Tamsin said:I feed supreme science. I've heard alot of people mention problems with excel. Its generally helped by reducing the quanities.
The lite version is better than the standard. I can understand having a junior version and an adult version but as far as I know dwarf rabbits don't have different requirements to an average sized bun :? A 'dwarf' lop is the same size as a medium bun. I thihnk its a bit misleading.
Tam
Rexy bexy said:hi,
mine r fed on allen and page natural rabbit pellets it has a high fiber and low protein % in which rabbit feeds should have. Iv used burgess exel in the past and had no probs with it but over feeding can result to messy bums but not in all cases.
becky
Maaike_Butter said:The difference is their metabolic speeds. Smaller breeds have much faster metabolisms than larger breeds. However, it is misleading with the naming of "dwarf", like you said. I think any medium breed and smaller should be fed dwarf feed...
Amelia said:I had problems with Excel and have since changed all mine to Science Selective and have no problems whatsoever.
My only problem with Science Selective is that it doesn't seem to be readily available in the shops so I have to order it on line.
Tamsin said:Maaike_Butter said:The difference is their metabolic speeds. Smaller breeds have much faster metabolisms than larger breeds. However, it is misleading with the naming of "dwarf", like you said. I think any medium breed and smaller should be fed dwarf feed...
I'm not convinced, with other feeds small rabbits seem to do as well as large on the same mix. They might eat slightly different quantities but I'm not sure that the higher protein content is warrented. An average sized rabbit shouldn't need the same levels as a pregnant/lactating doe which is what they are saying.
Excluding the extreme sized breeds such as giants and netherlands there isn't that much variation in size.
Tam
Maaike_Butter said:I think it should be a weight/size guideline, not a 'breed name' guideline...