alfalfa or timothy hay????

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- 07/17/2008 at 12:39 PM
  baby_daisy
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  Quick question…… I read that the best hay for baby bunny is alfalfa, is that true or does it not matter???
- 07/17/2008 at 12:58 PM
  Beka27
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  alfalfa is higher in calories, so it’s good for a growing bunny. i never gave my bunny (who i got at 4 months) alfalfa, we just did timothy right away. you could also give a mixture of both. that will help her get used to the timothy. at 7 months, she needs to start getting switched over to an all timothy diet.
- 07/17/2008 at 1:20 PM
  Sarita
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  I agree with Beka – she needs the timothy hay too. I would give her a handful of the fresh alfalfa hay as well.
- 07/23/2008 at 10:40 AM
  dmh426
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  I always did a mix of alfalfa and timothy when she was younger and started phasing out the alfalfa a little bit at a time when she was a year old. now it’s a treat!
- 07/23/2008 at 5:12 PM
  Scarlet_Rose
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  It also depends if you are feeding a timothy-based or alfalfa-based pellet food. If you are feed timothy-based pellet food, then I would offer alfalfa hay, if you are offering alfalfa-based pellets, then I would offer timothy hay and only a handful of alfalfa hay. Alfalfa has a lot of calcium in it and so I would not want to over-feed it. Too much calcium can be a bad thing – kidney stones and bladder stones/sludge.
- 07/23/2008 at 5:15 PM
  Beka27
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  question Scarlet… are kidney stones or bladder stones/sludge an issue in young rabbits under one year, or is bad b/c it can have a cumulative effect? just wondering…
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