I have to disagree the the bunny “expert” in the second video. First, pellets should NOT be alfalfa based unless the bunnies are less than a year old or malnourished. Pellets for adults should be timothy based pellets. Their hay also should be timothy hay and not alfalfa hay.
Second, vegetables are NOT treats for bunnies. It should be made part of their diet, equal to pellets. I do agree that Hay should be their primary food source.
If you get hay at a pet store, it’s very expensive and comes in small volume. This might make you hesitant to give your rabbit lots of hay to lay on, eat and poo on. Instead, go to your local farm and pick up a bale of hay, which costs a fraction of what the pet stores will charge and will also come in a much larger quantity.
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since we’re being critical, he should’ve at least mentioned the option of NIC cages, since i can’t imagine bigger bunnies or multiple bunnies living in the pen sizes they sell today.
Comment by tiff March 29, 2009 @ 9:44 pmhe also didn’t mention that they need exercise outside of the pen!!
Comment by tiff March 29, 2009 @ 9:45 pmWell, in the first video, the girl did mention that her bunny is free roam. I guess the “expert” didn’t have time to mention everything. He was a bit odd and it was odd when Martha had to tell him to ’stand up’.
Comment by Gabriel March 29, 2009 @ 9:50 pmI sent email / comment to both martha stewart show and that ‘expert’ – pointing out all the inadequacies. I saw it back when it aired and sent the email that day. I get pissed easily
Comment by Emily May 12, 2009 @ 9:56 am