we got rabbits ... well my DH does. two sets. the school set (girls) and then the
set he started with Bella and Luna and the girls were sooooo cute he couldnt leave
them at school. velvety black dwarf bunnies Bella got buff markings under the chin,
Luna has white.
they are fed: rabbit pellets, yogurt pellets, alfalfa and have a mineral block. The
DONT get carrots, lettuce, etc for the reasons you outlined.
Ingrid

Michelle wrote:
I have kept rabbits in the past they need a varried diet
grass clippings ar poor in nutriants and will not provide needed
minerals and vitamins rabits need to have an asorrted diet usually
the more colors of vegies the more vitamins orange is usually
vitamin a , No light green or vegies containing too much water like
Iceburg lettuce are good for rabbits they can give them the runs which
will kill them. Dark greens are ok like spinach or red lettus rabbits
can suffer from scurvy so thay need vitamin c they can benefit from a
mineral block

If your question is can they survive yeah for a while but not in
good health and not very happily and would have shorter life span.
That's why they crave to get into all our gardens adn eat up the world
in them as my garden has suffered more than once.

People can survive on bread and water for the most part :- )
my self prefur abit more selection my self

On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 13:19:29 GMT, Frogleg wrote:




On 19 Jan 2004 00:14:10 GMT, Ignoramus3274
wrote:

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?

"Survive" or thrive? *People* can survive on significantly inadequate
diets, 'though not grass clippings. There are plenty of references and
books on 'raising rabbits for fun and profit'. If "wasting time" on
lawn chores is a concern, you should be aware that rabbits take a fair
amount of labor to feed, house, and nurture.

I already own two chickens and they are doing great, even in -5F
weather, in an unheated shed.

Sad.



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