My bunny didn’t like the food he has been eating for a little while so we decided to switch the little guy to a different kind. Well over the next weeks I kept seeing these things in his food. They are a bunch of different colours like red,yellow and orange. I look at the ingredients on the bag and I noticed it said vitamin supplements in it and I thought that might be it so I looked it up and I couldn’t find anything. Please if anyone knows what this is please tell me.
by Ttvnewivy
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Maybe use a picture of the feed mix?
I’m not the right person to asks but I suspect this is meant for rodents, not rabbits (which are lagomorphs, related to but distinct from rodents).
I don’t really know what this is.
But there are very few blue dyes present in nature. And the plants and such farmed to make most of them are no longer grown commercially after the industrial revolution gave us synthetic dye production.
I’m inclined to assume that this or at least the dye is artificial. But I’ve also seen dyed sunflower seeds in things like hamster feed. An oddly shaped sunflower seed with a dyed shell wouldn’t be out of question here.
In general, a good quality rabbit pellet shouldn’t contain colorful items. Reputable brands of rabbit pellets are Oxbow, Science Selective and Sherwood Pet Health. Oxbow may be found in pet stores, and the other two brands may be found on-line. Here’s more information re pellets [https://wabbitwiki.com/wiki/Pellets](https://wabbitwiki.com/wiki/Pellets) If your rabbit is under the age of 7 months, it should be fed alfalfa pellets. See more information re diet [https://wabbitwiki.com/wiki/Diet](https://wabbitwiki.com/wiki/Diet) If changing pellets, do so gradually. The pellets link above has a schedule for changing pellets gradually.
Dyed safflower seed.