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- 06/25/2009 at 1:21 PM
  Tracy
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  I know its been awile. been very busy. my guy and I bought a horse farm and it has 5 acres in the back. no horses yet and i was wondering if i could gather the mowed down grass for the girls. it gets bush hogged every month by the neighbor. is it safe for my girls?
- 06/25/2009 at 1:38 PM
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  wow, tracy, I loooove your ‘girls’! I hadn’t seen them before. the cream-colored, sable one, I want I want!
  
  — what kind of grass is it? you might want to wash it and let it dry out a bit before offering to your rabbits. introduce fresh grass gradually to avoid upset digestion.
  
  …but back to your rabbits… what are their names?
- 06/25/2009 at 1:52 PM
  Tracy
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  the girls are Blue bella-donna Cleo (Pam named her) and Zink….
- 06/25/2009 at 1:57 PM
  Tracy
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  better pic of Cleo
- 06/25/2009 at 2:04 PM
  Tracy
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  you know….i really do not know what kind of grass/hay it is but they feed the horses on it….
- 06/25/2009 at 2:07 PM
  bunnytowne
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  Well I think it would be better to use the hay from the yard. The field hay do the horses or cows graze there. If so I would be concerned about rabbits getting worms. I know you sometimes have to worm horses once a month depending on where they are.
  
  I feed mine grasses from the yard.
  
  I have also gotten a few pads of hay from the feed store and they eat and have been ok.
- 06/25/2009 at 2:21 PM
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  Cleo has a very expressive face. is she Siamese sable?
  
  BT has a point, but if you cut the grass well away from the ground and not near any manure piles, as well as wash it, it should be fine. I had discussed this with my vet when I first started to feed fresh (I was worried about flea eggs) and that’s what he recommended.
- 06/25/2009 at 4:24 PM
  Tracy
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  ….she is Satin Siamese. dont know about the sable part. thanks for all the info……
- 06/25/2009 at 5:53 PM
  jerseygirl
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  If they’re cutting it and using for horse feed, it might be ok. You’d need to check what it is and whether it’s been sprayed with anything harmful. Also, if it gets wild animals passing thru it I guess. When grass is mowed and left in heaps, it can mould very quickly, so it would need to be turned frequently and dried. I guess ask you neighbour more about it, they might have some tips.
- 06/25/2009 at 7:46 PM
  bunnytowne
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  Oh yes your siamese sable is absolutely gorgeous.
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