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Jan 17, 2004 15:41:50 GMT -4
Post by dosergirl on Jan 17, 2004 15:41:50 GMT -4
Anyone want to reccomend their favorite Rabbit food? If all goes the way i hope today, i will be going shopping for supplies and hopefully pickiung up my rescue.
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Jan 17, 2004 15:53:10 GMT -4
Post by jeannie on Jan 17, 2004 15:53:10 GMT -4
You can't go wrong with Supreme pet food. Use your coupons from the Ultra bags, and get some Supreme Russell Rabbit food.
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Jan 17, 2004 17:07:28 GMT -4
Post by dosergirl on Jan 17, 2004 17:07:28 GMT -4
Thanks Jeannie, funny i didn't even think of using my own coupons.haha
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Jan 22, 2004 3:33:17 GMT -4
Post by cognac on Jan 22, 2004 3:33:17 GMT -4
Don't feed alot of pellets you want hay mostly and some veggies and then pellets. Pellets are used as a main diet in meat rabbits, the content is equal to protien bars, you don't want to make those your diet. Cognac
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Jan 22, 2004 6:37:32 GMT -4
Post by Die Fledermaus on Jan 22, 2004 6:37:32 GMT -4
. . . the content is equal to protien bars, you don't want to make those your diet. Cognac Why not?? I eat loads of protein bars and protein shakes, but of course they are not exclusively my diet as I may include veggies, fruit, and fish.
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Jan 22, 2004 10:43:51 GMT -4
Post by adara on Jan 22, 2004 10:43:51 GMT -4
DF: I don't think rabbits are supposed to have as high protein intake as that, I think it can cause skin complaints the same as it can in other small animals and birds.
Dosergirl: I don't keep rabbits but I'd second the Supreme pet food, I use it for my various critters and I think it's well balanced for them.
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Jan 22, 2004 21:37:34 GMT -4
Post by Die Fledermaus on Jan 22, 2004 21:37:34 GMT -4
OK. I know very little about rabbits, and that is why I am reading the threads here.
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Jan 22, 2004 21:39:14 GMT -4
Post by rasputin on Jan 22, 2004 21:39:14 GMT -4
Yes, dittos here on the ignorance -- and also I am eager to hear about Astrid.
Wishing Astrid the best, coz' I know she's gettin' it!
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Jan 23, 2004 22:59:33 GMT -4
Post by Die Fledermaus on Jan 23, 2004 22:59:33 GMT -4
I was talking to the local Petland Discounts manager today (not the store with the macaw) and he assured me his bunnies DO like to be held, and in fact "act like little dogs wanting to be picked up", although one female in a cage can be very terrirtorial.
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Jan 24, 2004 1:25:05 GMT -4
Post by cognac on Jan 24, 2004 1:25:05 GMT -4
I can almost assure you he was telling you that to try to sell you a bunny, most don't like being held, from working at a vet's office, volunteering at the Humane Society and reading about them. It's like they feel trapped or so most theories go. Most I find don't mind sitting next to you once they get to know you and allowing you to pet them. I will admit my little boy doesn't mind being held for a short while, he perfers to sit in your lap or next to you and be pet, til he wants to go exploring some more. Cognac
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Jan 24, 2004 1:33:29 GMT -4
Post by Die Fledermaus on Jan 24, 2004 1:33:29 GMT -4
Maybe he was wrong, but he was not trying to sell me anything, especially as the bunny he described was HIS bunny at home and not for sale; one of the two in the store that was for sale he said was rather aggressive - a pretty white bun with pink ears. I could just see my red blood on that white fur from a bite! ;D
But he knows me well as a gerb/ham guy.
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Jan 24, 2004 1:53:44 GMT -4
Post by cognac on Jan 24, 2004 1:53:44 GMT -4
I have only been bit once by my evil spawn of satan female, while I was holding her, she only left a bruise thankfully I was wearing a sweatshirt and she didn't really chomp down. Every bunbun is different, his really might like to be held, I'm almost positve his isn't the norm from what I have seen or experienced. A good website to chesk out is houserabbit.org or it might be the House Rabbit Society or both I can't remember right now. Cognac
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Jan 24, 2004 4:36:02 GMT -4
Post by dosergirl on Jan 24, 2004 4:36:02 GMT -4
I would agree brandy, from what i am learning from others and what i am now experiancing i would say 90% of bunnies don't like to be held, and it's not like hams where the more you hold them the more they learn to be held, bunnies don't like it and won't ever like it. Astrid has started sitting on my lap while i pet her, something i thought she would never do. we've really bonded well i think.
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Jan 24, 2004 12:52:15 GMT -4
Post by cognac on Jan 24, 2004 12:52:15 GMT -4
I'm glad to hear that doser, maybe the roomie wil let you keep her, it's a bunbun, they're quiet (unless severly injured), don't smell really. I think they are the perfect apt. pet. Cognac
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Jan 24, 2004 20:14:09 GMT -4
Post by dosergirl on Jan 24, 2004 20:14:09 GMT -4
roomate makes me keep my door closed he says the smell bothers him...i don't know what he's talking about as i smell nothing...i think he smells the hay...city boy can't take the smell of hay
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