funnies50
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Y won't my rabbit drink water? All he does is step in it and kick it over. :evil: I don't know if Im doing something wrong or he's just not thirsty but he hasn't drank water in about a wk.
I actually feed her all lettuce, lettuce lettuce so I'm not sure if she needs to drink. I was just wondering because the one time I saw her use it was to pee in it :angry:cmfarm":2zxr22sy said:I have some cages with bowls and some with bottles. Sometimes the ones with bowls will knock them over but they will get a good drink before they do. Your rabbit is probably drinking some before it gets knocked over.
funnies50":2i1pfasm said:I actually feed her all lettuce, lettuce lettuce so I'm not sure if she needs to drink.
Syberchick70":3rv5n2c9 said:Your rabbit would die within a day, two at the most, if it weren't drinking anything.
funnies50":3rv5n2c9 said:I actually feed her all lettuce, lettuce lettuce so I'm not sure if she needs to drink.
Zass":1houewpe said:I've seen people claim lettuce is terrible and others say they feed it and the rabbit doesn't die...
katiebear":26kmlt03 said:Zass":26kmlt03 said:I've seen people claim lettuce is terrible and others say they feed it and the rabbit doesn't die...
I'm sorry if I sounded like I was saying that..it is not what I meant. Ice Burg lettuce is not good for any animal or human for the same reasons Dood spoke of.. It is mostly water and very few nutrients....I do not believe however that it should never be fed if that is what you have. I have people in my family with intestinal issues so I never have Ice Burg lettuce, they just can't digest it.
Zass":3i5wfkbo said:I was just thinking along the lines that sometimes, when someone has been doing something, and they are told they can't or else there will be dire consequences.
And, they have observed no ill effects themselves...they may become more inclined to disregard other good advice.
I don't keep or feed iceburg lettuce, as I have intestinal issues myself :| , and feeding it to the buns is not worth the risk to me.
But I was thinking... if it's been a main food and water source, the bun might not do well if it's feed is suddenly switched. Feed changes with rabbits are best done gradually.
MamaSheepdog":3i5wfkbo said:it hosted some type of bacteria in the water of its cells. No idea if that is true or not, but people have been leery of feeding it for at least 25 years.
katiebear":3vh6d3i3 said:In the lettuce fields here the issue was E-Coli..the field workers had no place to relieve themselves or wash up..so.....The feilds all tested positive for the bacteria.
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Dood":2vt01lew said:Lettuce is NOT a balanced diet for a rabbit they need protein and fat and lettuce has ZERO of these - it doesn't even have very many calories and she must be eating a huge amount to even be alive.
I highly recommend you feed her pellets and hay as well lettuce
Dood":pbscjrzo said:What she "likes" is irrelevant - I'm sure you'd like to eat chezzies and ice cream for dinner as a kid but your parents wouldn't allow it because it is not a healthy well balanced meal and you'd develop nutritional deficiencies like rickets and be more prone to illness
Stop letting your rabbit fill up on lettuce, kale, grass and carrots and she will eat her pellets and hay which will keep her healthy for the next 10 years. The fresh veggies you mentioned should ONLY be a treat for rabbits especially rabbits younger than 6 months who are still growing
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