Yummy, Yummy feed!

So we're still working on settling in. The animal room is pretty much set up and everyone is settled in their cages but it still needs a lot more work. The banks still need to be painted and the psych ward yellow wall needs to be repainted lime green.

Anyway one thing I did do was go feed shopping today. I think I've fallen in love with my new ag store. The owner is lovely, he is very big on buying local and is also happy to order in whatever I want.

So today I bought

20kg of Mitavite Formula 3 for $28.90
20kg of Oaten Chaff for $23.50

I've ordered Extruded Lupins in which are $22.50 a bag and lucerne hay is $16 a bale.

These prices are fantastic! Hay was up to $25 a bale back home and was icky and dry and scratchy as well. So I'm very very happy. It works out to about $90 for the whole lot, the stud mix, chaff, lupins and hay which will last for like ever..

So until the lupins arrive the mix is going to be lacking in protein, but they are eating lucerne hay as well so hopefully they'll still get what they need. It'll certainly be better then the crummy pellets they have now.

The animals are overjoyed at the mix. Even the rabbit got his own tiny handful.

So the current cavy diet is:
Unlimited "mix" (12% protein, 17% Fibre, 6% fat & 0.5% Calcium)
Unlimited Lucerne Hay (18% Protein, 26% Fibre, 2% Fat and 1.4% Calcium)
Veggies to make up 20mg Vitamin C per cavy plus some extra for bulk
A large handful of either herbs (oregano etc) or grass (depending on availability)

When the lupins come in and the grass grows back it'll be

Unlimited "mix" (19-23% protein, 16% Fibre, 6.5% fat & 0.4-0.8% Calcium)
Unlimited Lucerne Hay (18% Protein, 26% Fibre, 2% Fat and 1.4% Calcium)
Veggies to make up 20mg Vitamin C per cavy plus some extra for bulk
Several Large Handfuls of grass per cavy

So I'm happy with it. The weathers really cold at the moment so I may also feed extra lupins to boost the protein levels a bit as well as some rolled oats for heat.