If you are a first time rabbit owner you may want to know the best way to know just how old your rabbit is and how you can effectively track their age as the years pass. Well, after years of raising rabbits ourselves and working alongside our local veterinarian, the truth of the matter is …
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If you live or work on a homestead or farmette, then your chores probably include “managing animal waste”. We’ve found it very hard to move poop and clean hutches without getting something stinky on our hands, boots or work clothes. Rabbit poop is often soaked with rabbit pee and has a pretty nasty smell. One …
Bananas are a favorite morning and snack fruit of our family, and here on our hobby farm they are also a favorite fruit of our goats. Yes, goats can eat bananas. Research indicates that goats benefit from the starch and malic acid in bananas. All of our goats enjoy this fruit, so we want to share …
Marigolds may easily be one of my favorite flowers because of their natural insect repellent properties. I plant marigolds all around our gardens to help keep unwanted guests from nibbling on ripening fruits and veggies, and sometimes offer the bright blooms to our bunnies. Yes, mature rabbits can eat marigold plants. But be cautious: there …
Many homesteaders and hobby farmers know that chocolate is harmful to many animals, rabbits inlcuded. We are here to affirm that chocolate is not healthy for your rabbit and is actually poisonous to rabbits. That is right, rabbits can not eat chocolate. Chocolate contains caffeine and theobromine, both of which are poisonous and life threatening …
