KMS Hayloft or Oxbow for Sensitive Gut?

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Sef
I dissent.

Post   » Sat Sep 21, 2019 9:26 pm


Our senior with a sensitive gut (prone to painful gas episodes) is currently on Oxbow pellets, but I'm wondering if KMS might be a better choice based on some of the ingredients. Interestingly, though, Oxbow is actually a little higher in fiber. I'm not sure how some of the other ingredients affect the gut. What's the difference, for example, between yeast culture & hydrolyzed yeast in Oxbow and Brewer's yeast in KMS? Or soybean oil in Oxbow vs. vegetable oil in KMS? Oxbow has wheat middlings, whereas KMS has Pacific wheat. Oxbow has soybean hulls and soybean meal, whereas KMS just has soybean meal.

Has anyone here had been luck with one over the other in a pig with digestive issues?


Oxbow:
Timothy Grass Meal, Soybean Hulls, Soybean Meal, Cane Molasses, Wheat Middlings, Sodium Bentonite, Soybean Oil, Salt, Lignin Sulfonate, L-Ascorbyl-2-Monophosphate (Vitamin C), Monocalcium Phosphate, Choline Chloride, Vitamin E Supplement, Zinc Sulfate, Yeast Culture, Hydrolyzed Yeast, Zinc Proteinate, Niacin, Copper Sulfate, d-Calcium Pantothenate, Manganous Oxide, Riboflavin Supplement, Biotin, Thiamine Mononitrate, Magnesium Sulfate, Copper Proteinate, Vitamin A Supplement, Sodium Selenite, Manganese Proteinate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Folic Acid, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Cobalt Carbonate, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Calcium Iodate.

Crude Protein (min) 14.00%
Crude Fat (min) 2.00%
Crude Fiber (min) 25.00%
Crude Fiber (max) 28.00%
Moisture (max) 10.00%
Calcium (min) 0.35%
Calcium (max) 0.75%
Phosphorus (min) 0.25%
Vitamin A (min) 10,000 IU/kg
Ascorbic Acid (Vit C.) (min) 250 mg/kg
Vitamin D3 (min) 900 IU/kg
Vitamin E (min) 190 IU/kg

KMS:
Timothy hay, whole wheat, soybean meal, whole oats, Pacific wheat, vegetable oil, molasses, Brewers yeast, salt, Vitamin C supplement, Vitamin A supplement, Vitamin D3 supplement, Vitamin E supplement, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Riboflavin, Niacin, d-Calcium Pantothenate, Choline Chloride, Folic Acid, Potassium Sulfate, Manganese Oxide, Zinc, Ferrous Sulfate, Copper Sulfate, Lingon Sulfate.

Crude Protein (min) 14.00 %
Crude Fat (min) 3 %
Crude Fiber (min) 20.00 %
Crude Fiber (max) 25.00 %
Vitamin A (IU/lb) 13,050
Vitamin D-3 (ICU/lb) 455
Vitamin C (mg/lb) 450
Calcium (min) 0.41%
Calcium (max) 0.54%
Phosphorus (min) 0.30%

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Lynx
Celebrate!!!

Post   » Sat Sep 21, 2019 10:17 pm


When Josephine used to post here, she had a lot of information on this kind of thing. That is mainly how some of the pellet recommendations came about. www.guinealynx.info/pellets.html

I would only have guesses for some of your questions. Guessing the soybean meal is better than the soybean meal/hulls. This link appears on that page, which explains what the various ingredients are:
http://www.mihog.org/diet/foodingred.phtml

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Sef
I dissent.

Post   » Mon Sep 23, 2019 12:48 pm


Both links have good info, thanks! I'm just not sure what ingredients are better/worse for GI issues, or maybe there's no real difference. :\

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Renonvsparky

Post   » Mon Sep 23, 2019 5:32 pm


My guinea pigs don't really eat pellets much, even though I offer them daily, plus none of them have a problem with a sensitive gut. Scruffy however, has been eating more of them lately and he's on antibiotics right now that do effect his appetite and can irritate his gut. I'm interested to see what, if anything others have experienced with this issue and which pellets they have better results with.

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skinnypigs1
Supporter in '12

Post   » Sun Oct 13, 2019 8:20 pm


Have you looked at the new Sherwood Timothy only pellets?
They did another formula that has no Alfalfa.
I switched my pigs onto the new formula and they all love it!

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