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Fibafirst question

Roly Poly

Roly Poly

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Hi,

As always, I'm looking for new ways for Rolo to eat more hay - I've come across Fibafirst and thougt I may buy a small box to try.

First of all, would I just give him just one or two as a treat or is it something that could gradually take over from pellets? He only has a small amount of pellets every morning.

I've seen it on a couple of websites but the packaging looks different. Is it the same stuff that has had a rebranding? If anyone feeds this, would you be able to post a picture of the box?

Thanks xx
 
I feed Fibafirst as treats :) this is the box mine came in:

http://www.petsathome.com/shop/fibafirst-rabbit-2kg-109135

Mine all love it and even the buns who hate hay will happily munch these, and they smell all herby and yummy. I think you could def use them as a replacement for pellets, there is nothing bad about them and with 30% fibre it's ideal for a hay-hating bun. I think as long as Rolo tolerates them you would be fine to switch.

PS I really want to try one because they smell so good :oops: :lol:
 
I feed mine as treats but only because I have 6 rabbits:lol: I would happily use them as a main food source though :)

The older box I had was black and green with one big bunny on but my new box that I got from hay experts is white with the two buns on :)
 
I'm trying it for my buns and they seem keen. They don't eat heaps of hay so this might be ideal

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I give this as a treat - and to tempt a bun who doesn't immediately nom his or her pellets (although I am cautious with this as my buns can be cunning little furries and are not above not eating their pellets in a bid to see what yummy noms their human will give them next;))
 
silverrabbit said:
I feed Fibafirst as treats :) this is the box mine came in:

http://www.petsathome.com/shop/fibafirst-rabbit-2kg-109135

Mine all love it and even the buns who hate hay will happily munch these, and they smell all herby and yummy. I think you could def use them as a replacement for pellets, there is nothing bad about them and with 30% fibre it's ideal for a hay-hating bun. I think as long as Rolo tolerates them you would be fine to switch.

PS I really want to try one because they smell so good :oops: :lol:
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Then try one. I had one of the rabbits' pellets once, to see what all the fuss was about. Then I had another one to check. Still can't see what the fuss is about though! :lol:
 
I'm feeding this instead of pellets at the moment. Bunsk loves it... but then again he loves ANY food! But it does smell really good!
 
I feed mine as treats but I think the idea is you feed them as a main food instead of pellets.

By the way, anyone who is tempted to try them shouldn't. They smell amazing but are absolutely disgusting, it's like emptying the dregs of a bag of hay in to your mouth except worse (as one would expect really :lol:)
 
I've substituted fibafirst instead of science selective and its miraculous.. Smudge no longer has sticky poops and hasnt had any incidence of gut slowdown for 2 months.. Both he and Willow love the stuff...

Doesnt seem long without any incidences but for Smudge its fab.. Golden Poops all round.............!!

Fee x
 
Fee said:
I've substituted fibafirst instead of science selective and its miraculous.. Smudge no longer has sticky poops and hasnt had any incidence of gut slowdown for 2 months.. Both he and Willow love the stuff...

Doesnt seem long without any incidences but for Smudge its fab.. Golden Poops all round.............!!

Fee x
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That's great news :thumb:

Rolo isn't fussed at all - I give him one a day to try and tempt him but not having much luck.
 
I've been looking at this in the shop today myself and am considering moving over from Excell.

I wouldn't give this as a treat as it states it's a complete feed. They would have these instead of the pellets. It said to feed 75g to a 2.5k bun and I think it's about 35g per kilo of body weight for those below or over.

Just keen to see hear some feedback from people using it.
 
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