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Albert Graham,
Backyard Pool Drainer
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Rabbits are strict herbivores and their bodies are designed to eat large volumes of food, with fiber as a large portion of their diet.
Rabbits cannot throw up and possible vomiting is the reason that food is removed from cats and dogs.
Rabbits rapidly develop a deteriorating condition of the liver when they go without food for long periods of time.
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Bori Gonbutoren,
Reindeer Herder
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Rabbits and hares browse on native plants and are food for predators such as stoats and wild cats which eat native birds also.
The rabbits who were introduced by the Europeans are being eradicated by new manmade diseases, so there is less food for the eagles.
Rabbits are not usually found above the snow line although colonies of them have been found around the Perisher Lodges where they can find shelter and food.
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Paddy McGuinness,
Newsagent
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Rabbits were originally not indigenous to the British Isles, but were brought over by the Romans as a food source.
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Chrissie Tanner,
Homemaker and Mom
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Rabbits tend to eat small amounts of food frequently throughout the day and withholding hay for long periods of time can lead to intestinal upsets.
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Sasha Prevette,
Kindergarten student
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There are people who get free small animals such as rabbits and pet chickens from the paper to resell to pet stores or even to slaughter for food!
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Shane Kelly,
Bar Tender
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Rabbits and goats eat native species for food and cause land degradation and foxes and feral cats have been identified as predators of native species.
Rabbits have become an important part of the Australian ecosystem as they now form the basis of the food supply for a large number of native predators.
Our Rabbits are always tipping their food bowl over, so we would like to tell you that its probably a good idea to get a heavy bowl.
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