is it ok for bum to eat beansprouts?

[sbaxter]

George is a little slow to eat/be interested in veggies and fruit although better since i`ve stopped the muesli food and now he`s on dwarf burgess excell.i am trying him on lots if different stuff he did like the sprouts but wanted to check ?

apologies should obv be buns not bum!!!

 

[l.lai]

My Nethie Racer wouldnt touch his veggies for a long time and still will finish his pellets and not touch his veggies sometimes.

So what i've been doing is giving him his veggies in the morning before i go to work, like 8:00am, then when i get home from work and training at like 9pm, i'll give him his pellets as a 2nd meal (he only gets about 3 tablespoons of pellets a day).

This ensures he eats his veggies and when he's done with that he'll eat hay and drink water until i come home and give him his pellets (which he loves).

I wouldnt give your bunny bean sprouts only because i read not to, alfalfa sprouts are okay, but if they're those big thick white bean sprouts you find in chinese dishes like fried rice or in vietnamese noodles i wouldnt!

I think with veggies its always safest to go green and leafy excluding lettuce and only little bits of spinich.

 

[sbaxter]

l.lai thanks ok he wont get any more ,Sue B

 

[Sox]

I agree I wouldn't feed them bean sprouts either. Too much water content I reckon which could lead to diarrhoea. I have a 3 page document from my vet on what not to feed and I will go home and have a look for you. Iceberg lettuce for example is definitely a no no due to water content however Cos Lettuce is fine.

 

[l.lai]

Sox wrote:

I agree I wouldn't feed them bean sprouts either. Too much water content I reckon which could lead to diarrhoea. I have a 3 page document from my vet on what not to feed and I will go home and have a look for you. Iceberg lettuce for example is definitely a no no due to water content however Cos Lettuce is fine.

yeah Sox is on the right track, but i would say even Cos lettuce i'd be careful of, Romaine lettuce is probably the best of the lettuce's but honestly most lettuce is low nutrient and high in water.

 

[sbaxter]

oh thanks so much it would be grate to have a printed sheet so the children ( 9 and 13)can read wot buns should/nt have to ! he hhas not been eating his ist poo`s forget wot they called but am sure he`s a little loney,will look for a girlfriend (rather let him chose !!) end oct as just been neutered then it will have been 6 weeks.

 

[Sox]

Hi Baxter

Would be delighted to send you the list. Can you PM me your email address and I will scan it at work on Monday and email it to you. Although I can type at 70wpm, 3 pages is still quite a long list to type out on a forum! :biggrin2:

Cheers, Carol:bunnydance:

 

[sbaxter]

Have done Carol ,wow just spotted you from Oz we were in Melbourne ansd Sydney in March 09 and fell inlove with the country:wave: