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From: wetcw@pyuxa.UUCP (T C Wheeler)
Newsgroups: net.pets
Subject: Re: Rabbits and salt.
Message-ID: <1233@pyuxa.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 15-May-85 09:00:46 EDT
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Posted: Wed May 15 09:00:46 1985
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If you are feeding your rabbit one of the prepared foods
like from Purina, the diet already contains the necessary
salt requirements.  Keep the salt around, however, as when
the weather warms up, the rabbit may need a slight increase
in salt intake.  Don't worry too much, the rabbit will
know when it needs more salt.  Our rabbit, Barney, took
a year to use one small salt lick, and even then I suspect
most of it was disolved due to dew or somesuch.  

BTW, rabbits can be fun.  Barney like to carry a small childs
sand rake around in his mouth until you take it from him and
scratch his back.  His one failing is that he is a sex maniac.
He will attempt anything that is moving.  The funniest thing to
watch is when he is out in the yard when a female wild rabbit
hops by.  (There are 5 or 6 wild rabbits in our area.)  Barney
immediatley begins a wild chase around and around the yard, the
wild rabbit staying about 4 feet in front of him and just turning 
in a big circle.  Barney, because he is slightly overweight, falls
further and further behind, finally giving up and falling over
to rest.  After about 5 minutes, having gained his wind, he goes
at it again.  The wild bunny stops running whenever Barney stops
as if to say, "I'll wait, but you have to catch me first."  We
finally have to pick him up and put him in his hutch to turn
him off.  The wild rabbits seem to think its fun as they never
run away or hide from him.  They are also very tolerant of the
humans standing around laughing at the scene.
T. C. Wheeler