im back

[gjsara]

well i have returned from my "vaction" lol. assoon as i got in i ran up and snached lyla up. well to my dismay shescracthed me to peices:Xi am curenntly treating my woundswith neosporn. i dont know if it is possible but it seemslyla has grown alot since i left, my feonce was taking care of herwhile i was gone and i dont think he handled her much he just let herout to play. as a result she dosnet like to be picked upanymore:?do you think since im back and i spend lots of timewith her shell warm up to me again???????

another thing i know some of you posted about doing something to makethe rabbits urine not smell could someone please refresh me on that

thank you sara

 

[Carolyn]

Welcome back,gjsara!

I wondered where you disappeared to!Don't worryabout Lyla. She'll definitely warm up. Sometimeswhen they get mad at us, they do those sorts of things.

I believe your thinking of the vanilla added to the water that helps with the smell of the urine.

-Carolyn

[align=center]Preventing FlyStrike with Vanilla Extract[/align]
[align=left]I add approximately one teaspoon of vanilla flavoringextract, real or artificial, to one gallon of drinking water in aneffort to reduce fly strike and warbles by reducing the number of fliesin and about our rabbits. Seems that the vanilla odor withinthe urine andstool is repugnant to flies and tends to drivethem away.[/align]
[align=left]The measurement is not terribly critical and moreoften than not, I just eyeball the amount added to the water until itchanges color. Most people won't accept such an unspecifiedamount, so I give the "exact" measurement to make them feel at easewith it.[/align]
[align=left]Vanilla flavoring also serves to encourage buns to drinkmore water, which is a coincidental positive factor.[/align]
[align=left]I learned of this practice years ago on the old Rabbit WebMessage Board, so I would not want to take credit as the initiator ofthe practice, though I doubt one could ever find such a person,anyway. It has probably been part and parcel of good rabbithusbandry for years in the past, as it is a homeopathic remedy, afterall.[/align]
[align=left]--Buck Jones[/align]

 

[gjsara]

oh thank you thank you thank you i read that butwasnt sure also another question when i bought lyla and had her vetchecked he said to feed her alfalfa hay when she was young ibought one bag and give her and the guinea pig a hand fulloff timothy and the alfalfa each night im tring to use the alfalfa upbut when should i stop giving it to her?