MelodyR
Well-known member
My daughter-in-law raises bunnies and feeds them the Purina Rabbit Show pellets (blue bag), 4 of my 6 chins are on it also, because that's what they were fed from birth (my other two are on Kline b/c that's what they were fed).
She recently had two bunnies die unexpectedly (appears bloat broke out in her group at the same time). Her bunny breeder friends said they had had a problem with the Show pellets and lost bunnies as well recently. They said they had contacted Purina and there may have been a contamination problem in a recent batch, thought to be due to the fact that their factories also make dog and cat products. This is all third-party hearsay, so take it for what it's worth, which may be nothing.
I know alot of you use these pellets -- has anyone had any issues? Don't panic -- again, I am only going by what she said she heard. She has stopped using the product though. My thought was that she feeds her bunnies only tiny amounts of hay, and I would assume they are foraging animals who should be getting alot of hay. I think that might be her problem with gut stasis/bloat.
She recently had two bunnies die unexpectedly (appears bloat broke out in her group at the same time). Her bunny breeder friends said they had had a problem with the Show pellets and lost bunnies as well recently. They said they had contacted Purina and there may have been a contamination problem in a recent batch, thought to be due to the fact that their factories also make dog and cat products. This is all third-party hearsay, so take it for what it's worth, which may be nothing.
I know alot of you use these pellets -- has anyone had any issues? Don't panic -- again, I am only going by what she said she heard. She has stopped using the product though. My thought was that she feeds her bunnies only tiny amounts of hay, and I would assume they are foraging animals who should be getting alot of hay. I think that might be her problem with gut stasis/bloat.