MamaMandy":11w2g12y said:
Love the idea! Very good job!
Thanks! It has been on my to-do-list for a while. I dislike having their chewies on the floor because sometimes they get a bit of poop on them. Probably cecals- but eww!
Bad Habit":11w2g12y said:
I gave a chunk to an "experimental bunny" last year to test the safety. He ignored it for a long time ("She's trying to poison me, I know it!") but finally chewed it up with no ill effects. Yucca stalks are often used for bird toys also. The free range cattle eat the stalks when they are flowering, and we have had the flowers themselves in salads.
Bad Habit":11w2g12y said:
Is it just Adam's Needle Yucca?
I don't know what type it is. It grows wild here. I'll tell you one thing, if you ever fell full-body on it you would be history. It is nasty, NASTY stuff. When we were originally looking at this property it punctured one of the tires on our truck.
CWD":11w2g12y said:
if the apple wood is not dry, it will be hard to drill a hole in it.
This is seasoned wood. I lopped off all of the smaller branches and fed them to the buns last year, and the trunk has been taking up space since then... I'm glad I finally got it chopped up.
Whipple":11w2g12y said:
I need to get choppy with some wood. The buns are bored here.
It's a great use for scrap lumber! Better than tossing it in the fireplace.
Miss M":11w2g12y said:
What great toys!
Thanks!
They would be even better if they made noise... if I can find some bells to add to them, the buns will be really happy!
Mickey328":11w2g12y said:
awesome! Evidently the buns think so too
They were really cute when I hung the toys in the cages- they didn't waste any time at all coming to investigate! :lol:
Cali":11w2g12y said:
So cool! Stealing yet another of your awesome ideas!
Please do! You will further my mission to spread happiness to bunnehs everywhere!
Dood":11w2g12y said:
:happysun: BRILLIANT idea, Thanks!
I use them to attach wiffle balls together- they love to pick them up by the shower curtain ring. Some of the rabbits will chew the rings in half though.
Marinea":11w2g12y said:
No, we don't spoil our buns
Nevah! We call it "enrichment". :mrgreen:
Poor abused meat rabbits, eh?
owlsfriend":11w2g12y said:
Yucca powder is one of the additives in Heinhold Wool blend feed.....may help prevent wool block?
I wonder what part of the plant they use? The leaves are very fibrous with an insanely sharp tip. The Native Americans supposedly pounded the leaves so only the long fibers were left and used them for sewing, with the tip as the needle. My daughter Queenpup tried it, and it works.
I will harvest some leaves and feed some to "test subjects" who are destined for freezer camp anyway.