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I'm glad you got some stuff. I hope the bunnies enjoyed it. That's too bad that so much was looking limp, though.
Ah, poor Mouse, not getting the quality forage she deserves. It's good that she had her spring greens in addition to the disappointing forage.
So now I only give even the healthy buns the wee thorny stems between the 3 leaves.
Now that I wouldn't expect! Their equivalent of leaving Lego everywhere for us to stand on?Generally healthy buns manage thorns really well, clever little bunny mouths. Mine all leave the thorny stem stem though. With Mouse I have to trim the leaves from the stem or she lies in the thorny left behind bit & isn't always agile enough to remove it from her fur.
I once dragged a massive bramble in to the house & Boo spooked past it, it caught on her fur & she spooked more as was dragging it round with her
Beware bunnies on carpet like to bury the thorny stems in the exact spot you put your feet when getting out of bed
Yes, new foods are viewed with suspicion here too for a little while.
But it's rarely that bad, just a few moments of panic. Chibbs is always getting them stuck to her fluff and it rarely ends in anything more than her backing away, dragging it with her halfway across the run and it falling off. It only happens with the freshest brambles, they strip the prickles off pretty quick.
She doesn't move much. I think she looks kinda raggedy comfy - she never did get on with that posh bed but loving her makeshift one made of fleeces
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she looks very content 
