posted 12 years ago
I haven't had any luck finding organic or GMO free rabbit food here in MN, but I've been thinking about developing my own rabbit feed. It's something that people used to do before mass market feeds, but the difficulty was in the recipe and making it so that it gives the best diet for the rabbits. With making your own you get full control of quality and quantity, you could use Organic ingredients or even grow your own. Often feeds have really high protein content, making a rabbit often overweight. There are definitely a lot of variables. In Bob Bennet's book on Raising Rabbits he provides Mr. Reynolds' Special Rabbit-Feed Recipe, Mr Reynolds is the former ARBA President. But it's labeled as a supplement to pellets.
Mr. Reynolds' Special Rabbit-Feed Recipe
6 quarts oats
1 quart wheat
1 quart sunflower seed
1 quart barley
1 quart kaffir corn
1 quart Terramycin (antibiotic)
Mix oats, wheat, sunflower seed, barley, and kaffir corn. Add Terramycin crumbles to feed mixture once a week. Feed one part of this mixture to three parts of pellets daily.
I'm now sure how I feel about the Terramycin, and I feel the recipe would be fine without it. I'd love to see if anyone uses their own recipe, and if they'd like to share?
-Kirk