Prickles, thorns and buns tongues

rabswood

Wise Old Thumper

• Sep 6, 2010

• #1

I'm always getting prickles and thorns in my fingers from the hay how do the buns go on with their little tongues and paws :?

 

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drpengie

Wise Old Thumper

• Sep 6, 2010

• #2

I was wondering that too cos I wanted to know if you can you feed them fresh nettles?

 

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Mudgy

Warren Scout

• Sep 6, 2010

• #3

You can feed them fresh Dead nettles (mine wont eat them) or you can dry both stingers and dead nettles and feed in the winter. Most rabbits like nettle hay.

 

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emilybun

Warren Scout

• Sep 6, 2010

• #4

that is a very good question!

 

Blackberry & Co

Wise Old Thumper

• Sep 6, 2010

• #5

Well, wild rabbits eat brambles - they haven't got anybody to cut the thorns off for them

As for nettles - they may sting us, but I know that although I cringe when our dog goes into a clump of nettles for a pee they never seem to sting him.

 

katie2000

Alpha Buck

• Sep 6, 2010

• #6

Blackberry & Co said:

As for nettles - they may sting us, but I know that although I cringe when our dog goes into a clump of nettles for a pee they never seem to sting him.

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Have you tried feeding nettles? I am just not brave enough but we have lots growing close by so I am always tempted

 

Blackberry & Co

Wise Old Thumper

• Sep 6, 2010

• #7

katie2000 said:

Have you tried feeding nettles? I am just not brave enough but we have lots growing close by so I am always tempted

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Not nettles cos I just haven't got around to it yet, but they do get brambles, which I used to de-thorn every single leaf, but now I'm braver and they happily eat the leaf with thorns still on the backs

 

esupi

Warren Veteran

• Sep 6, 2010

• #8

I asked this question a few weeks ago. Somebody told me (I can't remember who!) it's because the buns are so much smaller than us - so to us the spines ***** and hurt, but to the buns they're more like a pencil would be to us - so less sharp.