Oxbow Pellet Calories

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- 01/07/2008 at 2:49 PM
  AlexT
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  Does anyone perchance know the kcal/g or calories per pound for Oxbow Bunny Basics-T and 15/23 pellets?
  
  I’ve looked online, but can’t find anything, and the company hasn’t responded to my question.
  
  Thanks,
  
  Alex
- 01/07/2008 at 7:05 PM
  Scarlet_Rose
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  Hi Alex, calories per pound are not listed on the package, just the guaranteed analysis. Sorry I couldn’t help.
- 01/07/2008 at 9:36 PM
  Gravehearted
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  I also poked around online and couldn’t find the answer either. I know the timothy pellets are supposedly fairly low in calories. Hopefully you’ll hear back from oxbow.
- 01/08/2008 at 12:09 PM
  AlexT
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  In case anyone is interested, here are the numbers given to me by Oxbow (given as “digestible energy”):
  
  Bunny Basics-T = 2816 kcal/kg or 6209 kcal/lb
  Bunny Basics-15/23 = 3030 kcal/kg or 6681 kcal/lb
  
  Interestingly, American Pet Diner’s website lists the “digestible energy” of its Alfalfa Pellets at “not less than” 1200 kcal/lb.
  
  And, if I’m reading it right, Purina Mills Hi-Fiber Lab Diet comes in at a paltry 2.01 kcal/g, or just about 2000 kcal/kg. No wonder we fed our buns 1/2 a cup of that stuff a day and didn’t see nearly the weight gain we did when we switched to Oxbow…
  
  The next step for me is to get the kcal/kg info for American Pet Diner Timmy and a top-end number for the alfalfa.
  
  Peace,
  Alex
- 01/09/2008 at 3:50 AM
  AlexT
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  Correction:
  
  I didn’t do the math right on the conversion from kg to lbs on the Oxbow pellets:
  Bunny Basics – T = 1272 kcal/lb
  Bunny Basics – 15/23 = 1363 kcal/lb
  
  That’s what you get when you try to shift from writing on Trinitarian theology to doing bunny food math; multiplication and division get screwy in the whole “three in one” bit.
- 01/09/2008 at 7:03 PM
  Scarlet_Rose
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  Yowsa, yes it would get a bit confusing.
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