calling on all rabbit owners!!!

my 5 year old daughter has a dutch rabbit that we resuced almost a year ago from my wife side of the family, i was in the begining not for it(i was and am a dog lover) but i saw her with the bunny and i new we were going to keep it, it's one of the few haired animals my son isnt allergic to. well after this years has gone by i cant believe how much money im spending on food, it's NUTS. I told my wife that theres snake owners that breed mice and rats that make thier own food, i dont see why we can do this for our lil ole bunny. So my question to all you rabbit owners is do you make your own food? and if so what do you use, and how much money is invested it, and how much does it yeild and, just kidding no more ands...lol

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Originally Posted by jar2476

my 5 year old daughter has a dutch rabbit that we resuced almost a year ago from my wife side of the family, i was in the begining not for it(i was and am a dog lover) but i saw her with the bunny and i new we were going to keep it, it's one of the few haired animals my son isnt allergic to. well after this years has gone by i cant believe how much money im spending on food, it's NUTS. I told my wife that theres snake owners that breed mice and rats that make thier own food, i dont see why we can do this for our lil ole bunny. So my question to all you rabbit owners is do you make your own food? and if so what do you use, and how much money is invested it, and how much does it yeild and, just kidding no more ands...lol

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Well i have a possible cheaper food but try not to laugh.When my Grandfather and i raised rabbits a guy we sold some to fed them pig food.It had corn and such all ground up and those were some HEALTHY bunnies lol.We had a rabbit recently that ate lab block rat chow.Once again not my start here he was eating it at the person whom we got him from house lol.Rabbits are a constant poo factory AKA in the mouth out the behind!:8:

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Originally Posted by joepythons

Well try not to laugh.

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:rofl: :rofl: :neener: sorry joe just had to do it....

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Originally Posted by jar2476

:rofl: :rofl: :neener: sorry joe just had to do it....

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Not helping you anymore you traiter :8: :8:

ooooh look it's a cat fight! http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k1.../catfight1.gif

i bet $10 on joe... i know he can take him!

i'll take some of that action...lol

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Originally Posted by recycling goddess

ooooh look it's a cat fight! http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k1.../catfight1.gif

i bet $10 on joe... i know he can take him!

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ooohhhh come on now buddy, when was tha last time i gave you a hard time...not counting the other thread 2seconds ago...lol

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Originally Posted by joepythons

Not helping you anymore you traiter :8: :8:

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joey is jealous. he wants me to be his friend... but he's actually my stalker. so now he's upset.

don't worry about it. my restraining order should be coming thru any time now! http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k1...oh_really1.gif

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Originally Posted by recycling goddess

joey is jealous. he wants me to be his friend... but he's actually my stalker. so now he's upset.

don't worry about it. my restraining order should be coming thru any time now! http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k1...oh_really1.gif

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You gotta find a judge to sign it before its legal :groinkick :neener: :twisted:

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Originally Posted by jar2476

ooohhhh come on now buddy, when was tha last time i gave you a hard time...not counting the other thread 2seconds ago...lol

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Do i know you? O now i remember your JOE CAPONE from MKR :fishslap: :fishslap: :groinkick :groinkick

joey... you... :banned1:

:rofl:

When we had a big bunny to feed I found out sort of by accident that my local big grocery store was quite happy to give me a ton of free greens for the bun bun. Turns out that if I (and a bunch of other pet owners) showed up at the store at a certain time on a specific day we could have our pick of fresh veggies that were culls from the stuff being put out for sale. None of it was rotten. It would be things like the outside leaves of cabbage and lettuce, carrots that were not straight and "pretty"...stuff like that. They were quite happy to see it used up and the pet owners that hauled it away got free food and their employees didn't have to haul it out to the dumpster. Give a few grocery stores a call, speak to their Produce Manager and I bet you'll find one that will do too. It certainly helps with the food budget and our bunny loved the variety each week.

what kind of food are you buying? We feed 7 rabbits for 3 weeks with a 50 bag of food from Tractor Supply ($8 a bag) and vegies from the grocery store a few times a week.

Here's a link to a site that's my bunny bible, they have pretty much everything on there. :)

www.rabbit.org

Also, you may be overfeeding him, hay isn't that expensive and it should be the vast majority of your bun's diet. My rabbits only get 1/3 of a cup of pellets once a day each, then a constant supply of timothy hay (alfalfa is best only for baby rabbits, otherwise it makes them gassy). It does depend on how much the rabbit weighs though, bigger rabbits may require a bit more than that but not much. Hay is the healthiest thing for em, with pellets as a supplement and everything else as an occassional treat. :)

we feed the hartsz rabbit food, it like 4.98 a bag.

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Originally Posted by worldcupkeeper

what kind of food are you buying? We feed 7 rabbits for 3 weeks with a 50 bag of food from Tractor Supply ($8 a bag) and vegies from the grocery store a few times a week.

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thanks for the site, we do feed him the timothy hay also but everynight we give the hartz mix also. he doesnt look as if he is gaining any wieght so i dont think hes over feed. he's about 4 1/2 to 5 lbs at last vet check.

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Originally Posted by MedusasOwl

Here's a link to a site that's my bunny bible, they have pretty much everything on there. :)

www.rabbit.org

Also, you may be overfeeding him, hay isn't that expensive and it should be the vast majority of your bun's diet. My rabbits only get 1/3 of a cup of pellets once a day each, then a constant supply of timothy hay (alfalfa is best only for baby rabbits, otherwise it makes them gassy). It does depend on how much the rabbit weighs though, bigger rabbits may require a bit more than that but not much. Hay is the healthiest thing for em, with pellets as a supplement and everything else as an occassional treat. :)

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that hurts Joe after all that talk about hunting and, crossbows, compoundbows...that hurts, you cut me deep man.lol

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Originally Posted by joepythons

Do i know you? O now i remember your JOE CAPONE from MKR :fishslap: :fishslap: :groinkick :groinkick

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Who's that????

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Originally Posted by joepythons

JOE CAPONE from MKR

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Originally Posted by jar2476

that hurts Joe after all that talk about hunting and, crossbows, compoundbows...that hurts, you cut me deep man.lol

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SWEET the agony of getting evens :carrot: :8: .Was it a double lung shot or liver? :D :P

it was deep:( , and it hurt...lol:P

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Originally Posted by joepythons

SWEET the agony of getting evens :carrot: :8: .Was it a double lung shot or liver? :D :P

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Originally Posted by jar2476

it was deep:( , and it hurt...lol:P

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BOOYA the sweet double lung shot :carrot: :carrot: .Now will you be moderators pet anymore? :groinkick :groinkick :rofl: :rofl:

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Originally Posted by jar2476

thanks for the site, we do feed him the timothy hay also but everynight we give the hartz mix also. he doesnt look as if he is gaining any wieght so i dont think hes over feed. he's about 4 1/2 to 5 lbs at last vet check.

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Sure thing! And at that size, anywhere from 1/4 to 1/2 a cup should do em. Not sure how much a bag of Hartz runs, I usually feed Oxbow (which, yeah, can get pricey) but controling the portions like that helps both digestion and the pocketbook. :)