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Spring Newsletter April 2006
Spring Newsletter April 2006
Spring is in the air, and flowers are in the garden! Bunnies love fresh edible flowers. This is a great time to consider planting some bunny friendly flowers and herbs in your garden. Many flowers and herbs not only look pretty but are delicious for both you and your bunny. Your bunny will enjoy nibbling on nasturtiums, pansies, violets, and rose petals, and these are great in salads for people you too. Some fresh herbs that are wonderful as seasonings for your meal will make a nice topping for your bunny’s greens. Try growing some of the following herbs and let a few go to bloom for you and your bunny to enjoy. Some of our favorites are basil flowers, dill flowers, mint flowers, and chamomile flowers. IMPORTANT NOTE: Make sure that any greens, flowers or herbs that you feed your rabbit have NOT been sprayed with pesticides! With Easter quickly approaching please help to do your part to spread the word about the House Rabbit Society’s campaign against adopting Easter Rabbits called “Make Mine Chocolate”. Many people adopt baby bunnies for Easter and abandon them a few months later thinking that the bunny can survive in the woods or a city park. Shelters and rescues are overflowing with teenage bunnies within 4 to 6 months of Easter. We need to help get the word out that a bunny isn’t an Easter toy, s/he is a lifelong commitment. With both spring and Easter in mind we have created a new toy called Bunny Willow Ring Rattle. This is a charming 3” rattle which incorporates a 3” mini willow ring, two chunky ½” thick wooden rabbits, and a wooden ring on a 3” dowel. Artemis and Einstein love this toy! The wooden ring provides a nice rattle noise, and the willow ring adds a nice additional texture to chew in addition to the wooden rabbits. You can see our new Bunny Willow Ring Rattle at this link http://www.funnybunnytoyco.com/catalog/item/1272197/2731571.htm We have created a delicious fruit treat for your bunny with some seasonal fruit. As you know bunnies love fruit, but we need to offer it to them sparingly. Pears have always been a favorite of mine, as well as a favorite with all of my bunnies. We hope you enjoy this classic pear salad, my mother used to make for me. Pear Rabbits 1 Pear (fresh, not canned) Small piece of carrot 2 raisins 2 Chard leaves Cut pear in half. Peel and discard core and seeds. Take the small piece of carrot and cut it into four julienne strips about 1/8” wide and 1” to 1-1/2” long. Cut each raisin in half. Using narrower end of pear as the bunny’s head, place two carrots in each pear half for the ears, and two raisin halves in each pear for the bunny’s eyes. Serve Pear Bunny on a chard leaf. Each pear half serves 4 bunnies, so this is a nice treat for you to enjoy with your rabbit if you don't have more than one or two bunnies. A half a pear is too much fruit for one bunny. Bun Appetite! Thank you for reading our newsletter and for e-mailing all of the great photos of your adorable bunnies. We really enjoy seeing them. Please keep them coming!
Regards,
Kerry, Artemis, and Einstein
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