luvabun said:On the subject of treats, I love chocolate and eat your normal Cadbury's etc. However, a treat for me is your top notch Belgian chocs. So, surely a treat for a bunny would be better quality hay rather than something processed for a different animal/human to eat.
luvabun said:On the subject of treats, I love chocolate and eat your normal Cadbury's etc. However, a treat for me is your top notch Belgian chocs. So, surely a treat for a bunny would be better quality hay rather than something processed for a different animal/human to eat.
taylor v 109 said:I totaly agree, there is one thing though, if you can get hold of some small branches of apple, pear or cherry tree they may like that. If they do they will strip the bark off and do their teeth the world of good. I dont agree with giving treats such as the ones from the pet shops because they are held together with honey[ very bad for them]. Try and stick to natural treats like fruit tree branches unusual veggies, alpalph hay, reddie grass thing like that. Think of your rabbit as a child and only give them whot is good for them. val
bunnylove said:i meant rolled oats, or digestive buscuit or something not chocolate or rubbish like that, they go mad when they see me feeding veg to there mother..... so i wondered if there was anything else i could give them.
LurcherGirl said:Just wondering how old these rabbits are. From what I understand if babies grow up on vegetables and stuff, they haven't got a problem with them - after all, wild rabbits are not reared on dry food either, but start off on the same fresh grass as the adults. The problems occur if they have been reared on dry food only (as most pet shop/breeder rabbits are). Their digestive system is particularly sensitive until they are about three months old and during that time they don't tolerate diet changes very well. So therefore the problem is not the greens, but the diet change (introduction of greens if not reared on them). But because the history of rabbits is usually not known and because many breeders don't feed greens, it is generally recommended not to feed them any until they are about three months old - to be on the safe side.
I have seen a litter being reared on greens, the same diet as the parents were eating, withouth any problems at all.
Anyone correct me please if this is totally wrong...
hi there my babies are eight weeks old and born from my doe, when i first got rabbits just over a year ago i was told you could not feed veg, until there 6 months old, so i have lived by this.....but they drive me mad ha ha !!!! when i feed there mum veg because they try and fight her for it... so i was wondering if there was any little healthy treat i could give to take there mind of it.....
Vera
luvabun said:bunnylove said:i meant rolled oats, or digestive buscuit or something not chocolate or rubbish like that, they go mad when they see me feeding veg to there mother..... so i wondered if there was anything else i could give them.
sorry, but aren't rolled oats or digestive biscuits prepared for human consumption as well? Still don't seem natural bunny fodder to me.
#bunnyhuggger said:digestive biscuits contain lots of sugar and butter as well as other processed ingredients, rolled oats are just oats rolled flat. To be perfectly honest bunnylove, I have never given my rabbits rolled oats but I know that others have, it's just I'm not sure if it's safe to give them to baby buns :? . Definitely would not advise the digestive biscuits or any type of biscuit though :no: . It must be quite frustrating for you watching them going nuts every time :lol:
LurcherGirl said:The advice that I have usually heard is no veg until 3 months old (this is the time when the digestive system becomes a bit more stable and stronger) - because as mentioned most bunnies are not weened onto veg at all! So it's best to be safe unless you are absolutely sure they are used to it.
Other than that, I can only speak from experience: I once gave a baby bunny (Sunny) one small piece of broccoli at around 8 weeks old... and he very nearly died on me of GI stasis. Now whether that was connected to that piece of broccoli or not I will never know, but it has made me very careful.
Since then, I gradually introduce vegetables (one by one in very small quantities) when they are about 3 months old. So far, I have not had any problems with this. I currently have a lionhead lop, he is 4 months old and has been on veg for 4 weeks. The first two weeks he got very little, increased to about half the normal amount. For the last two weeks or so, he has had the normal allowance - no digestive trouble at all, poos as nice as always!
Ultimately it is your decision. Read all the facts, comments and opinions and then make an educated decision. When you introduce veg, do it very carefully, one by one (so you know whether bunny gets on alright with one particular veg and to give the digestive system time to adjust - meaning to create the adequate bacteria - to new foods) and in small amounts.
Vera
They only have one bowl between the two of them though!