20-01-2004, 02:03 AM
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Quick Q regarding rabbits
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Ignoramus18897 wrote in
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In article NnPOb.100209$na.53251@attbi_s04, Pam - gardengal wrote:
"Ignoramus3274" wrote in message
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I asked this question in misc.rural already, but want to run it by a
few more people. Can meat/fur rabbits survive if they are being fed
a diet that is mostly lawn clippings? I am upset that I waste so
much time and lawn grass due to all this mandatory lawn trimming,
and am thinking about having rabbits between months of May/October,
or some such, and feed them lawn trimmings. will it work?
I already own two chickens and they are doing great, even in -5F
weather, in an unheated shed.
Rabbits can't live on grass clippings alone and should not be fed any
that have been chemically treated with pesticides or fertilizers. Get
a mulching lawn mower - you have to mow the lawn anyway and at least
with a mulching mower you are returnig the clippings back to the lawn
where they act as a natural fertilizer. Less waste, better for your
lawn and no nutritionaly deprived bunnies to worry about.
Or you could get a goat.
pam - gardengal
Will a goat survive on lawn clippings?
I have it on the authority of several well known cartoon characters,
that
goats can survive on tin-cans.
Actually, that legend is based on the fact that goats used
to love to eat the paper labels off junked tin cans because
the paste tasted so good.
I don't think modern labels and glue have the same attraction...
FW
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