Oxbow Essentials Ferret Food vs. Hipaws Freeze-Dried Meat Bites Rabbit Recipe
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Oxbow has a better protein to fat ratio. Hipaws's ratio of 5.25 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.) Hipaws has fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing. Hipaws has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches. Both foods are pea-free.
Oxbow Essentials Ferret Food
Oxbow has a better protein to fat ratio. Hipaws's ratio of 5.25 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)
First 10 ingredients:
chicken meal chicken chicken fat egg product gelatin rice flour flaxseed meal cassava root flour dried plain beet pulp l-lysine
Hipaws Freeze-Dried Meat Bites Rabbit Recipe
Hipaws has fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.
Hipaws has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches.
First 10 ingredients:
rabbit meat rabbit heart rabbit liver fish oil calcium carbonate dicalcium phosphate potassium chloride sodium chloride fructo-oligosaccharides vitamin e
Oxbow Essentials Ferret FoodKibble |
Hipaws Freeze-Dried Meat Bites Rabbit RecipeFreeze-Dried Raw |
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Score
B |
Score
A+ |
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| Food Type | Kibble | Freeze-Dried Raw |
| Meat % | Unknown | 98% |
| Protein % | 42% | 63% |
| Fat % | 20% | 12% |
| Fiber % | 3% | 3% |
| Protein to Fat Ratio | 2.1 to 1 | 5.25 to 1 |
| Total Ingredients | 20 | 15 |
| Meat Content |
6 total
high concentration, high quality |
3 total
high concentration, high quality |
| Non-Meats |
4 total
low concentration |
None |
| Pea-free | Yes | Yes |
| Sugar-free | Yes | Yes |
| Controversial ingredient-free | Yes | Yes |
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