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From: jagardner@watmath.UUCP (Jim Gardner)
Newsgroups: net.pets
Subject: Re: Rabbits and salt.
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Date: Tue, 14-May-85 17:26:08 EDT
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Posted: Tue May 14 17:26:08 1985
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We, too, bought a salt spool for our rabbit.
Eight or nine months later, it shows no sign of
ever having been touched. 
The rabbit is hale and hearty, so there are no
apparent ill effects.
My reading indicates that salt is more important
for outdoor rabbits getting a lot of sun.

If you're still exploring Xerox's diet,
we've found that hay (alfalfa), sunflower
seeds and apple twigs are some of the 
most popular supplements. Every breeder,
vet and book in the world reminds us that
too much fresh greenery will lead to diarrhea,
but we've never had any problems.

We'd welcome advice from anyone who has
ever leashed their (apartment) rabbit; we
think he deserves fresh air, but we're not
quite sure how to go about it. 
We would urgently like recommendations on
how to make him more comfortable in
a room adjoining dogs. We're house-sitting
for friends soon, and Haberdashery has gone
into snit-mode any time he's gotten a whiff
of their dogs. We're not planning on bedding
them down together, but we don't want to 
have to do rabbit-CPR when he gets down-wind!

			    Linda Carson
			    c/o Jim Gardner
			    "It doesn't take much brains
			    to sneak up on a blade of grass!"