buying Oxbow Alfalfa hay in the UK

[Heaven]

Heya Just wondering where UK bunnymummys could recommend buying Oxbow alfalfa hay, preferably in bulk. Is it really £4.99 a bag?! He gets through one a week!

[Bam]

Oxbow alfalfa is expensive partly because it’s from the USA. The best price I could find was 4.61 £ https://www.vetuk.co.uk/rabbit-food-oxbow-essentials-rabbit-food-c-649_650_1303/oxbow-alfalfa-hay-425g-p-2746

But alfalfa hay should only be fed the first 4 months or so of the bun’s life. And it’s good if you start mixing it up with grass hay while the bun is still very young, because that’s the most important food for a bun.

[sarahthegemini]

I believe orchard and timothy are the only ones that can be bought in bulk.

[Sirius&Luna]

I’ve never given my baby buns alfalfa hay, just baby rabbit pellets. I don’t think it’s an essential. I buy Timothy in bulk and add a sprinkle of readigrass or oat hay every now and then as a treat

I would start trying to wean off alfalfa soon anyway, he might be reluctant to switch if it’s all he has

The cheapest place I’ve found for buying hay is TimeForPaws, but I’m not sure what alfalfa they have as I’ve never bought it. I buy bulk Timothy which is really high quality from Timothyhay.co.uk

[Heaven]

Thanks guys, great advice! I’ll start mixing this alfalfa with Timothy then to slowly transition. Still can’t get him to eat the Oxbow young rabbit pellets though :'(

I got a sample of fibafirst sticks with my last Hay Experts order – gave him a nibble of one and seemed to love it! Are these suitable treats for a 3 month old, or a good replacement for not eating pellets? What are they generally for?

I’ve also reduced his veggies from 3 small portions a day to just one, since I read on here that it can make their diet too rich and cause them to leave cecals behind which I have been noticing him do lately.

[Sirius&Luna]

Burgess is a great UK brand, and is what I use for pellets, so that’s another option

I don’t know about fibafirst I’m afraid, but I don’t think they should replace young rabbit pellets.

[tobyluv]

I’ve never heard of Fibafirst, so I was curious about it. In case others are wondering what it is, here is a link telling all about it and it lists the ingredients. http://supremepetfoods.com/fiba-first-2/

[sarahthegemini]

I give mine fibafirst sticks every day. They are sort of a pellet alternative as they have all the needed nutrients and whatnot but also a lot of fibre

Not sure if they’d be okay for babies though, mine are over a year old now.

[Bam]

Fibafirst is called monoforage, because it’s supposed to contain everything the bun needs including fiber. But it’s still recommended to provide hay 24/7. Most buns including my Bam seem to really enjoy fibafirst. It has 30% fiber. Right now I have another stick-product by the same company, Digestive Plus. It has 32% fiber. It looks very much like the Fibafirst sticks, a tiny bit slimmer and darker. They were out of Fibafirst when I was about to order, so I bought these sticks instead. Bam devours them happily. He absolutely refuses to have anything to do with the Weight Management sticks (also from the same company), so it’s not like he eats anything.

Fibafirst can be used as a healthy snack, for example a just-before-you-go-to-bed-snack.

[Vienna Blue in France]

I leave my 6kg buns Fibafirst sticks overnight.
They get 7 each !!! Thats the recommended amount per kg… and they are all gawn by dawn! Yuuuuum!
Purchased off amazon. £9 for 2kg i think.

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