The hunter finds his prey, his keen ears having detected the kitchen door opening.
Fleet of foot, he advances on the unsuspecting greens.
Ignoring the high pitched screams of the basil, coriander, carrot tops, mint, watercress and curly kale, he satisfies his terrible hunger.
Sweet peppers are a delicacy traditionally hand fed afterwards as a reward for his prowess.
How can he enjoy nature's finest bounty, and yet also go gaga over this?
5 grams? You're joking, right?
(For all I know, he observes me eating my usual
as cold cereal and thinks WTF?)
From what we’ve seen in pet shops and online, some rabbits practically live on nuggets, which were more or less invented to fatten them for slaughter. Too much is a recipe for disaster. He's allowed them because we figure they have nutrients he might be missing out on, as he can't forage like his wild cousins. In other words, the nuggets are akin to this:
Then there’s the hay. We re-upped his supply last week, £4.25 for a bale, which should last 3-4 months. Hay is important for digestive health to keep everything moving along nicely, and also to provide the right grinding action so his teeth don't grow too long.
Hay gets everywhere, but that’s for another post.
He doesn’t just chow down on food:
Fortunately not all
that goes down the hatch.
Under
his chair, planning the next hunt.
Maybe next time...
