Thursday, June 23, 2005
Simpson Safety Posters
I was just contacted by the www.safetyworld.com Web site. They have a line of Simpson safety posters that I think any Simpson fans should check out!
Question from a friend - follow up
My friend sent me another question about Buddy which I followed up with the response below. I am providing this because it covers information that one would normally relay in a blog like this and as you see, we have a lot of stuff to cover since this is just a young blog and I want to get everyone up to speed on our lives starting from birth. It is only appropriate to start with the pet.
Buddy is litter trained so all of the pee and most of the poop stays in the litter box, making it easy to clean. Her cage is unique in that it doesn't use bedding but rather an indoor/outdoor blend of carpet. I'd love to replace it with some sort of rubber coating because I'm afraid of parasites living in the carpet. She has been in there for over a year and all parasite checks come back negative, but it is still a fear of mine. Can you recommend any rubber coating that could be placed over carpet or plywood?
When we did use bedding, we cleaned it out about 2x a week. Her litter box needs to be cleaned once week too. I mainly just freshen it up, by putting a scoop or two of litter in the clean box, and then after pee and poop accumulate I cover it with fresh litter. I can usually do that three times between changes.
We have a small 1 gallon shop vac that we use to vacuum her cage every week or so.
Buddy is on a natural diet now and probably had problems because she was a picky eater. She wouldn't eat the fiber pellets but instead pushed those aside and went for the "goodies" provided in the rabbit food. Now that she is given only 1/8 cup she is forced to finish it before she gets any treats.
Buddy's cage is 3 x 4 feet, allowing enough room for her to jump and play. Prior to that she was in a bubble cage which given her size we felt was inadequate. We enjoy watching her scamper around and not sit in a small space all the time.
Buddy is litter trained so all of the pee and most of the poop stays in the litter box, making it easy to clean. Her cage is unique in that it doesn't use bedding but rather an indoor/outdoor blend of carpet. I'd love to replace it with some sort of rubber coating because I'm afraid of parasites living in the carpet. She has been in there for over a year and all parasite checks come back negative, but it is still a fear of mine. Can you recommend any rubber coating that could be placed over carpet or plywood?
When we did use bedding, we cleaned it out about 2x a week. Her litter box needs to be cleaned once week too. I mainly just freshen it up, by putting a scoop or two of litter in the clean box, and then after pee and poop accumulate I cover it with fresh litter. I can usually do that three times between changes.
We have a small 1 gallon shop vac that we use to vacuum her cage every week or so.
Buddy is on a natural diet now and probably had problems because she was a picky eater. She wouldn't eat the fiber pellets but instead pushed those aside and went for the "goodies" provided in the rabbit food. Now that she is given only 1/8 cup she is forced to finish it before she gets any treats.
Buddy's cage is 3 x 4 feet, allowing enough room for her to jump and play. Prior to that she was in a bubble cage which given her size we felt was inadequate. We enjoy watching her scamper around and not sit in a small space all the time.
Tuesday, June 7, 2005
Question from a friend
From: Grant R.
Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 7:55 AM
Subject: BUDDY
Do you ever let buddy out in the house or does [she] stay in the cage, and do you have [her] on a self feeder or do you fill [her] bowl every day?
-Grant
Buddy stays in her cage except when we let her run around the house supervised. She had a tendency to pee in the old apartment on the carpet so we are very careful to watch her when she is out of her cage. We do not let her outside because of fleas and the dangers with dogs, cats, and wild turkeys at our place.
She does not have a self feeder. As referenced in an earlier blog, her diet has changed. It used to be that we would fill her bowl every day and when we were gone we would give her a lot and expect her to ration it out. Well, she became a little overweight and we needed to change her diet. She now gets 1/8 cup of Russel brand rabbit food, and 2 cups of fresh Romaine lettuce and parsley every day. She even gets a whole carrot, top and all every so often.
Switching to the fresh stuff makes it hard to leave her overnight. I'm not sure how we are going to make it on our trips this summer. We had a neighbor friend check on her last weekend when we were up at the cabin, but that may not work for every time we are gone.
Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 7:55 AM
Subject: BUDDY
Do you ever let buddy out in the house or does [she] stay in the cage, and do you have [her] on a self feeder or do you fill [her] bowl every day?
-Grant
Buddy stays in her cage except when we let her run around the house supervised. She had a tendency to pee in the old apartment on the carpet so we are very careful to watch her when she is out of her cage. We do not let her outside because of fleas and the dangers with dogs, cats, and wild turkeys at our place.
She does not have a self feeder. As referenced in an earlier blog, her diet has changed. It used to be that we would fill her bowl every day and when we were gone we would give her a lot and expect her to ration it out. Well, she became a little overweight and we needed to change her diet. She now gets 1/8 cup of Russel brand rabbit food, and 2 cups of fresh Romaine lettuce and parsley every day. She even gets a whole carrot, top and all every so often.
Switching to the fresh stuff makes it hard to leave her overnight. I'm not sure how we are going to make it on our trips this summer. We had a neighbor friend check on her last weekend when we were up at the cabin, but that may not work for every time we are gone.
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