Garden grass in rented house

[GlennTheLionhead]

Hey!

I am hoping to start taking glenn into the garden again now the weather is nicer where I am… I was going to a little earlier in the year but decided against it.

We are in a new rented property now and have been here since August 2021, there has been a good winter and a lot of rain…

I wonder if it would be safe to give him grass from the garden to eat and ket hum on the grass to okay which he will inevitably eat. I know some pesticides ect are pretty persistent but what do others think?

Thanks!

[tobyluv]

Do you know if the lawn is free from pesticides?  Besides the worry of those, there is also a worry of toxic weeds or plants in the garden that your rabbit can ingest. And, there is also a risk of Glenn picking up parasites from the lawn – fleas, ticks, worms, etc.  If you are in an area where RHDV2 is present, or even if there are no known cases in your area, there is still a risk of that if Glenn goes outside and is not vaccinated.  There is also a threat of predators for rabbits outside.  Even if the garden is fenced in, predators can fly in or get over fences, so you certainly have to stay right with him if you do take him out.  If you know the lawn is free from pesticides, you can always cut some grass and take it in to him.  Just be aware of all the risks if he does go outside and grazes on his own.

[GlennTheLionhead]

Hey

Thanks for the reply!

We are in the UK so Glenn is fully vaxed for myxomatosis, RDVH 1 & 2 because unfortunately here is widespread across the whole country so even indoor bunnies, which glenn is, are usually fully vaxed by responsible owners.

I am not too worried about the predetor thing as he will still be an indoor bun, when I take him outside I plan to keep him in the extra pen we have and sit in there with him for say an hour when theres nice weather just so he can play and then bring him back in 🙂 so I would essentially be playing with him outside.

He does love playing in the garden as I have let him into previous ones of family who don’t treat with pesticides. I guess I was just wondering really what is the liklihood of the pesticides remaining present – the last tenants stayed for 2 years and had a cat so I can’t imagine they treated the lawn with pesticides either – even just being able to cut the grass and take it into him I’m still worried. Again he lovveeeeees grass, and our garden is flourishing with grass so I would also like to just cut some off for him to eat even if I don’t take him outside to self graze.

Do you think washing the grass that I cut for him would help rid it of any possible pesticides?

Like I say I’ve been here since August and not treated with any pest controls. But also don’t want to expose him to anything harmful.

 

 

[Azerane]

If you’ve been there since August and not treated it will be fine, that’s plenty of time 🙂

[GlennTheLionhead]

Thanks for the reply, I gave him some and he absolutely loved it!

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