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- From: njl@druhi.ATT.COM (Nancy J. LaRoche)
- Newsgroups: rec.pets
- Subject: Re: Rabbit worry
- Summary: Alfalfa cubes are TOYS, not a substitue for hay!
- Message-ID: <22572@drutx.ATT.COM>
- Date: 20 Nov 92 19:31:10 GMT
- References: <BxvnDr.Ho4@world.std.com> <22496@drutx.ATT.COM> <1992Nov19.052616.21569@bmerh85.bnr.ca>
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- In article <1992Nov19.052616.21569@bmerh85.bnr.ca>, myhui@bnr.ca (Michael Hui) writes:
- > he likes to sharpen...by gnawing on his compressed hay chew block,
- > and eating the hay in the process, of course.
-
- This happened to remind me of an error that a lot of people whose rabbits I
- work with make, and I thought I'd mention it in case of the bunny-folks out
- there are making the same mistake...
-
- The compressed hay chew blocks (alfalfa cubes, whatever) are great for
- chewing exercise, but the hay that is ingested should not be considered as
- the hay that is important to the diet in helping to prevent hairballs.
- Regular, unprocessed hay should be used for this purpose. Although alfalfa
- can be used, it is too rich for some bunnies (causes diahrrea), and
- fattening for others. I personally like grass hays--timothy, oat, etc.
-
- Nancy LaRoche (HRS)
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