Toby said:
Toby - this forum is not about scoring points off each other. There is no need to be so aggressive towards anyone who has a differing point of view.
I'm starting to seriously regret coming back here.
I personally don't think its right for people to tell other people what is right or wrong for their own rabbit to eat. If someone came on here and said "My rabbit likes Chocolate drops" then I don't feel people have a right to say "Don't feed your rabbit this product it's bad for them" and frighten them. All I did was basically state "Look they are not that harmful if fed in moderation".
No one has told me yet why my rabbit has been on these for YEARS and his in tip top condition still - I am confused because based on what you lot are saying he should be dead by now.
I am kinda disgusted how people can say "Choc drops are harm" yet kids can eat loads of sweets :shock: its the same thing isn’t it.
I am NOT being aggressive at all; I am just some what concerned.
Toby,
Just because children eat loads of sweets it doesn’t mean it is good for them.
Rabbit treat’s and children’s sweets etc are put on the market to make MONEY. That is the pure and simple reason.
A manufacture doesn’t care if Rabbit Chocolate drops contain dairy, which can cause Rabbit's to have Stasis, become Obese, teeth problems etc.
A manufacture that makes Jelly Bean's with god knows how many E numbers's in doesn’t care if it sends children hyper, gives them bad teeth etc. All the manufacture cares about is MONEY!
As long as people buy these products they will be on the market.
How many people die every year due to Smoking and Alcohol? These products are sold on the market even through they are damaging to our health. A best friend of mine recently lost a leg in a car crash as he was under the influence of alcohol. My Grandmother and mother’s father’s both died due to smoking.
We as a nation are getting more obese every year mainly due to the amount of processed/junk food on the market.
It’s up to us as pet owners to make informed choices based on facts. Fact's and information which need to be available to memebers of RU As Wabbit has mentioned several times it’s a proven scientific FACT that Dairy/Chocolate products are harmful to Rabbits.
I find hard to believe that you have told a member of RU that it is STILL OK to feed her Rabbit these treats after you have seen all the facts and people have tried to no avail to get you to see what’s wrong with feeding treats.
If you choose to feed your Rabbit’s treat that’s fine but let everyone else make his or her own decision.
Louise