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Date: 4/19/96 10:38 AM
Reply:
1. 3 years ago when I started using rice brain (I used Satin Finish - it is
a very powdery form). Now I use Vita-Bran which is in pelleted form.
2. The "dusty" type I found took at least a gallon of water to soak down and
mix in with the other feeds I used (oats, corn, corn oil, etc.)
3&4. When I first started I gave Monte a couple of handfuls with his regular
grain mix with water. Over a couple of weeks we had increased to 1.5 lbs.
and he loved it. But that's when it also took a minimum of 1 gallon of water
so it wasn't dusty. Now using the pelleted form, I feed it with cracked corn
plain and he virtually inhales it.
5. It took about 6-7 weeks before I could see a really noticable difference
in the amount of weight he'd put on. He's NOT an easy keeper and can be a
bit of a finicky eater.
Hope that gives you a bit of a different perspective on the rice bran. Oh
BTW, I've switche from wheat bran to rice bran. So now Monte is on a very
minimal choice of hay and grains.
Good Luck,
Mary Thompson-Moore & Monte
Sunnyvale, CA