Welcome Richard and Bubba! Consider yourself lucky that Bubba likes the timothy hay- it's all good- no downside there :) Rabbits are grazers so eating all day is natural, and hay is the best thing for him/her to eat. Regarding the him/her thing- a trip to the vet would probably solve the mystery. Alternatively, you can ask your sister to get copies of the vet records from her vet. Dewlaps lie-lol.
Enjoy da bunny and we hope to read more about Bubba! Andrea and Toki and Osker Larytia Rabbit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >First off, Hello everyone :-). I recently joined the list. > >My Bun is named Bubba (although, it may actually be a girl bunny, more >on that later) and has brown fur with black roots and a white bib and >belly. I kind of inherited Bubba from my older sister and her family. >Bubba's not allowed in the house, but I've created a nice living area >for him/her outside. We took an old metal/wood trailer, 6' x 5' x 3', >and enclosed the top and sides. There's a large wooden house inside made >just for the Bun and the usual litter, food dish, water bottle and >plenty of toys. The bottom used to covered in ground-up palm pulp >(Mexican Fan Palm, not on the dangerous lists of HRS or any toxicology >websites), but I was afraid of what it might be doing to his/her insides >since it was being eaten. So I decided to replace it with hay this >morning and on a whim bought Timothy since it's supposed to be better >than Alfalfa. Well, now Bubba keeps eating it like I don't feed him/her. >Is this going to be a problem? Is my bunny going to start putting on >weight because he/she likes the new hay so much? He/She used to eat a >little bit of the Alfalfa that we bought, but nothing like this. Any >thoughts are welcome. > >Now to my next problem. My sister, Bubba's original owner, claims that >Bubba is male and she had him neutered. She said that the school teacher >that she got him from claimed he was male. She told us that she took him >to a vet and got him neutered and the vet also said it was male. The >problem is this bunny looks like a female. She has a dewlap, which I >understand is a female thing, but I hear that some males have something >that can kind of look like a dewlap. I found a website that shows the >differences between a doe and a buck and it looks an awful lot like a >doe to me (the website is http://www.debmark.com/rabbits/sexing.htm, a >breeder's website unfortunately). So, my question is, how do I tell for >sure without posting Bunny porn pics and having people look at them? I'd >really like to know if my Bun is Bubba or Bubbette. By the way, it of >course won't change how I feel about him/her. > >Thanks for the help, >Richard, Bubba/Bubbette > __________________________________________________________________ The NEW Netscape 7.0 browser is now available. Upgrade now! http://channels.netscape.com/ns/browsers/download.jsp Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/
