Did you know ...

[Karen]

Just a thread to post things people might not know, like ...

Did you know

... rabbits don't digest sugar well? That's why they cannot have too much fruit in a given day - Miss Hoppy gets her three raisins, and no more.

... bunnies cannot throw up? That's why a tummy ache or a hairball can be a life-threatening condition for a bunny.

[Sara luvs her Tinky]

I did not know any of that

I didn't even know a bunny could / or would get a hairball.. poor buns with their sensitive tums !

[Paws13]

Bunnies can get hairballs? I thought only cats can get hairballs, but bunnies. WOW! So my grandma was right. You do learn something everyday! Thanks, Karen!

[Karen]

Any animal hat grooms itself, like cats do and bunnies do - can get a hairball ... it is rarer in bunnies, but as stated, can be fatal. Unlike cats, where it's just *urk* gross when they get puked up!

[lvpets2002]

WoW great info!! Did not know this.. Also did you know that a mouse or rat cannot Burp.. If they get a hold of any kind of Coke or high acids they will explode.. Their bodies cannot releave the air..

[TamanduaGirl]

actualy any animal can get a hair blockage or enough hair to upset the tummy and make them puke(if they can puke). Cats are different in that it forms together in a mass(ball) in their stomach some of the modern treatments for hairballs include enzymes that break up the binding agents. I'm not convinced these are wise since the cat body obviously deleloped the ball spit up methode to keep hair out of the rest of the digestive system.

My dog puked a couple time from to much of her own hair but it was just normal tummy juive and loose hair.

Because bunnies are herbivores and the food doesn't digest well the hair can get wrapped up in the undigested matter and if not enough fiber in the diet the hair can cause to fecal matter to get stuck together in larger masses that might not pass or if you aren't brushing and it's a heavey shead then it can blocm farther up from their being a big mass of fur.

[Argranade]

WoW great info!! Did not know this.. Also did you know that a mouse or rat cannot Burp.. If they get a hold of any kind of Coke or high acids they will explode.. Their bodies cannot releave the air..

YIKES!

[Sevaede]

WoW great info!! Did not know this.. Also did you know that a mouse or rat cannot Burp.. If they get a hold of any kind of Coke or high acids they will explode.. Their bodies cannot releave the air..

Same for birds!

I once met a couple who took their bird with them everywhere and they were telling me about the coke/no gas thing.

[mike001]

Any animal hat grooms itself, like cats do and bunnies do - can get a hairball ... it is rarer in bunnies, but as stated, can be fatal. Unlike cats, where it's just *urk* gross when they get puked up!

Karen, I was reading about the hairballs...does that mean that a dog who self mutilates and chews off his hair and swallows it can get hairballs???

[angelbow20]

- Houseflies prefer to breed in the middle of the room.
-egg shells are as strong as bone.
-A dog cant hear the lowest key on the piano.
-some female turtles may wait up to 5 yrs to lay their eggs after mating.
- humming birds can fly upside down.

[TamanduaGirl]

A paste of asprin and water will cure ringworm double check asprin is okay for the species used on. It's okay on dogs and bunnies.

I used a mixture of asprin and neem oil.


Neem oil is antifungle and works on mites too.