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UGH!!!
I HAD to send her an email-I’m the kid in the playground with a stick bugging other kids
“Hi there!
While I would like to commend you on a beautiful website and having the heart to try to get information to bunny owners-some of the advice on your site is downright dangerous.Rabbits could easily get a blockage from eating sheetrock (just because it hasn’t happened to you-means your lucky-it doesn’t mean it won’t) and using that as a source of calcium is silly! Rabbits often have problems from too much calcium.
I don’t want to get in argument. And a lot of your info is good.
But I wish you would print some of your pages, have a vet review them, and make changes where appropriate. You don’t want to have incorrect info out on the internet for bunny owners to follow and have a potential death. I know your goal is to help-so please check with a vet on some of these items.
You can also check on these reputable sites
https://www.binkybunny.com
http://www.rabbit.org1) Sheetrock feeding
2) No lettuce or celery-its actually chopped celery and no iceburg-all other kinds are RECOMMENDED
3) advice to add calcium to any rabbit diet-really really not recommended. Look up how a rabbit system deals with calcium and you’ll see whyDon’t take my word for it. You don’t know me from Eve. BUT please see a vet on these recommendations.”
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Posted By Moonlight_Wolf on 11/17/2009 06:33 PM
Yea, I munch on the bottom of my drywall daily for calcium to strengthen my bones. I can’t afford calcium pills and the drywall sure gives me some good roughage.JK! LOL why would anyone feed anything drywall?
LOL Moonlight Wolf!
That is crazy! Where in the world did she get that info from? Glad you emailed her KK, set her straight!!
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Posted By Moonlight_Wolf on 11/17/2009 06:33 PM
Yea, I munch on the bottom of my drywall daily for calcium to strengthen my bones. I can’t afford calcium pills and the drywall sure gives me some good roughage.Definitely, MW! Do you prefer your sheetrock fried or baked? And have you tried it with broccoli? Yummy!
But really…that’s plain wrong. Would you feed sheetrock to your kid, dog or cat? Nope. I have a feeling this is a site that treats bunnies like cans of tomato paste, if you get what I’m saying.
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They should be getting enough calcium from hay, grass, vegetables.
Drywall has a bunch of additives. I’d certainly think twice about giving it to a rabbit.
Ask at least 2 other rabbit-savvy vets for their opinions…
As for your cardboard chewer; is he a good hay eater also?
For calming, there are herbs (fresh or dried) that can have calming effect and provide nutrition and some calcium too! Plus it would have to taste better.
Sage, marjoram, basil, lemon balm, rosemary, lavendar, chamomile.Just want to note, the author of the site mentioned in the first post is not actually recommending feeding drywall. They are addressing FAQ’s. “Do they need sheetrock?” Im assuming this was a practice at one time for people keeping rabbits…
Reading that excerpt, they don’t recommend feeding it and go on to say “If you feel compelled to add calcium to your rabbits diet” and then names some alternatives. Ones I personally don’t think are required either. If a rabbit had a metabolic disorder diagnosed, then perhaps it needs additional things in its diet.
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Posted By LBJ10 on 4/16/2017 11:53 AM
Drywall these days has a bunch of stuff added to it. These additives can be for anything from fire stupidants to mold inhibitors to strengthening/bonding agents. Plus there is evidence that gypsum itself can cause issues if consumed in large quantities. Let’s face it, everyone’s rabbit has probably had a nibble on some drywall at one point or another. I know when Leopold did it (I put a stop to it, of course), he had gas and a tummy ache afterward. I think his case was mild, but here is what happened to another rabbit: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28207316Ooh
Poor baby, I hope he is better now, never ever let bunny chew walls.
Since it is in the Lounge, it is probably okay to leave open for a short time. We normally lock old threads that come back up with current ones. You can always start a new thread & discussion on a subject and just reference the old thread with a link to it.
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