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Losing rabbits

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Question
I lost a rabbit a week ago due to the wrong feed.  We changed the feed to an all age rabbit pellet feed.  I fed them Friday, gave them some clean grass and carrot pieces as a treat, made sure they had water, and made sure they were all eating.  When I went to check on them in the morning one was dead.  I know I am not supposed to feed them clover, broccoli, lettuce etc.  After reading several post, I quite giving them the fresh vegetables and gave them alfalfa hay and pellets.  This morning another one died.  It was not moving much, and I tried to get it to eat and drink.  It wouldn't, and it started having convulsions/seizers.  What am I doing wrong?  I can't figure out what killed them.  It was eating good last night.  The youngest are about 8 or 9 weeks old.  It had some stuff around its' nose/mouth and was sort of skinny.  The first one gave us some warning  It dropped weight and was very inactive.  We don't have a vet that knows about rabbits, so I can't take them to a vet.  If you can tell me what I am doing wrong, I would appreciate it.  They are in the barn with goats, but the goats have their stall and the rabbits have their pen.  We have horses too.  I don't know if they can get anything from them, but I thought I would mention it.  Thanks

Answer
hi firstly its not a good idea to suddenly change a rabbits diet it has to be done gradually
all i can think of is that somehow the clover may have had some insecticide on it and this is what made them die.
without a post mortem it will be hard to say what actually caused it.
Dave.