mineral and salt block

[redestarr]

does rabbits need mineral and salt blocks?? iread somewhere that if they are eating oxbow rabbit pelletsthey don't need any but i already ordered it before i found out aboutthat..i haven't given it to him yet

since it is a 11 weeks old baby, i bought that oxbow bunny basic 15/23
and the hay i got is alfalfa.. i know that when Boogie gets older ishould gradually switch the hay to timothy, but at what age??

the store gave me a free sample of pumice blocks, do rabbits need that?? i haven't given him that yet

Evenstar

 

[cheryl]

i dont bother with these kinds of things,i dontthink it is of any great importance anyway,my bunnies are fine withoutthem,but..i did by one when i got my first bunny 21/2 years ago,shedidnt touch it,she just peed on it lol,so i threw it away andnever bothered with it again,but someone else may have a differentperspective on this though.



cheryl

 

[Pet_Bunny]

Never used the salt or mineral blocks. The salt can corrode or stain your cage.
Stick with your Oxbow and Alfalfa. Give him unlimited amounts. Don't forget the water.
Never tried the pumice blocks either.

Rainbows!

 

[cheryl]

i forgot to say before that i have never heard of pumice blocks before,what are they?



cheryl

 

[Maureen Las]

I put salt blocks in (although I know I don't have to) only because a few of my buns use them