Salt spool and 3 week old bunnies
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Shouldn't three WEEK old bunnies still be with their mum? I'd not noticed that earlier, you mean, three MONTH old babies? If they're three weeks old, they should probably still be drinking milk. For the three month olds, if the salt is free choice, then they can eat it if they need it, I'd guess. Our sheep get sheep minerals in a separate dish and they seem to eat them when they want and leave them alone when they don't want. Wouldn't it be similar for bunnies?
Clarification, these are three week old , obviously with their mother. They out in the pen nibbling at hay, in the water, literally in the feeder and licking the salt spool. They have an excellent mom who has her troop in line.
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I just put a block of rock salt in there, if they need it they lick it, if not they ignore it (and quite often manage to pee on it)
Baby bunnies do like to be in the feeder, don't they? Not that you can really tell, but the bun in my avatar is a baby angora in a feed dish.
It's probably okay for them to be licking the salt spool as well as tasting everything else. It will help them get a wide variety of gut bacteria and be able to eat lots of different things as adults. If mom is eating it, babies should be able to eat it, too.
It's probably okay for them to be licking the salt spool as well as tasting everything else. It will help them get a wide variety of gut bacteria and be able to eat lots of different things as adults. If mom is eating it, babies should be able to eat it, too.
RabbitsOfTheCreek
Netherland Dwarf Breeder & Well-known Member
Mine sure do
