You are so funny!! Let me know how your experiment goes. As far as the hay goes, they BETTER start eating it. You know how expensive it is to just sit there and then you are supposed to put fresh hay everyday...not if they aren't eating it. That is wating money!! I figure as long as they eat their veggies they will be fine. They ALWAYS eat their veggies. And guess what? I wasn't going to jinx it but we are at day 5 with NO CHEWING on ANYTHING!!! No baseboards or carpet!! I am doing backflips!! AND they haven't made any noise at o'dark thirty in the morning. Actually, they are being IDEAL well behave bunnies!! I think I will keep them !!