lot less expensive. This is what I got from the packetfrom Midwest Rabbit when adopting the buns.

Thoughts?

Chris

 

[naturestee]

Yeah, those are definately not goodpellets. Since your rabbits are adults, I recommend a timothypellet such as Oxbow Bunny Basics/T (my fave!) or Kaytee TimothyComplete. Bare minimum, pellets should be plain with notreats, 16% or less protein, 18% or more fiber.

Carefresh is fine unless the bunny nibbles it. I personallyprefer wood pellets such as Woody Pet, Equine Pine, Feline Pine,etc. Safe but less expensive and more absorbant.

 

[Chris_Kewl]

Is this the brand you suggest?

http://cgi.ebay.com/Timothy-Hay-based-Complete-Rabbit-Pelleted-Food-5lb_W0QQitemZ7754339397QQihZ018QQcategoryZ121854QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem

If so, these people are also in Ohio and I can maybe get my supplies from them next time I am around that area.

Thanks!

Chris

 

[undergunfire]

Yup, those are the pellets, Chris.



- Amy (Mallory, Morgan, and Madilyn-Mae):hearts

 

[myLoki]

These are the pellets I use. Oxbow is notavailable in my area and it's much too expensive to order online. TheTimothy Complete are the next best thing.





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