Chapin's never had a bad stomach in the year we've had her (before we knew better than to keep them out the way she got into a packet of malteasers in a carrier bag and box, and she's managed to get on top of the kitchen table before and ran off with a biscuit >.<).
Her poop has never been a problem, but comparing it to Seeley's, it's never quite as big and brown.
This is his and hers today, they get fed exactly the same (slight variations in veg but not much, unlimited hay, shot of burgess/ss at the moment every evening).
Today probably isn't the best day to show a comparison as she's been in the garden for a few hours so has had some grass and he's been inside. But hers are always darker and smaller than his (which are always light brown and big), but usually they are lighter and bigger than what she's producing this evening.
However, with no comparison I didn't realise how little hay she eats, she still manages a large handful a day I'd say, but Seeley is practically none stop!
Would you say it's problem that she doesn't eat as much hay as he does? I don't want her to have any long term effects. She does go outside quite a bit so she gets grass too, she also really enjoys bark off apple branches but it's difficult to provide her with a lot of them, I got a massive amount of them and she'll strip a dozen foot long branches a day if I let her. I can't constantly go around hacking off random apple branches, although I've spotted a new one along the canal and am going to attack that tomorrow or Friday!).
Are things like brambles good alternatives for rabbits that don't want a lot of hay? I live practically next to the canal and there is hawthorn, brambles, and rose down there, and I'd assume it's fairly clean as long as it's not at dog level.
Her poop has never been a problem, but comparing it to Seeley's, it's never quite as big and brown.
This is his and hers today, they get fed exactly the same (slight variations in veg but not much, unlimited hay, shot of burgess/ss at the moment every evening).
Today probably isn't the best day to show a comparison as she's been in the garden for a few hours so has had some grass and he's been inside. But hers are always darker and smaller than his (which are always light brown and big), but usually they are lighter and bigger than what she's producing this evening.
However, with no comparison I didn't realise how little hay she eats, she still manages a large handful a day I'd say, but Seeley is practically none stop!
Would you say it's problem that she doesn't eat as much hay as he does? I don't want her to have any long term effects. She does go outside quite a bit so she gets grass too, she also really enjoys bark off apple branches but it's difficult to provide her with a lot of them, I got a massive amount of them and she'll strip a dozen foot long branches a day if I let her. I can't constantly go around hacking off random apple branches, although I've spotted a new one along the canal and am going to attack that tomorrow or Friday!).
Are things like brambles good alternatives for rabbits that don't want a lot of hay? I live practically next to the canal and there is hawthorn, brambles, and rose down there, and I'd assume it's fairly clean as long as it's not at dog level.
