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Of course, I mean to title this "Best way to treat a lawn that is shared
with guinea pigs"
"Simon Mc" wrote in message
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Hi,

We have a couple of guinea pigs who live outdoors on the lawn in a
movable
hutch/run during the summer months.

Can anyone tell me of any lawn fertilisers and feeds that are available
that will DEFINATELY NOT harm the guinea pigs.

Surely guinea pigs apply their own fertiliser?

Mine certainly did.

Lawns do perfectly well (IMHO) if you don't apply anything at all,
ever. We never have.

The only thing I ever apply to my lawn (except it's grass rather than a
'lawn') is a rabbit.

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Surely guinea pigs apply their own fertiliser?
Sena writes
Mine certainly did.


And not only that - guinea pigs love ground elder!!!


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Klara, Gatwick basin

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Surely guinea pigs apply their own fertiliser?
Sena writes
Mine certainly did.


And not only that - guinea pigs love ground elder!!!

For reasons I am unable to fathom, one of my rabbits loved rhubarb
leaves and privet. But then he was also a devil for marmalade
sandwiches and bananas, as are the current crop of bunnies. You don't
happen to know of anything other than those little black catterpillars
that eats that tall yellow stuff horses mustn't have, do you?
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Sena wrote:
You don't happen to know of anything other than those little black
catterpillars that eats that tall yellow stuff horses mustn't have, do you?

Ragwort... and no.

That'll be Cinnabar moth caterpillars... the moth itself is day-flying and
very pretty.... bright cerise and black.

http://www.arkive.org/species/ARK/in...d_freshwater/T
yria_jacobaeae/ARK013988.html?size=medium

The caterpillars are yellow & black striped, like Tigger.
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Portsmouth, Hampshire UK
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Sena wrote:
You don't happen to know of anything other than those little black
catterpillars that eats that tall yellow stuff horses mustn't have, do you?

Ragwort... and no.

That's the one! I knew it, but the name just wouldn't come to me.

That'll be Cinnabar moth caterpillars... the moth itself is day-flying and
very pretty.... bright cerise and black.

They're gorgeous, aren't they. They don't seem to actually eat the
plant - or if they do they're not very thorough. My main concern is
that the (almost) feral rabbit will develop a taste for the stuff. I
assume that so far he hasn't, as he's still very much with us...

http://www.arkive.org/species/ARK/in...d_freshwater/T
yria_jacobaeae/ARK013988.html?size=medium

The caterpillars are yellow & black striped, like Tigger.

Tigger was a caterpillar??

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Sena wrote:
Ragwort... and no.

That's the one! I knew it, but the name just wouldn't come to me.

That'll be Cinnabar moth caterpillars... the moth itself is day-flying and
very pretty.... bright cerise and black.

They're gorgeous, aren't they. They don't seem to actually eat the
plant - or if they do they're not very thorough. My main concern is
that the (almost) feral rabbit will develop a taste for the stuff. I
assume that so far he hasn't, as he's still very much with us...

Ah... you might want to watch out for that. From what I know, it's a
cumulative poison stored in the liver, so even though your bunny is still ok
now, one day out of the blue he might not be
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Pendragon Hamstery
Portsmouth, Hampshire UK
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