Hi all,
I've been having a problem with my rabbit not eating, just got critical care from the vet today. Anyways, I get him home and he runs for the hay pile he has refused to touch since thursday and starts eating. I stepped out of the room to mix up the critical care, I come back and he isn't eating hay, he is batting around/nibbling on what looks like a dead locust.
My hay comes the midwest USA, where locusts have been extinct for over 100 years, but it didn't look like a cicada, but it could have been a different species. Anyhow, I'm wondering if I need to be worried about him eating it, it didn't look like he got very much, it looked mostly intact, and also about eggs, if there are any in the hay can he be harmed from ingesting them.
Google has failed me thus far, hoping somebody has some info,
Thanks
I've been having a problem with my rabbit not eating, just got critical care from the vet today. Anyways, I get him home and he runs for the hay pile he has refused to touch since thursday and starts eating. I stepped out of the room to mix up the critical care, I come back and he isn't eating hay, he is batting around/nibbling on what looks like a dead locust.
My hay comes the midwest USA, where locusts have been extinct for over 100 years, but it didn't look like a cicada, but it could have been a different species. Anyhow, I'm wondering if I need to be worried about him eating it, it didn't look like he got very much, it looked mostly intact, and also about eggs, if there are any in the hay can he be harmed from ingesting them.
Google has failed me thus far, hoping somebody has some info,
Thanks