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Rita

Rita

Warren Scout
you read a lot of post with bunnies suffering from GI, i wonder if wild rabbits ever get it.
i know the wild rabbits can get all the medicine they need to survive from the wild, so i wonder what they are eating to not get it.
that's if they don't get it. just a thought that popped in my head. wonder if there has been a study on that. now that i would like to see. :):)
 
I think they do get it, in the wild with all the forage and grass to live off they should stand a good chance of eating a very good diet but rabbits are not hardy animals, they are so successful a species through their ability to breed like, well, rabbits!

The life expectancy of a wild bun is 2-3 years I think.
 
Hele said:
I think they do get it, in the wild with all the forage and grass to live off they should stand a good chance of eating a very good diet but rabbits are not hardy animals, they are so successful a species through their ability to breed like, well, rabbits!

The life expectancy of a wild bun is 2-3 years I think.
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I read somewhere that this is why female rabbits get cancer at an early age if not spayed, because rabbits are only ''supposed'' to live until two or three in the wild, they have developed a ''self destruct'' mechanism. Unsure of how true that is but it seems to make sense.
 
Sarah1991 said:
I read somewhere that this is why female rabbits get cancer at an early age if not spayed, because rabbits are only ''supposed'' to live until two or three in the wild, they have developed a ''self destruct'' mechanism. Unsure of how true that is but it seems to make sense.
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that is so sad to think they only live to 2 or 3 years. but i suppose constantly having litters does not help. bless them.
 
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