Want to take my girls to the park...

maherwoman · Dec 29, 2006

Hey guys...couple questions about thepark. (I still have to get a pen for it, but I want to takethem, so I thought I'd ask.)

Now, I've read before on the site that when you take buns to a grassyarea, and they eat the grass (which we all know Flower will...withferver!!), you have to make sure that the grass doesn't have any sortof gas or anything like it on it.

Here's the problem: NONE of the grass in Southern Californiaqualifies! ALL of the parks around here, if they're not cutwith gas-spewing machines, are right by the street. Not onlythat, but I don't have any sure-fire way of knowing how the grass iscut.

So, I ask...does this mean I cannot take my babies to the park so theycan enjoy the great outdoors? I haven't tried since I broughteach of them home, for fear that they ingest something harmful, and Ilose them (wouldn't that be aweful...

).

Does anyone have any information they can give me that says I can atleast try? That it won't kill my girls? What can Ido to make an area of grass safer for my babies? I REALLYwant them to experience the freedom of the outdoors, but I'm so scaredto try. We don't have anything even close to qualifying as abig enough area here in our apartment complex, not that I'd even dareto try (who knows WHAT people have dumped in that grass?!), so I wouldhave to try a park.

I know it sounds funny to ask this during this time of year, but it'snot even CLOSE to snowing here, and never does anyway. It'sjust cool compared to the rest of the country, really.

Thanks for your imput, guys!

bunnydude · Dec 29, 2006

I definitely wouldn't let them directly on thatgrass. Better safe than sorry. But how about bringing along a mat toplace under the pen? That way they can still enjoy the outdoors

-Matt

ani-lover · Dec 29, 2006

do not take the rabbits to the park. all of theareas around here they put down pesticides and if rabbits touch that itcould get on their paws and they could groom and ingest that. theycould get sick. I wanted to do the same with domino but its toodangerous. i wouldnt put them on unfamiliar ground. i dont put any sortof that crummy stuff on my lawn so, where ever my rabbit decides to runis completely safe.

maherwoman · Dec 29, 2006

Argh...so it looks like I'll have tofind some other way for my girls to enjoy the outdoors/grass/freshair. I was considering getting a small flat of grass from thegarden areas of stores around here, but wouldn't know exactly what todo with it. This way I could be sure that it was grass thatwasn't touched by any sort of yucky things. Still, itwouldn't be the same...and what if they decide to dig in it??

:sigh :whatevah :saddened :anyone:

naturestee · Dec 29, 2006

I've actually thought of planting grass in atray for them, and I've seen that listed as a rabbit toysomewhere. Just get a rubbermaid bin, put a few inches ofsoil in (no pesticides or fertilizers!), and plant someuntreated grass seeds. Many grass seeds are treated,so you'd have to check carefully. Then put the bin on a layerof newspaper so it's easy to clean up if they make a mess.

I have to get around to stealing some wheat seeds from my father-in-law so I can grow wheat grass for the buns.

maherwoman · Dec 29, 2006

Oh, VERY good idea, Naturestee!! Thankyou!! I'll do that! We're going to start movingthings around here soon to accomodate and get things more prepared forTrixie, so we're about to buy some bins to store hay in here in acouple weeks (we need to buy a new bale of hay, anyway).We'll just get a bin for that, too.

Does the grass need to grow outside, or would it grow okay inside, too?