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This graphic is built on outdated assumptions, not rabbit nutrition science.

• Pellets are not a “supplement” in modern rabbit nutrition. Properly formulated MEASURED pellets are designed to be a complete, balanced diet

• “LOOSE Hay as the foundation” is not evidence-based. When fed as the primary diet, it pushes nutrients through the gut too fast, leading to chronic under-nutrition despite full stomachs.

Meat rabbits fed hay-heavy / pellet-restricted diets routinely take 12–16 weeks to reach fryer weight.

The same genetics on a balanced, pellet-based ration reach fryer size in 8–10 weeks.

That difference isn’t “corners being cut” — it’s chronic under-nutrition for excessive forage and tractor setups ie ." Feeding naturally " based on internet myths.

Loose Hay-forward systems also increase disease risk:

• Higher exposure to coccidia and enteric pathogens

• Greater fecal contamination when hay is fed loose or in litter areas

• Increased GI instability from excess indigestible fiber lignin and NDF.

Longer grow-out time = more parasite cycles, more feed waste, more mortality, not healthier rabbits.

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