Hiya, sorry its been a while, kids & Lolly Hop are just keeping me so busy at the moment. Lolly Hop being our much adored house bunny.
We strongly suspect she is an English Lop cross, as she just doesn't seem to stop growing and now is bigger than the average cat at the ripe old age of 7 months.
I'm a bit worried about Lolly Hop's eating habits. She seems to be a goat, as in will eat anything she takes a like to. Some of her menu has consisted of:
Crayons, pencils, paper,
A nearly 70 year old copy of Winnie the Pooh Poetry Book, "When we were very young".
Various wires,
Ocassional try at carpet if kids spill juice on it.
Crisps, biscuits, sweets, coco pops etc...
She chewed up a box, including the polystyrene inside, which she then proceeded to try and eat. :shock:
I once left the bin lid open only to find her inside it, happily munching on a FISH FINGER.
She has stolen various things off the kids plate when eating, including Pizza and Chicken nuggets.
Please note I do NOT deliberately feed her these things.
Mostly if it's is the kids aren't careful and I don't know about it. E.g. they spill their cereal and don't tell me. Boy is that rabbit FAST if there's food involved.
We shut Lolly Hop away at dinner time now, though I have forgotten once or twice, hence the chicken nugget.
I am VERY carful to keep the bin closed since the fish finger incident.
She has lots of stimulation being free range & has lots of toys, from mobiles & chew tubes to forage boxes. She still does her training, every evening. It doesn't seem to have done her any harm, she eats plenty of hay and her poops are fine. I try to keep her at a good weight, by cutting out her pellet portion all together if she does manage to 'raid' some food.
I just wondered how worried I need to be long term and if anyone else has to remind their rabbit that they are not meat eaters they are VEGETARIAN?
We strongly suspect she is an English Lop cross, as she just doesn't seem to stop growing and now is bigger than the average cat at the ripe old age of 7 months.
I'm a bit worried about Lolly Hop's eating habits. She seems to be a goat, as in will eat anything she takes a like to. Some of her menu has consisted of:
Crayons, pencils, paper,
A nearly 70 year old copy of Winnie the Pooh Poetry Book, "When we were very young".
Various wires,
Ocassional try at carpet if kids spill juice on it.
Crisps, biscuits, sweets, coco pops etc...
She chewed up a box, including the polystyrene inside, which she then proceeded to try and eat. :shock:
I once left the bin lid open only to find her inside it, happily munching on a FISH FINGER.
She has stolen various things off the kids plate when eating, including Pizza and Chicken nuggets.
Please note I do NOT deliberately feed her these things.
Mostly if it's is the kids aren't careful and I don't know about it. E.g. they spill their cereal and don't tell me. Boy is that rabbit FAST if there's food involved.
We shut Lolly Hop away at dinner time now, though I have forgotten once or twice, hence the chicken nugget.
I am VERY carful to keep the bin closed since the fish finger incident.
She has lots of stimulation being free range & has lots of toys, from mobiles & chew tubes to forage boxes. She still does her training, every evening. It doesn't seem to have done her any harm, she eats plenty of hay and her poops are fine. I try to keep her at a good weight, by cutting out her pellet portion all together if she does manage to 'raid' some food.
I just wondered how worried I need to be long term and if anyone else has to remind their rabbit that they are not meat eaters they are VEGETARIAN?