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I completely nerded out at the garden center recently. I found echinacea! It's not hard to grow or anything but I hadn't found an actual plant in the last 5 months. But there it was in all its glory, echinacea (coneflower).
It's the same plant they recommend humans take as a supplement. Rabbits can be fed leaves and stems on a regular basis for much of the same benefits. General immune booster in small regular amount and antibacterial properties in larger doses. The babies are getting a leaf basically whenever I remember (so far three times). The leaves are a little spiny and course so not their favorite but they eat it. The alternative is mixing capsules in their water but I feel like fresh home grown leaves are best.
In direct bunny news, I refilled their alfafa and they loved it. Alfafa is actually a legume and only recommend for babies because it is "high" protein (above 2% for rabbits). But it tastes good so they like it. Frodo heard Gladys munching and jumped on her head to get to it.... children Gladys got out of the box and went around to the side. But of course, Frodo decided that was the best bit of alfafa as soon as he noticed her again.
It's the same plant they recommend humans take as a supplement. Rabbits can be fed leaves and stems on a regular basis for much of the same benefits. General immune booster in small regular amount and antibacterial properties in larger doses. The babies are getting a leaf basically whenever I remember (so far three times). The leaves are a little spiny and course so not their favorite but they eat it. The alternative is mixing capsules in their water but I feel like fresh home grown leaves are best.
In direct bunny news, I refilled their alfafa and they loved it. Alfafa is actually a legume and only recommend for babies because it is "high" protein (above 2% for rabbits). But it tastes good so they like it. Frodo heard Gladys munching and jumped on her head to get to it.... children Gladys got out of the box and went around to the side. But of course, Frodo decided that was the best bit of alfafa as soon as he noticed her again.