fizabella
Alpha Buck
The other day, I took Maia into the garden because it was a really nice, sunny day. It started off well, until she realised she really liked the garden. She went from a few tentative hops to running up and down to full on binkies! :lol:
Then it went downhill, she crawled under a fallen fence in the back of my garden and sat there eating the grass. At first I didn't mind because she'd come out when I called her - then I think she realised I couldn't get under there and wouldnt come out (naughty girl :lol After about an hour, she came out from under the fence and I went to get her and bring her back in, and she ran into the neighbour's garden! I did manage to get her and bring her back indoors safely, she clearly enjoyed herself a lot because she flopped out and looked like she'd fallen asleep as soon as she got in.
Later on, her poops were small, black and a lot more wet-looking than her normal golden poops
So I have two questions here:
1) were her poops like this because of the grass she'd eaten? I thought rabbits really liked grass, and I know some people here give their rabbits grass and dandelions etc as healthy treats for their rabbits, does this happen to your rabbits as well?
2) How do you let your rabbits free range?
Did you let them settle in for a long time before allowing them into the garden so they wouldn't run off? Maia is settled in, in the sense that she seems happy indoors, but I don't think she's settled in enough to actually stick around if she was given the chance to run freely.
Are your gardens completely rabbit-proofed? If so, what did you do to rabbit-proof them?
Or do you keep a close eye on your rabbit? I hear some people have their rabbits on a harness and a long lead in the garden, but I'm not sure if this is a nice thing to do.
Thanks
PS I've learnt my lesson, Maia won't be going outside again until I know how to properly keep her safe out there
Then it went downhill, she crawled under a fallen fence in the back of my garden and sat there eating the grass. At first I didn't mind because she'd come out when I called her - then I think she realised I couldn't get under there and wouldnt come out (naughty girl :lol After about an hour, she came out from under the fence and I went to get her and bring her back in, and she ran into the neighbour's garden! I did manage to get her and bring her back indoors safely, she clearly enjoyed herself a lot because she flopped out and looked like she'd fallen asleep as soon as she got in.
Later on, her poops were small, black and a lot more wet-looking than her normal golden poops
So I have two questions here:
1) were her poops like this because of the grass she'd eaten? I thought rabbits really liked grass, and I know some people here give their rabbits grass and dandelions etc as healthy treats for their rabbits, does this happen to your rabbits as well?
2) How do you let your rabbits free range?
Did you let them settle in for a long time before allowing them into the garden so they wouldn't run off? Maia is settled in, in the sense that she seems happy indoors, but I don't think she's settled in enough to actually stick around if she was given the chance to run freely.
Are your gardens completely rabbit-proofed? If so, what did you do to rabbit-proof them?
Or do you keep a close eye on your rabbit? I hear some people have their rabbits on a harness and a long lead in the garden, but I'm not sure if this is a nice thing to do.
Thanks
PS I've learnt my lesson, Maia won't be going outside again until I know how to properly keep her safe out there