Reddit reviews Oxbow Bunny Basics Adult Rabbit Food (Timothy Based), 5-Pound Bag
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Contains 1-5Lb BagTimothy Hay-Based, Optimum Protein Level, Ideal Diet For Adult Rabbits, Recommended By VeterinariansTimothy Hay = Essential Fiber, Soy Products = Fiber, Balanced Protein, Healthy Fat, Wheat = Ideal Carbohydrate And Energy Source
Well I will be honest - her diet is very very wrong and she is severely overweight right now. You need to take immediate measures.
http://www.therabbithouse.com/diet/rabbit-weight.asp - this visual guide will help you monitor progress.
An overweight bunny is prone to very bad illnesses, and also they cannot clean themselves well so flystrike (where flies burrow into the skin around the area they poop and pee from) is a real danger... be sure you check her bottom.
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YOU MUST CHANGE HER DIET as it is very inappropriate!
STOP FEEDING BREAD AND CHECKERS! No offense by why would we feed that??? Human carbs are horrible for bunnies and never to be given. Stop feeding treats and candy! Rabbits cannot have candy, and special candy sold by idiotic stores to make profit on you is junk - no yogurt drops or cookies or crackers!!!! There are healthy treats I will suggest, but until she has lost weight stay away from those 100% - sugar in general is terrible for their GI systems.
The correct diet for an adult bunny is - UNLIMITED hay, 1/4 cup MAX of pain pellets per day (not colorful bits or seed in them), 1 to 2 cups of green leafy veggies. Carrot, kale, and fruit only as occasional very small treats. No yogurt drops or processed sugars, no human crabs, oats, bread etc. No seeds or nuts.
Proper diet:
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Get a kitchen scale and change her diet NOW! Weight her weekly and record her weight - it should start to come down.
As she looses weight also encourage her to be more active:
Gah. That stuff. When I started feeding Professor Bunbun the Kaytee Timothy Pellets I noticed his poops started having this strong, kind of stinky, oniony smell. I asked the vet and she recommended switching him to the Oxbow Timothy Pellets. The smell went away after switching over and hasn't returned since. A lot of pellets are marketed towards breeders (according to what I have read) and don't have the House Rabbit Society recommended nutritional value. I looked around but didn't see much that was promising other than the Oxbow and Kaytee. I don't recommend alfalfa pellets. (Neither does my vet.)
Look for Oxbow pellets. They have great products and are highly recommended in the bunny/ guinea pig keeper's community.
This rabbit food is green! Our future bunbun will surely love it!