From: Grant R.
Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 7:55 AM
Subject: BUDDY
Do you ever let buddy out in the house or does she stay in the cage, and do you have her on a self feeder or do you fill her bowl every day?
-Grant
Buddy stays in her cage except when we let her run around the house supervised. She had a tendency to pee in the old apartment on the carpet so we are very careful to watch her when she is out of her cage. We do not let her outside because of fleas and the dangers with dogs, cats, and wild turkeys at our place.
She does not have a self feeder. As referenced in an earlier blog, her diet has changed. It used to be that we would fill her bowl every day and when we were gone we would give her a lot and expect her to ration it out. Well, she became a little overweight and we needed to change her diet. She now gets 1/8 cup of Russel brand rabbit food, and 2 cups of fresh Romaine lettuce and parsley every day. She even gets a whole carrot, top and all every so often.
Switching to the fresh stuff makes it hard to leave her overnight. I'm not sure how we are going to make it on our trips this summer. We had a neighbor friend check on her last weekend when we were up at the cabin, but that may not work for every time we are gone.