HEALTHY VEGGIES

[Quinn_the_Cutest_Bunny]

My Quinn is about 3 1/2 months old. We are working with her to try to teach her to come to us when she hears her name called. I understand that in order to train her effectively, I need to spend about 20-30 minutes each day with her. Up until now, I have been using her favorite bananas as a positive reinforcement when she comes to me. However, the problem I’m running into is that due to the restrictions on how much I can give her (I don’t want her to have an upset tummy and I DEFINITELY don’t want a crazy HYPER bunny), I’m running out of treats before our training session is over. I have tried to reward her with her pellets, but apparently that’s not an acceptable reward for all her hard work. I want to know what vegetables I can give her in unlimited (or at least large) quantities as treats. We already give her various types of lettuce as part of her daily diet, so I don’t think she’ll do any work for that either. Please help!

[Luna]

I agree that while banana is delicious, it is too sugary to give all the time. As for the veggies, Quinn seems a little young to be eating them. Usually it’s recommended that veggies not be part of your bun’s diet until they are at least 6 months old, so this limitation does make it more difficult to think up a good treat. Pellets are a good reward because they are tiny so you can use one pellet as a treat multiple times without worrying about overfeeding your bun pellets. She might not look at pellets as a reward because they are a part of her normal diet, but at her age it is good that she gets a bunch of pellets. Until she either decides pellets are an acceptable reward or is old enough to consume veggies, her reward options might be limited to loads of attention, head pets, and toys.

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