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Natural chews for rabbits
- Thread starter Lucy
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If you look up and see which woods are poisonous (such as cherry) you should be able to work out which are ok, like willow. Maybe take a walk to your local woods or a kind neighbour and take a few branches?
Your buns will have a great time stripping leaves and bark from the fresh branches and chewing the wood - and it's free!
Your buns will have a great time stripping leaves and bark from the fresh branches and chewing the wood - and it's free!
I would def call your local tree fellers. they have to pay to get rid of it so just ask them to save you some. There was a company who had employees living on our road and I meant to go and ask them but they moved out before I had a chance :roll:
clutterydrawer
Wise Old Thumper
I have an arrangment with a friendly local gardener, whenever he is pruning an appropriate tree he saves the branches and delivers them to my house in a sack
i also give the buns untreated willow baskets from kitchen shops and they are multipurpose and last for ages.
i also give the buns untreated willow baskets from kitchen shops and they are multipurpose and last for ages.
I have an arrangment with a friendly local gardener, whenever he is pruning an appropriate tree he saves the branches and delivers them to my house in a sack
Yep I do this too. Nice little Richard pops round huge apple tree logs, little branches and he even cuts them up for me :lol:
Minimallow
Wise Old Thumper
If you ask on freecycle for any prunings of apple tree etc branches hopefully you might have some success. I did the same thiing and got a whole load of branches and the bunnies love them. And for free of course! All you have to do is pick them up You'd prob be helping them out too as most people cant be bothered getting rid of the branches! :lol:
You'd prob be helping them out too as most people cant be bothered getting rid of the branches! :lol:Denny I was cheeky and asked Richard only untreated and also gave him a list of suitable ones
its not cheeky, its the sensible approach
:lol::lol: I only mention it as many bunny novices would be non the wiser and get the hack saw out:lol::lol::lol: I often wonder how many people pick road side and park greens for their buns not knowing the hazardsthat blows my idea out of the window then:lol::lol::lol: sissal rope is good as you can plait it and wrap it around things. Also wicker/willow baskets are a good occupiers and if your really adventureous with the sissal rope, you can weave it or crochet with it and make place mats Old tissue boxes filled with hay are also good as is the good old loo roll
and if your really adventureous with the sissal rope, you can weave it or crochet with it and make place mats Old tissue boxes filled with hay are also good as is the good old loo rollsillyrabbit
Wise Old Thumper
I phoned up a load of gardners here and asked if they ever came across any untreated fruit branches could I buy them
The next day this guy brought me round a huge box of apple branches and didnt charge me anything, I get a load dropped round every month or so its great He has a whole list of bunny safe stuff now and has brought round lots of herbs and stuff for them too :lol:
