Problems with Oxbow essentials?

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- 04/02/2022 at 9:20 PM
  Kimberley
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  Is anybody else having problems with Oxbow essentials adult rabbit pellets ? Lately, I have found pieces of clay and sand in the bags. I have used this brand for many years; and I can’t say that I have had any real issues with it. Now, when I try to feed my little buns, they go and smell it and then turn up their noses at it. They refuse to eat it until they are extremely hungry.
  
  When I squish their poop between my fingers, at first they are very hard, after they have broken down, they turn to a fine paper/cardboard-like substance, and it breaks down into a powder. The bunnies poop has also become very hard, until it has had a chance to start breaking down.
  Since this problem with the pellets began, I have lost one bunny. I don’t know if it’s related, it’s quite coincidental though.
  
  Also, I noticed that molasses is in the ingredients. I have looked online and have read in several places that molasses should never be given to rabbits. So, why do they put it in the pellets?
- 04/03/2022 at 1:57 AM
  Azerane
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  I’m not sure if molasses is a binder or a sweetener for taste but it seems to be quite common in pelleted food rabbits and similar animals. I don’t think all of the oxbow pellets have molasses in them, I normally feed the Oxbow Garden Select and they don’t contain molasses. I’ve recently just had to switch back to Oxbow Essentials because I couldn’t get the Garden Select when I needed it, but I haven’t had any issues with pieces of debris in the bag. I would consider contacting either the company you purchased from or Oxbow themselves about getting a refund or replacement bag.
- 04/03/2022 at 1:39 PM
  prince dorian the bun
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  Molasses isn’t listed as an ingredient on my bag, I would have avoided it if it were Also no issues like you described, though it takes me a while to go through a bag so this isan older batch. Where did you get your bag? I hope you didn’t get a cheap knock off, Amazon has that issue with lots of products unfortunately.
- 04/04/2022 at 9:47 PM
  LBJ10
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  I haven’t ever found foreign objects in Oxbow pellets. I would contact them. I’m sure they will replace the bag.
  
  They talk about molasses in their blog, if that helps at all: https://www.oxbowanimalhealth.com/blog/cane-molasses-why-is-it-in-my-pets-food/
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